Aruncus sylvestris | Goats Beard Tea towel It is happy being grown

It is happy being grown in poor but well-drained soils in either full sun or a partially shaded position and once established it is quite drought tolerant

Disbudding will increase the flower size

Flowering is from spring and into summer

Perennial  | Hardy | Semi-deciduous in colder climates

You can expect a vase life of at least a week

Aruncus sylvestris | Goats Beard Tea towel It is happy being grownAlso known as Aruncus dioicus or Goats Beard this lovely plant has plumes of creamy white tiny starlike flowers resembling an Astilbe but it is considerably taller is stature. Aruncus is an attractive perennial with mounds of fernlike leaves so there is a big show from early summer right through until autumn when it loses it leaves and becomes dormant until spring. This clump forming perennial grows quite slowly up to around 1. 2 to 1. 8m in height