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Re: Shade problems

Keith Romanczyk writes:

>
>I'm in zone 5, Western New York and most of my A. taquetii are pretty much
>through blooming.  HOWEVER..........a pathetic little shrimp of a plant I
>put in last year called Astilbe chinensis 'Superba' is just starting and is
>breathtaking.  It took off like I wish ALL plants would take off.  Looks
>like it's been in the same spot for years.  It's a good 4 foot tall , has 15
>glorious plumes and the color is a rich, deep, rosy lavender.  It seems to
>have spreading tendencies, but I'll move other things to accomadate it if
>needed.
>

A. chinesis is definitely spready, but still very nice. Watch out when you
cut off the seed heads in fall or spring. Be careful not to scatter seeds
around. I carried the old heads past a rock garden and now I've got huge
blooming astilbes growing right out of the rocks. I've tried grubbing them
out, but the roots are deep in the rocks and the plants keep coming back.
Unfortunately I neglected to get them while still small seedlings because
they looked cute.

Gary Davis
Zone 4/5





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