Peach Blossom Astilbe

Turn those pesky and boring shady parts of your garden into a flowering paradise with Astilbe and Hosta – and choose the Peach Blossom Astilbe for gorgeous bright coloring that glows in the shade. While dark colors might seem attractive, brighter ones, like the beautiful peachy-pink of this astilbe, are much better for standing out at a distance and lightening the gloom. Easy to grow if you have adequate moisture, this compact plant rises just a foot or two in the air, and looks great running along a path, around a pond or fronting a shady bed. The glossy green foliage has a ferny grace and looks wonderful in spring even before the flowers come up in summer. After the flowers fade the spikes remain a handsome caramel for months, even into winter, so trim them only when you feel like it.

• Compact height with dense, bushy flower spikes
• Beautiful peach-pink turns caramel through fall
• Wonderful in all those shady places in your garden
• Glossy green foliage is fern-like
• Long-lived and very easy to grow

For all those places in your garden which are shady in the afternoon, or lightly shaded all day, the Peach Blossom Astilbe is the perfect choice. Grow it in any moist soil, both well-drained and wet, but not in standing water. Richer soils, and annual mulching make a big difference, but as long as you keep it moist, most soils will be fine. Very low maintenance and long-lived, free of pests and diseases and untouched by deer or rabbits. An annual cutting down when the foliage fades is all it takes for perfect results – nothing could be easier, just don’t forget the water.