The cultivar ‘Snowdrift’ is a dwarf A. simplifolia hybrid with branches of white flowers over green leaves. It usually blooms in the mid- and late summer. It is a bold, free-flowering perennial with finely cut foliage. Use in the shade […]
Astilbe simplicifolia ( A. x crispa ‘Gnom’ )
The cultivar ‘Gnom’ is a clump-forming hybrid with branching racemes 4 to 8 inches long. It bears tiny pink flowers in summer and has reddish green leaves. This is a bold, free-flowering perennial with finely cut foliage. Use in the […]
Astilbe japonica ( Drayton Glory )
The cultivar ‘Peach Blossom’ is an attractive perennial with dark green foliage and showy pale-pink blossoms. Looks fantastic with late blooming tulips, or in a woodland area. Remove spent blossoms to tidy the plant. Fertilize in early spring. Will tolerate […]
Astilbe chinensis var. pumila ( Dwarf Meadow Sweet )
A low-growing ground cover with dark green leaves and small lavender-pink flowers. This perennial blooms from summer to fall and is a great choice for the shady parts of your garden. Prefers constantly moist soil. Spent flowers and yellow leaves […]
Astilbe chinensis ( False Spiraea )
Astilbe chinensis bears branching racemes of pinkish-white flowers in late summer. This perennial has dark green leaves that are hairy and broken up into small segments. Bold, free-flowering perennial with finely cut foliage. Long-lasting graceful flower spikes covered in soft […]
Astilbe arendsii ( Meadow Sweet )
The cultivar ‘Granat’ is a bold, free-flowering perennial with finely-cut foliage. Its branches have racemes of deep red flowers growing on dark green foliage in the middle of summer. Use in the shade garden with bold-leaved perennials and late bulbs.
Aster tongolensis ( East Indies Aster )
The cultivar ‘Wartburg Star’ is a mound-forming, rhizomatous perennial aster with hairy, dark green, elliptic leaves, up to 3 1/2 inches long. ‘Wartburg Star’ bears dark violet-blue flowerheads with orange-yellow disk florets in early summer. Grows to 36 inches tall […]
Aster tartaricus ( Tartarian Aster )
Growing to a height up to 8 feet tall, this late season, blue or purple flowerer is a beacon for butterflies, especially the Monarch. This vigorous grower can be invasive, so locate where this will not be a problem.
Aster novi-belgii ( Michaemlas Daisy )
Where the New England aster (Aster novae-angliae) is hairy, this clump-forming, rhizomatous perennial is hairless. From late summer to mid-fall, the cultivar ‘Red Star’ bears corymb-like panicles of large, purplish-red flowerheads with bright yellow disk florets. This aster does best […]
Aster novae-angliae ( New England Aster )
The cultivar ‘Wedding Lace’ is grown for it pure white flowers, hence the name. Unlike most asters which seem to outgrow their space in no time, this plant deserves a second look as it exhibits exceptional restraint in the border […]