Unpack bare roots or rhizomes on arrival and plant them within a week. Until then, keep them somewhere cool and ensure the roots remain slightly moist, never wet.
Out of season
Treat your garden to pure plant ambrosia, Astilbe 'Milk and Honey' – it’s not just incredibly beautiful, but it provides a sweet feast for pollinators and it’s incredibly easy and rewarding to grow. This heavenly plant with its graceful milky-white plumes in summer every year brings softness and light to the garden, particularly dimmer, shady spots or areas with damp soil. Its fluffy flowers, blushed with the lightest puff of powder pink, are just what is needed to illuminate and transform a shady corner or dull area, providing a fantastic focal point. The plumes emerge in mid summer on strong stems, keeping the blooms pleasingly upright and reaching a height of around 70cm. Even before flowering begins, Astilbe 'Milk and Honey' will look glorious with its leafy, deeply divided foliage, adding a note of lushness to borders or large containers in dappled or even full shade.
Astilbe chinensis 'Milk and Honey' is very floriferous, giving a long season of interest and looking good even after the flowers have faded and dried on the plant. It’s a great option for cut flowers and flower arranging, its fascinating blooms with their hundreds of tiny flowers creating great interest and texture, whether fresh or dried. Also known as false goat’s beard, Astilbe are fantastically robust plants, rarely troubled by pests or diseases and easy to grow and care for. Astilbe 'Milk and Honey' are perfect subjects for a woodland garden, water garden or any shady borders. Create an impressive show in shade by combining with astilbes in other colours, ferns, thalictrum and bergenia.
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Remove the packaging straight away, check the compost and water thoroughly if dry. Check the plant’s hardiness before placing it outdoors. Plant into a border or permanent container within a month, choosing the position recommended for the variety. Keep the top of the root ball level with the surrounding soil, firm gently and water well.
Soak the roots in water for three to six hours immediately before planting. Keep any crown, buds or emerging shoots above the water where possible.
Pot most bare roots into 15–20cm pots filled with peat-free multipurpose compost. Large or depth-sensitive roots, including peonies, are often best planted directly into borders.
Arrange the roots naturally without bending them. Cover the roots completely, positioning the crown and buds at the depth recommended for that particular perennial.
Keep pots in a sheltered outdoor position and water whenever the compost begins to dry. Grow on until roots hold the compost together when lifted from the pot.
Plant into a suitable border or permanent container once well rooted. Add a label and water regularly throughout the first growing season while the perennial establishes.
- Botanical name
- Astilbe chinensis 'Milk and Honey'ᴾᴮᴿ
- Flower colour
- White, pale pink
- Established height
- 70cm-1m
- Established spread
- 30-50cm
- Growing skill
- Easy to grow
- Habit
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Upright
Clump-forming - Hardiness
- Fully hardy
- Leaf colour
- Green
- Mouse resistant
- No
- Plant size
- 2/3 eyes
- Plant spacing
- 5 plants per m2
- Pollinator friendly
- Yes
- Position
- Sheltered
- Rabbit resistant
- Yes
- Scented
- No
- Soil acidity
- Any
- Soil moisture
-
Damp
Free draining - Soil type
-
Loam
Clay
Loam-based compost - Suitable for
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Large containers
Borders
Cottage gardens
Low maintenance gardens - Sunlight
-
Full shade
Partial shade
Dappled shade - Toxicity
- No report
- Years to establish
- 2-3 years
Pollinator-friendly
Great for shade
RHS Recommended
Perennial
Fully hardy
Packed peat-free
Low maintenance
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