Shade Gardening: Favorite Astilbe?, 1 by HoosierGreen

HoosierGreen wrote:
Snapple: You might try 'Quick Fire' Hydrangea p. It's reliably nicely colored when it fades. This is the first year I've used 'Pinky Winky' and since the rains turned off in August, I'll have to give it another year to prove itself (but 'Quick Fire" has done nicely. Good red stems too.)

My two favorite kerrias are the larger-flowered 'Golden Guinea' and 'Kin Kan'. The latter has wonderful yellow-orange winter stems, actually better than some yellow-stemmed dogwoods! The pic is of 'Kin Kan'.

'Pleniflora' does have double flowers, with some summer reblooming, but can get really lanky and tall.