Milk and Honey Astilbe – 5 Inch Container

Description

Creamy sweet plumes, the Milk and Honey Astilbe (Astilbe chinensis ‘Milk and Honey’) overflows with creamy white plumes that turn light pink as they age! The two-color effect is lovely and very unique!

This vigorous perennial grower has bushy, heavily dissected foliage that is somewhat marbled with green and silver when young, but ages into a vivid bronzy green. This cultivar is a vigorous grower that blooms profusely throughout the late mid-summer months, later than other Astilbe varieties, extending your enjoyment of these blooms!

Milk and Honey is deer and rabbit-resistant but brings in all the bees, butterflies and hummingbirds! Cold and heat tolerant throughout USDA planting zones 4-9, growing up to 30 inches tall and wide, forming lacy mounds that are easy to grow and low-maintenance! Pests and diseases even seem to pass by these fantastic plants!

Landscape Application:

Refined lacy leaves and foamy elegant flowers, Astilbe are ideal pollinator and cut flower garden plants for the shadier locations around your yard! Gorgeous edging and frilly pathway fringe, you’ll love adding these versatile perennials to your landscape where they become the finishing touch to your garden design. Snip some blooms for your indoor floral designs too!

Pot up in plants as specimen plantings or as part of a mixed planter as a filler and thriller, these lacy plants shine in smaller settings and container gardens whether you have a yard or not! Add some elegance to patios and porches, covered seating areas, and balconies.

• Gorgeous Creamy White Plumes Age Soft Pink
• Bronzy Green Pointed u0026amp; Finely-Dissected Foliage
• Pollinator u0026amp; Hummingbird-Friendly u0026amp; Great Cut Flowers
• Great Container Garden Thrillers u0026amp; Fillers
• Edging, Borders, Massing u0026amp; Specimens

ProPlantTips for Care:

Astilbes are long-lived perennials that are most comfortable when grown in rich soil and light shade to filtered sun. They will grow in full shade in hotter climates, but will not bloom as prolifically. Though they are easy to grow, Astilbes have one critical requirement – consistently moist soil as drying out leads to a quick loss of flowers and eventually stress.

Provide mulched beds for insulation and to increase the organic matter in the soil, while holding in moisture consistently! Deadheading cleans up the mounds and you can use the dried blooms in bouquets, or leave the dried seed heads intact to provide late-season interest. Cut back hard in the early spring before new growth emerges and fertilize at this time too.

• Partial Shade u0026amp; Full Shade (In Hot Climates)
• Well-Drained Soil That’s Organically Enriched
• Needs Consistent Moisture Access
• Prune Early Spring Before New Growth
• Resists Rabbits u0026amp; Deer

Just like the land of plenty, the Milk and Honey Astilbe will bring the bounty of creamy flowers and lacy foliage to your landscape! Order yours today at NatureHills.com and get these romantic blossoms delivered to your doorstep!