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Botanical Name: Aruncus
Common Name: Goatsbeard
Hardiness: Zone 3 - 7
Exposure: Full Sun/Partial Shade/Full Shade
Bloom Time: Summer
Flower Colours: White
Foliage: Mid green, fern-like
Height: 3 - 5 feet
Spread:
Soil Type: Average
Moisture: Moist
Care Level: Easy
Aruncus dioicus

General Description:
These lacy foliage plants have showy plumes similar to Astilbe. Great value for their beautiful foliage adn fine textured flower plumes.
aethusifolia -dwarf 6-8" compact plants, dark green fern like foliage. Excellent for rock gardens, next to the sidewalk or front of the border. Short spikes of creamy flowers are effective until they are covered by snow.
dioicus -majestic 4-5' plant. Reaches full size early summer. Grow as specimen or at the back border. Useful as a divider.

Care and Maintenance:
Grow in full sun to full shade in good garden soil. Tolerant of moist soils. Very frost hardy. Does not require winter mulching.

Uses & Features:
Mid/Back Border
Shady Garden
Wooldand areas
Varieties Available:
aethusifolius(dwarf)
dioicus:
knetfii
Sylvestris