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
Astilbe
'Moccachino'
false goat's beard
Chocolate and froth is enticing indeed, Astilbe 'Moccachino' mimics a comforting mocha-filled mug in fabulous plant form! With this false goat’s beard, you can add a chocolatey tone to your planting schemes, bringing light, height and texture to the shadier, damper areas of the garden. It’s a real treat of a garden plant through the season with truly gorgeous ferny leaves brushed with tints of copper and cocoa-brown between spring and autumn every year. In summer, when it sends up reddish stems topped with fluffy plumes of creamy-white flowers, Astilbe 'Moccachino' is breath-taking. Unlike most Astilbes that hold their flowers up fairly upright, this one arches its blooms gracefully over an attractive clump of bushy foliage.
A useful and impressive perennial for partly shaded, moist sites, Astilbe 'Moccachino' looks lovely massed together to form a ferny, lush and colourful display. Try this as an original choice for a pondside area, or combine it with ferns, purple and bronze-toned heuchera, or something starry and contrasting like Astrantia. Its good looks luckily come without fuss: Astilbe 'Moccachino' is robust, resistant to slugs, generally untroubled by diseases and generally an easy-going, low-maintenance plant. Enjoy the return of this perennial every year, give it time to reach full size – they grow back from a bigger clump every year and eventually form a highly prolific clump.
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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 'Moccachino' (× _arendsii_)
- Flower colour
- White
- Established height
- 70cm-1m
- Established spread
- 30-50cm
- Growing skill
- Easy to grow
- Habit
-
Upright
Clump-forming - Hardiness
- Fully hardy
- Leaf colour
- Bronze, dark 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
-
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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