

Helleborus orientalis

Helleborus orientalis

Alchemilla mollis

Helleborus orientalis

Liatris spicata

Anemone hybrida

Anemone hybrida

Leucanthemum

Eupatorium rugosum

Limonium sinuatum

Delphinium elatum

Brunnera sibirica

Cephalaria gigantea

Betonica grandiflora

Pulmonaria dacica

Lavandula angustifolia

Helleborus orientalis

Veronica longifolia

Hydrangea paniculata

Phlox paniculata

Hesperis matronalis

Hydrangea arborescens

Helleborus orientalis

Sanguisorba officinalis

Hydrangea paniculata

Pennisetum

Stokesia laevis

Callistephus chinensis
Successful cultivation of Astilbe chinensis begins with soil preparation, as this plant loves nutrients and moisture. It thrives best in loamy and humous soils that are consistently slightly moist. Choose a location in partial shade or shade, where it will beautifully brighten up darker corners of the garden with its lilac-pink flowers. If you want to grow it in a container, choose a sufficiently large pot and use a quality gardening substrate mixed with a little peat to maintain acidity and moisture. Growing in containers requires discipline in watering – the substrate should always feel slightly moist to the touch. Unlike in the open ground, the roots here have nowhere to reach for water, so check the moisture more often in the summer.
Since you will receive an already grown seedling, you can plant it practically anytime during the growing season. When planting in a flowerbed, dig a hole slightly larger than the root ball, and add a little compost to the bottom if needed. It is important to plant the seedling as deep as it grew in the container. After planting, we recommend mulching the area around the plant. Mulch is a great helper for astilbes – it retains much-needed moisture in the soil, prevents weed growth, and keeps roots cool. This variety spreads using short runners and will over time form a dense carpet that effectively suppresses weeds, so maintenance of the flowerbed will be minimal in the future.
Regarding long-term care and overwintering, it is a very hardy and long-lived perennial. It is fully frost-resistant in our conditions and can handle temperatures well below freezing. You can leave the leaves and inflorescences, which are great for cutting and drying for decorations, on the flowerbed until spring. It looks decorative even under snow. Spring maintenance consists of removing all dry above-ground parts with shears close to the ground, which will support the fast and healthy growth of new leaves. If after years it seems to you that the clump is thinning in the centre or flowering less, you can dig the plant up in the spring and divide it into smaller clumps with a spade, thereby rejuvenating it and obtaining new seedlings for other places in the garden.
The information given is based on our experience, please use it as a guide only. Times may vary depending on the season, climate, location, sowing and transplanting dates and possibly also the conditions in the greenhouse/greenhouse. We always recommend testing how the plant performs in your conditions. Please do not take this as a guarantee.

Astilbe japonica

Astilbe japonica

Astilbe simplicifolia

Astilbe simplicifolia

Astilbe simplicifolia

Astilbe simplicifolia

Astilbe simplicifolia

Astilbe arendsii

Astilbe simplicifolia

Astilbe simplicifolia

Astilbe arendsii

Astilbe simplicifolia

Alchemilla mollis

Achillea millefolium

Verbena bonariensis

Salvia nemorosa

Perovskia atriplicifolia

Gaura lindheimeri

Echinacea purpurea

Echinacea pallida

Eryngium planum

Echinacea purpurea

Salvia nemorosa

Calamintha nepeta

Rudbeckia fulgida

Calamintha nepeta ssp. nepeta

Gaura lindheimeri

Salvia nemorosa

Leucanthemum vulgare

Achillea millefolium

Perovskia atriplicifolia

Salvia nemorosa