Here are the best shade perennials gardening experts recommend, including plants that attract pollinators such as bees and ...

Enhance your garden with 12 stunning companion plants that thrive alongside 'Purple Dragon' lamium. Learn planting tips for creating a balanced ecosystem.

Layering is one of Eva’s tried-and-true planting techniques, and it works especially well using astilbe. Layering this perennial with other perennials, summer bulbs and even annuals ‘gives nooks and ...

The 'Granat' astilbe has large, spiky plumes of a warm carmine red color, and the lacy green leaves are touched with bronze tones. This plant is fairly compact, growing between 20 and 24 inches tall.

Astilbes, which today form a group of 25 species, grow in various sizes from a few inches to more than 4 feet in height. Its value in the garden has to be its flowers, which appear as airy plumes ...

Astilbe. The Spruce / Letícia Almeida . Astilbe (Astilbe spp.) is a shade-loving perennial that blooms about eight to 10 weeks after planting. It is known for its feathery plumes of flowers.

Some of the prettiest flowers in the world come in shades of pink. With a range of hues and a variety of flower types to choose from, planting pink flowers will brighten your landscape and likely ...

I planted a 3-foot purple astilbe called astilbe ‘Superba’ in a row along the house. Today that group of astilbes looks fine, and, since this plant is not invasive, it has not taken over the area.

I love trees, and with the 13 trees in my small city lot, comes a plethora of shade. In the past, I have planted numerous selections of hostas, but with the addition of two-tiered flower boxes ...