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Astilbe x arendsii |
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False Spirea, Astilbe |
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Hybrid Origin |
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Clump-forming species |
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2-4 feet tall and 2 feet wide. |
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Flower colors are red, pink, white or lavender.
Flowers are small in dense, erect or arching
panicles about 6 inches long. |
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Early summer |
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Leaves are 2-3 ternately compound leaflets are
ovate-oblong and
doubly serrate. |
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- 'Amethyst' - Lavender-pink flowers, 24-30 inches, midseason
bloom.
- 'Bridal Veil' - White flowers, 18-24 inches
tall, early bloom.
- 'Cattleya' - Rose flowers, 36 inches tall, midseason bloom.
- 'Erica' - Pink flowers, 36 inches, midseason bloom.
- 'Fanal' - Deep red flowers 24 inches, early bloom. The leaves have a dark bronze color.
- ''Fire' - Coral red flowers, 30 inches, midseason
bloom.
- 'Granat' - Carmine-red flowers, 24-30 inches, midseason bloom.
- ''Hyacinth' - Lilac flowers, 40 inches, midseason
bloom.
- 'Spinell' - Salmon-red flowers, 30 inches, early bloom.
- 'Venus' - Rosy-pink flowers, 36 inches, late bloom.
- ''White Gloria' - White flowers, 20 inches,
midseason bloom.
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Most of the cultivars available in United States
nurseries originated in European nurseries,
particularly in Germany, through the breeding
efforts of
George Arends of Ronsdorf, Germany. |
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x Hybrida Group Hybrids: |
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- 'America' - Lavender-rose flowers, 28 inches, midseason bloom.
- 'Bressingham Beauty' - Pink flowers, 42 inches, late bloom. This
cultivar was selected as a seedling by
Alan Bloom in
1967. 'Etna' - Dark red flowers, 24 inches, early bloom.
- 'Gloria Purpurea' - Lavender-pink flowers. 24 inches, midseason
bloom.
- 'Irrlicht' - White flowers, 18-24 inches, early bloom.
- 'Snowdrift' - Clear white flowers, 24 inches, early bloom.
Introduction by Alan Bloom.
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Japonica Group Hybrids: |
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- 'Bonn' - Rose flowers, 18-24 inches, midseason bloom.
- 'Bremen' - Rose-pink flowers, 24 inches, midseason bloom. This
cultivar has deep, glossy-green leaves.
- 'Deutschland' - White flowers, 24 inches, early bloom.
- 'Emden' -
Pink flowers, 24-36 inches, midseason bloom.
- 'Europa' - Pale
pink flowers, 24 inches, early bloom.
- 'Montgomery' - Bright red
flowers, 20 inches, midseason bloom.
- 'Red Sentinel' - Red,
24-30 inches, midseason bloom.
- 'Rheiniand' - Pink flowers,
24 inches, early bloom.
- 'Washington' - White flowers, 24 inches,
midseason bloom.
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Simplicifolia Hybrid Group: |
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- 'Atrodite' - Rose flowers, 18 inches. late bloom.
- 'Alba' - White flowers, 20-24 inches, late bloom.
- 'Bronze Elegance' - Pink flowers, 18 inches
tall, late bloom with shiny bronze-green foliage.
- 'Dunkellachs' - Dark salmon flowers. 24 inches, late bloom with
shiny bronze-green foliage.
- 'Inshriach Pink' - Pale pink flowers, 12 inches, late bloom with
crinkled foliage.
- 'Sprite' - Pale pink flowers, 12-18 inches, late bloom with lacyfoliage.
- 'William Buchanan' - PaIe pink flowers, 6-8 inches, late bloom
with curly, shiny dark green foliage.
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