astilbe vision red - Gardening Tips
Astilbe is also known as False Goat's Beard or False Spirea. Astilbes are some of the first plants to peek through the soil in Spring to grow fast and vigorous, filling in very quickly. The popular cultivar 'Visions ' is pictured to the right.
Understanding the Context
Though all Astilbe look fairly similar, cultivars tend to differ in several categories: I have a couple of Astilbe in my garden ("Ellie" and "Visions in Red") and correspondingly I have no Aruncus. It is great that both plants grow and flower in similar tricky conditions i.e. shade but it seems to me from pictures that I see on-line that Goat`s Beard does not offer much more than probably size over a white flowering Astilbe. For those of you that have experience with both how do ...
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My Astilbe is growing on a gentle slope, in clay soil at the edge of a pond, in the shade of a willow tree. I think perhaps that for Astilbe, partial shade and constant moisture may be more important than level ground. I'm researching plants for a shady backyard. The yard is currently completely bare with just some scrubby grass. I've found lots of great ideas here on DG.
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