Foliage is a true chocolate brown/burgundy that holds well all season. It has the darkest foliage by far of any astilbe I've seen. ...Read More
The flowers have less impact than the foliage. They are pinkish in bud and open whitish.
Won a Silver medal at the 2013 Plantarium (in the Netherlands).
Like all astilbes, this can take full sun here (Boston, MA Z6a) if it has reliable irrigation. Drying out produces crispy brown leaf edges or dead foliage.
Foliage is a true chocolate brown/burgundy that holds well all season. It has the darkest foliage by far of any astilbe I've seen.
...Read More