Astilbe arendsii 'August Light' (False Spirea)

Medium to light lemon-yellow clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers bloom in the spring, after which medium-green leaves appear, then turn burgundy in the fall. Mounding habit.

Blooms
4-6′ tall x 4′ spread
Deciduous
HARDY to -30°F (-34°C)
Fragrant
Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies
Rabbit resistant

Clump-forming bright yellow-green leaves with silver undersides grow below tall green stems with small white bell-shaped flowers. Fast growth rate.

Blooms early to late summer
1 ft tall x 1.5 ft spread
HARDY to -30°F (-34.4°C)
Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds
Deer and rabbit resistant
Salt tolerant

These shade-loving, rhizomatous, clump-forming perennials bear leaves that are medium green with chartreuse rippled margins. Lavender bell-shaped flowers bloom on one-sided racemes atop tall bracted scapes. Slow growth rate. Sport of “Gold Drop”.

Blooms mid to late summer
0.5-1.5 ft tall x 1.5-2.5 ft spread
HARDY to -40°F (-40°C)
Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds
Tolerant to juglone
Moderate salt tolerance
Heat and humidity tolerant

Green, produces edible fiddleheads, bronze fall foliage, moderate growth rate, 3-4 ft tall x 2-3 ft wide, groundcover, partial to full shade, acidic.

Bright red double blooms, green foliage, moderate growth rate, blooms early to late spring, 0.5ft tall x 1ft wide, partial to full shade

Pink-blushed buds open to large trusses of showy white blooms with greenish-yellow blotch contrasting with the dark green foliage. Moderate growth rate. Blooms late spring. Low compact growth. 4′ tall x 4′ spread. Part Shade. HARDY to -20F (-29C)