False Goat S Beard Flower

This is a slightly taller variety reaching approximately 90 cm.
False goat s beard flower. A strikingly bold perennial wildflower with tall white feathery flower plumes and large attractive fern like leaves in the saxifage family. The plant has bright green foliage and large plumes of tiny pale pink flowers. Tall dense spikes of plume like flowers appear on stems above the foliage. From wikipedia the free encyclopedia redirected from false goat s beard astilbe əˈstɪlbiː is a genus of 18 species of rhizomatous flowering plants within the family saxifragaceae native to mountain ravines and woodlands in asia and north america.
Brautschleier brautschleier or bridal veil has lacy spires of white flowers. Semi evergreen divided leaves often tinged with bronze or purple. Also known as false goatsbeard this variety is another with an rhs merit award. Some species are known by the common names false goat s beard and false spirea.
It reaches a height of 70cm and flowers in june and july. The common name false goat s beard is given because the shape and color of the flower spray resemble a beard. False goat s beard is the only astilbe native to north america and with its height of almost 6 feet it is more striking than many of its cultivated cousins. This variety is also rhs merited.
False goat s beard false spiraea foliage. Shades of white pink red or lilac.