Re: [SG] astilbe question

Connie, thanks for the kind words. I agree that SG is a wonderful
listserv.

I think astilbe nomenclature is somewhat messed up as there's been so much
interbreeding. Is anybody out there who can sort out the astilbes for us?

I bought something sold as Astilbe tacquetii 'Superba' several years ago
and it is indeed pink-flowered. It is also unusually tall for an astilbe,
2-1/2 feet at least, and blooms later, after all my arendsii hybrids are
finished--like mid July. It looks nothing like A. chinensis 'Pumila', but
that is not to say they are not both chinensis. My nursery could have had
an incorrect name on my plant.

Bobbi Diehl
Bloomington, IN
zone 5/6
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