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.

http://s528.photobucket.com/albums/d...t=IMAG0867.jpg

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

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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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Bill G's in the middle. Come to think of it, where is Bill G these days?

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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
=======================================
Urgling from Swansea Bay. Dave's at that end; I'm at this end.
Bill G's in the middle. Come to think of it, where is Bill G these days?


http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/d...h_IMAG0868.jpg
Hope this shows the foliage a bit better. thanks for both replies, hope
this solves the problem once and for all.

On 20/06/2012 15:51, 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.

http://s528.photobucket.com/albums/d...t=IMAG0867.jpg




Hi Sheila,

It's just like a plant I grow in my garden. I bought seeds for
Meadowsweet, Filipendula ulmaria. It is very beautiful.
However, I googled for meadowsweet just to be sure I'd got the name
right but the pics on line don't look quite like mine, so I wonder if I
was sent the wrong seed?? It looks, as Sacha says, a lot like Aruncus.
I don't think it's an Astilbe.

I have to say I've seen very mixed images for Meadowsweet, so it could
still be that.

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