I randomly found this growing in my backyard this afternoon and it's so pretty! Google lens tells me it's a Spirea, and I assume it's a type of bush, shrub. I want to take cuttings from it and or replant in my front yard to create some natural borders but I've never done it before so I need some help figuring out what to do. It's my first year doing any kind of yard work and we've been cutting vut out a lot of overgrowth etc.
I'm on the east coast of Canada so I'm not sure if Spirea is even native to here or not but I found it and it's pretty so I'm just trying to figure out what I can do with it instead of just leaving it there.
by TeaPartyBiscuits
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Im not familair with the east coast flora, but that particular spirea is likely not native. We have a native species on the west coast called “hardhack” spirea. It grows large in marshy areas and on the boarders of lakes and rivers etc.
Its common name is Japanese meadowsweet, also known as Spiraea japonica. I believe it’s considered invasive in most parts of North america.
As for transplanting it. I believe it’s a fairly hardy plant, so it’s most likely as easy as digging it out, giving it about 5 to 8 inches of soil around the rootball.
This looks like Japanese spirea which is invasive in North America. It should be destroyed to prevent spread.
There are plenty of similar looking plants that are native to North America, like woodland hydrangea, elderberry, mountain ash, meadowsweet, boneset, joe pye, sweetspire, ninebark, etc.
There’s probably a native plant nursery near you that can offer good options for you!