This is a wonderful perennial. It has the garden presence of a shrub. Elegantly ferny foliage is topped with showy June plumes of cream-c...Read Moreolored flowers like an astilbe. I find the seedheads attractive.
Takes 2-3 years to reach its full size of 30-40". I find this size makes it a more useful and versatile garden plant than either parent species.
Like other goatsbeards, this needs consistent moisture or foliage will deteriorate. Prefers part shade even in the north. Not a good performer south of Z7 in the southeastern US.
Many descriptions mention red fall color. Here in Boston Z6a, the leaves have never shown a hint of any color but green.
The woody rootstock can be divided with a saw and loppers in early spring. Self-sows lightly---the offspring are variable.
This is a hybrid between A. dioicus and A. aethusifolius, the tallest of four selections bred in Germany by Ernst Pagels.
This is a wonderful perennial. It has the garden presence of a shrub. Elegantly ferny foliage is topped with showy June plumes of cream-c...Read More