Re: astilbe
- Subject: Re: [SG] astilbe
- From: M*
- Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 16:09:24 -0400
Hi, Susan, would it be pumila chinisois, or something like that....I had a
ground-cover type astilbe in my old garden, and it seems to me that the name
was something like this. I loved it! It grew in almost complete shade, and
spread nicely.
marilyn
Susan Campanini wrote:
> Someone please trigger my memory: which is the species of astilbe
> that is most tolerant of dry shade and has sort of a ground cover habit? I
> know there is one, but I can't remember which. The moisture lovers who'd
> prefer cool weather and sun with moist soil don't do well in Illinois, but
> the one whose name I forgot is reliable. Thanks in advance.
>
> Susan and David in Urbana, Illinois, zone 5b
