On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:07:47 +0100, Stephen Wolstenholme
wrote:

On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:51:09 +0100, "Sheila"
wrote:

A friend passed a branch of this very beautiful plant, the lady in the
garden centre at first thought it was a grass, then had second thoughts, and
thought it may be a variety of Astilbe. Your views would be appreciated,
thanks,

Sheila.

It does look like Astilbe arendsii but I'm not certain.

Steve

I'm thinking arendsii is more erect and bushy than the plant in the
photo. I was wondering about Astilbe japonica Deutschland being a
possibility as it's early in its flowering period and so it might not
have bulked up yet. However I think the flowers are a bit less droopy.
Some foliage in the photo would have helped.

Cheers, Jake
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