can you identify this native (I believe) shrub? - Ask Extension
I had a landscaper plant a native plant garden a few years ago and I have a 4-foot shrub which has about a dozen or more thin trunks with fine leaves ...
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can you identify this native (I believe) shrub? #843341
Asked July 30, 2023, 5:43 PM EDT
I had a landscaper plant a native plant garden a few years ago and I have a 4-foot shrub which has about a dozen or more thin trunks with fine leaves and small flowers (see the 3 pictures). It is blooming now and has been for at least a few weeks. Can you identify this shrub for me?
Thank you.
Hennepin County Minnesota
Expert Response
White Meadowsweet/spiraea alba. See: https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/white-meadowsweet
