| Description | A short Astilbe with pink flowers. Forms a thick mat of foliage making it a good candidate for a shady ground cover. |
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| Pronunciation | (ah-STIL-bee)(chi-NEN-sis) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4 |
| Sunlight | semi-shade to shade, I have found that deeper shade causes the flowers to become less tightly packed, taller with a faded color |
| Moisture | Tolerates drier conditions than most other Astilbe but still prefers moist. I have grown this for years in a spot that gets very little additional water. Although a little slower growing and not as many flowers it still was an excellent plant. |
| Soil & Site | average to moist |
| Flowers | lavender pink or mauve-pink panicles bore on stiff upright stems, mid to late summer |
| Leaves | densely stoloniferous forming thick mats, green deeply lobed, pinnately compound, fern-like foliage |
| Stems | rhyzoms |
| Dimensions | 12 inches tall, space 12-18 inches on center |
| Maintenance | requires very little maintenance except for dead heading |
| Propagation | division in the spring |
| Native Site | China |
| Notes & Reference | #40-Herbaceous Ornamental Plants (Steven Stills) |
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