General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Height: up to 48 inches
Leaves: Good fall color
Unusual foliage color
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Other: near white
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: 2 months cold moist treatment.
Depth to plant seed: Barely cover the seeds
Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Bees
Miscellaneous: Dioecious
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Dwarf Goat's Beard
  • Korean Goatsbeard
  • Goat's Beard
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Aruncus dioicus var. kamtschaticus
  • Synonym: Aruncus aethusifolius
  • Synonym: Aruncus dioicus var. vulgaris
  • Synonym: Aruncus dioicus var. tenuifolius

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Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2017-10-22
Uploaded by Aerith
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-07-23
Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2014-06-18
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C. 
Date: 2015-06-20
  9:45 am. A dwarf Aruncus, with beautiful, compact blossoms.

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2013-06-18
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2016-06-12
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-06-04

Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2009-06-05
With Hosta Krossa Regal
Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2014-06-18
Location: In my garden, Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-03-29
Wonderful foliage
Location: Apple Valley MN
Date: 2018-04-26
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar BC
Date: 2016-05-01
 1:09 pm. A very worthwhile plant for small spaces.
Location: East border
Date: August
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2009-06-05
Uploaded by duane456

Photo Courtesy of Secret Garden Growers.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

photo by ghislain118
Location: In my garden...Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2009-06-07
A wonderful companion plant for hosta

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic

Image Courtesy of Bloomin Designs Nursery Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-06-23
With Hosta Krissa Regal
Location: In my garden, Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-03-29
Wonderful foliage
Location: western Oregon
Date: 2016-02-15
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chelle On February 16, 2015 Seeds sown
W/S wasn't working for this one, so this sowing received GA3 for indoors.
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