Astilbe Color Flash: The Eye-Catching Hue That Elevates Any Flower Bed
I'm researching plants for a shady backyard. The yard is currently completely bare with just some scrubby grass. I've found lots of great ideas here on DG. One of the classic shade plants is Astilbe, but when I look at the profiles on DG, I can't find any that are reported growing in the Houston area. Has anyone successfully grown Astilbes in the Houston area, or am I just out of luck there ... I have a couple of Astilbe in my garden ("Ellie" and "Visions in Red") and correspondingly I have no Aruncus. It is great that both plants grow and flower in similar tricky conditions i.e. shade but it seems to me from pictures that I see on-line that Goat`s Beard does not offer much more than probably size over a white flowering Astilbe. For those of you that have experience with both how do ...
Tawułka 'Color Flash Lime' Arendsa (Astilbe arendsi) - - Byliny ...