Re: Division/Astilbe

In a message dated 7/16/1999 9:42:12 PM Central Daylight Time, 
dsdavis@intop.net writes:

<< Paul
 
 Were you the person that said that you planted Astilbes with
 stella-d'-ore?    I did one of mine today and added 3 stella-d'-ore
 around it.   is the combination gonna work together.   the astilbe needs
 shade and I'm now wondering if the stella-d'-ore will bloom in the
 shade,  even tho it is very light shade.  my astilbe is  red.
 
 It will probable work,  since it works for you
 >>
 Donna - ASTILBE do not need shade-but a soil that does not dry out.  They 
will grow in full sun as long as the soil is ALWAYS moist. In the sun the 
flower colors are diffrent and so is the foliage color.  But My ASTILBE 
combination with the Stellas is in an area that receives about a half a day 
of direct  sun and the rest of the time it is open bright diffused light with 
very little shade.

The 'Stellas' will bloom in part shader with no problems and the ASTILBE I am 
using is a chinensis cultivar,  which are more drought tolerant than most of 
the other forms.

The nice thing about the combination  is that the plants both grow the same 
height and are at there peek bloom at the same time. ( Here in Minnsota that 
would be the first week of July.)
ASTILBE 'Visions' is a mid to late season bloomer. It is one of my favs for 
an ASTILBE.
I have grown 55 diffrent ASTILBE cultivars in the last three years and It is 
on my top five list.  I do not have favorite plants but make groups of plants 
I like over other plants.

Paul
zone 4
Were the week end was hot with a high of 98F-and we need some rain.

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