Solved ID required please

Hi all,
Does anyone know what this plant in the photo is please? It's past its best now but has lovely pink plumes a few weeks ago

 

Perhaps Spiraea billiardii?

 

Looks like it to me ...

 

Agree Spiraea sp.
I am struggling to tell difference./get to grips with these.
Maybe
A. Spiraea x douglasii?
Quote www...

Noted for its vigor, Spiraea douglasii (Western Spirea) is a clump-forming, suckering shrub with narrowly oblong leaves that are dark green above, velvety white underneath and turn yellow in fall. In early summer, long plumes of fragrant, rose-pink flowers, up to 8 in.

B..Spiraea salicifolia?

Bridewort | NatureSpot


C...Spiraea xpseudosalicifoliaTriumphans/
syn Spiraea × billardii 'Triumphans'
Spiraea x pseudosalicifolia 'Triumphans' | spirea 'Triumphans'/RHS Gardening

 

Just looked up Spirea Billardi and does appear very much like that. Thank you for quick response

 

Trying to say which one it is is hard even for those of us that now these .

Did you go out in the dark last night to see if the back of the leaves were velvety and white to eliminate Spiraea douglasii?

NOTE......Spiraea Billardii has had a name change,..see 3.

It is now...

"Botanical name
Spiraea x pseudosalicifolia

Other names
Confused bridewort , Billard's spirea, Spirea menziesii, Spiraea x billardii misapplied

Genus
Spiraea

Species
S. x pseudosalicifolia - S. x pseudosalicifolia is an upright, suckering, thicket-forming, deciduous shrub with narrowly oblong to oval, mid- to dark green leaves and dense, conical panicles of cup-shaped, purple-pink flowers in mid- or late"

 

These are a nightmare to distinguish for me, I have one and initially thought it was S. billardi 'Triumphans' but now think it's just Bridewort (S. salicifolia). Aren't the flowers pretty much identical with all spiraeas mentioned in this thread?

Nick

 

My point exactly.

I have made a real effort recently to get to grips with these and still haven't managed it.
I haven't the expertise to id one from the other.
Still trying.
Not sure where to get more ACCURATE info.
So much on www is not accurate.
Confusing.

Here one has completely taken over a whole area of open access woodland, virtually blocking the path.
It suckers really badly....a complete thug.
Very pretty...BUT!

 

Conclusion.
So its a Pink flowered Spirea then.

 

The voice of reason, @pete It's not as though the average garden centre is going to lose any sleep over their labelling