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 Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Plant Height: 13 to 24 inches
Plant Spread: 12 to 18 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Dynamic Accumulator: P (Phosphorus)
Ca (Calcium)
Mg (Magnesium)
S (Sulfur)
Fe (Iron)
Na (Sodium)
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Containers: Not suitable for containers

Common names
  • False Spirea
  • False Goat's Beard
  • Astilbe

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