General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Plant Height: 12-24 inches
Plant Spread: 15-18 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Dynamic Accumulator: P (Phosphorus)
Ca (Calcium)
Mg (Magnesium)
S (Sulfur)
Fe (Iron)
Na (Sodium)
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Chinese Astilbe
  • False Goat's Beard
  • False Spirea
  • Astilbe
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Astilbe rubra
  • Synonym: Astilbe chinensis
  • Synonym: Astilbe chinensis var. davidii
  • Synonym: Astilbe rubra var. taquetii
Also sold as:
  • Astilbe chinensis var. taquetii

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https://www.anniesannuals.com/signs/a/images//astilbe_chinensis_t
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Botanical Garden Berlin
Date: 2017-10-20

Date: c. 1857
illustration by W. Fitch from 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine', 1857

Date: 2009-07-18
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-06-22

Courtesy Outsidepride
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Maryland
Date: 2015-07-08
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-07-14
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-06-22
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-06-22

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: Maryland
Location: Botanical Gardens Berlin-Dahlem
Date: July 12, 2011
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Plant Events from our members
Catmint20906 On July 8, 2015 Bloomed
MrsBinWY On March 20, 2021 Seeds sown
9 groups of 3 seeds each from ishareflowers (from GeoSeed for 2020 - listed as Astilbe chinensis 'Taquetii' F1) in milk jug @ room temp
paleohunter On May 14, 2022 Seeds sown
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