Astilbe make beautiful additions to shade or part shade gardens, providing plume like flowers over extremely attractive foliage. In Zone 8, astilbe normally flower late April/Early May. Flowers range in color from white to peach to red and lilac purple. Heights vary from <1 to >3 ft in height.
The week of March 20th, we are offering pre-orders of 2-3 eye tubers of Astilbe younique series, which is a smaller more compact astilbe with heights from 12-16″. The tubers will be offered at $4.49 each. Buy them now and sow them yourself or purchase them in 1-gallon containers for $12.99 in the spring. Tubers will be arriving the week of 3/20/2022 for the following varieties:
- Astilbe younique Cerise
- Astilbe younique Lilac
- Astilbe younique Ruby Red
- Astilbe younique Silvery Pink
| Tuber | Variety | Size | Price | Bloom Color, Height & Other Info | Zone Info |
| Astilbe younique | Cerise | 2-3 eye | $4.49 | Deep pink w/slight red overtones ; 12-16″ height | Zone 4-8; part to full shade |
| Tuber | Variety | Size | Price | Bloom Color, Height & Other Info | Zone Info |
| Astilbe younique | Lilac | 2-3 eye | $4.49 | Pink with lilac overtones; 12-16″ height | Zone 4-8; part to full shade |
| Tuber | Variety | Size | Price | Bloom Color, Height & Other Info | Zone Info |
| Astilbe younique | Ruby Red | 2-3 eye | $4.49 | Raspberry bloom; 12-16″ height | Zone 4-8; part to full shade |
| Tuber | Variety | Size | Price | Bloom Color, Height & Other Info | Zone Info |
| Astilbe younique | Silvery Pink | 2-3 eye | $4.49 | Soft blush pink bloom; 12-16″ height | Zone 4-8; part to full shade |
We did offer other Astilbe (arendsii and chinensis and japonica types) earlier in this season (mid-February). The previously offered Astilbe 3-5 eye sold out. Those items are listed below and will be available again as tubers next year in 2023 and we will notify you by e-mail when they arrive:
- Astilbe arendsii Bridal Veil (white)
- Astilbe arendsii Fanal (red)
- Astilbe chinensis Visions (raspberry)
- Astilbe chinensis Visions in Pink (duhhh … pink)
- Astilbe japonica Montgomery (red)
Specifics and pictures for each follow.
| Astilbe arendsii | Bridal Veil | 3-5 eye | $4.99 | White bloom; 24-36″ height | Zone 4-9; part to full shade |
| Astilbe arendsii | Fanal | 3-5 eye | $4.99 | Ruby red bloom; 15-24″ height | Zone 4-9; part to full shade |
The absolute worst image ever (but it’s all we got) … Visions Astilbe is Raspberry in color and beautiful.
| Astilbe chinensis | Visions | 3-5 eye | $4.99 | Raspberry bloom; 12-15″ height | Zone 4-8; part to full shade |
| Astilbe chinensis | Visions in Pink | 3-5 eye | $4.99 | Soft pink bloom; 24-32″ height | Zone 4-8; part to full shade |
| Astilbe japonica | Montgomery | 3-5 eye | $4.99 | Cerise red bloom; 15-24″ height | Zone 4-8; part to full shade |
