Scientific Name:
Sanguisorba obtusa
Pronunciation:
san-GWIS-or-ba ub-TOO-zuh
Common Name:
bottlebrush
Family Name:
Rosaceae
Plant Type:
Herbaceous perennial
Key ID Features:
Leaves compound with 5-9 oval leaflets with coarsely margins; florets small pale yellow petals, and tightly clustered by the hundreds in spike that's like a bottle-brush due to the long pink anther filaments. Perennial herb from a stout rhizome, smooth; stems erect to ascending, 25-80cm tall, sometimes branched above.
Habit:
Upright
Form:
Pyramidal - narrowly
Texture:
Medium - fine
Mature Height:
0.7 - 1.3m
Mature Spread:
0.6 - 1.0m
Growth Rate:
Fast
Origin:
S.E. Asia / Japan / China
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Well-drained
Landscape Uses:
Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Perennial border, Waterside planting, Wetland - bogs
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Compound
Arrangement:
Alternate, Basal
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible, Pinnate venation
Surfaces:
Glabrous
Shapes:
Elliptic, Oblong, Ovate
Apices:
Obtuse, Rounded
Bases:
Oblique (uneven), Rounded
Margins:
Dentate, Serrate
Inflorescence Type:
Spike
Flower Morphology:
Colour (petals):
Showy, Pink
Flower Time at Peak:
Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
Fruit Type:
Achene
Fruit Colour:
Dark-red, Brown
Fruiting Time:
Sep, Oct, Nov
Bark or Stem Colour:
Green, Red
Organ Modifications:
Rhizomes, Stipule, leafy
Propagation:
Seed, Division - below ground parts
Maintenance:
Medium
Other:
cut back in fall
Pest Susceptibility:
(Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant)
