HERE is a plant fit to take its place in any larger garden, filling its space with a frothing cascade of creamy white, sweetly scented flowers.

Known as the False Spiraea but reminding me more of a giant astilbe, this beauty is a totally hardy, slow spreading, suckering shrub. Multiple long, wand-like stems hold the finely cut, almost ferny foliage to ten-feet high. They flex and sway gently in the lightest breeze giving it an attractive animation.

The two-feet long, branching conical clusters of white blossom develop through summer and are composed of many thousands of tiny individual florets. Starting as snow white globes, they soon explode into soft featheriness, spilling out over the plant like a foaming fountain. Their powerful and pleasingly sweet scent is carried on the air ensuring this plant is a delight for the senses of both sight and smell.

If you are inspired to track one down for your garden, you will find it scientifically listed as Sorbaria sorbifolia. Or keep an eye open for its new lower growing variant ‘Sem.’ It has attractive gold tinged foliage all season and smaller garden potential at a more manageable four-feet high.

Chris Crowder is head gardener at Levens Hall chris.crowder@me.com Jobs to do this week: Summer prune apples and pears trained as cordons, espaliers, fans, or pyramids. Cut back longer new shoots to allow light and air to the ripening fruit.

Rambling roses can be pruned now. Thin out or remove entirely the shoots that have flowered and tie in new growth for flowering next year.

As seeds ripen on your favourite plants, collect some to store, ready to sow next year.