Plant ID!

[jadia]

Okay, so what is this plant? I thought it was a privet, but now it's putting out all these little white flowers and when I looked up privets, the leaves look very different. This is very clearly intentionally planted (I have 3 of them along a fence), grows fast (I've already trimmed it back once, and it looks like it's been trimmed to the ground

Comments

[blk]

The flowers look kind of like a hawthorne?

[jadia]

Hawthorne is what the internet seems to come up with too but the branches are definitely not spiny...dunno if that rules out hawthorne?

[jadia]

See below - gnibbles suggests that it's Spiraea!

[blk]

Ha! I JUST found Birchleaf Spirea and was about to come back and post. :)

http://plants.minorsgardencenter.com/12100004/Plant/8151/Birchleaf_Spirea

[gnibbles]

Spirea. We have 2 of them in our front yard. Feel free to swing by and compare.

[gnibbles]

Internet and experience indicates that they are neither toxic nor interesting to dogs.

[jadia]

Yes! That looks like it. Thank you!!

[chenoameg]

Agreeing. Definitely not privet, Spirea sounds right.

[jadia]

The group hivemind has spoken! Thank you :-D