Pink astilbes

My astilbes, also known as False Goat’s Beard, are blooming in the Secret Garden. I love these bright feathery flowers. These are great plants for shady, moist areas and they do well in fertile, peaty soil. I had several of these plants, but lost two large clumps due to the severe drought we had last summer.

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pink astilbe blooms

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astilbe foliage and blooms

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8 Responses to “Pink astilbes”

  1. Quinttarantino Says:
    June 4, 2008 at 9:50 am

    Wow … your secret garden is so colourful!

  2. Sherry Says:
    June 4, 2008 at 9:30 pm

    Hi Quint,

    I do have a little color in the secret garden. I try not to have -too- much bright color there since I want it to be green and serene, but I have the astilbes and a few other plants with flowers right now.

    Thanks for stopping by. :)

  3. Tom Says:
    June 5, 2008 at 6:39 am

    I had this in the garden once, I didn’t reconise it in the top picture but the bottom one was just the same.. never knew the name of it.

  4. Sherry Says:
    June 5, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    Hi Tom,

    They are nice big plants, aren’t they? I love their feathery flowers.
    Thanks for visiting. :)

  5. Sandy's Notes Says:
    June 5, 2008 at 8:57 pm

    I love astilbes, but I have a hard time pronouncing the word. I have so many in my garden, which by the way I love your secret garden! I have white and pink. We have gardens in common!

  6. Sherry Says:
    June 5, 2008 at 10:07 pm

    Hi Sandy,

    We do have gardens in common. :)

    I love astilbes too (they do have a strange name.. lol), and I think I’m going to get some white ones to plant alongside the pink in the secret garden. I’m sure yours are beautiful, pink and white makes such a nice combination.

    Thanks for visiting.

  7. Digital Polaroids Says:
    June 7, 2008 at 1:20 pm

    I never saw this kind of flower. Beautiful

  8. Sherry Says:
    June 7, 2008 at 6:10 pm

    Hi Digital Polaroids,

    Thanks! By the way, you have some really great photos on your blog, and thank you for visiting mine.

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