Astilbe (Astilbe Chinensis) - Growing Astilbe seeds is a wonderful way to liven up shady areas with plumes of color. Astilbe Chinensis is the gardener's best friend for breaking up the monotony of various shades of green in the shady garden. Astilbe plants are strong, robust shade-lovers that produce extremely large pink plumes. They are quite tall plants, averaging around twelve to eighteen inches in total without flowers and with flowers they can grow as tall as 2 feet.

Astilbe seed | chinensis

How to grow

How To Grow Astilbe From Seed: Astilbe flower seeds are usually sown indoors in early spring and transplanted outside when the weather is warmer. Use a loose, soft soil mix, and plant the Astilbe seeds on the surface, pressing them into the soil.

Make sure that the soil drains well and is able to keep the flower seeds moist, but not wet, at all times. For the best results, add in a little fertilizer that has a high concentration of nitrogen. Keep the Astilbe plants inside until the seedlings reach about 2 inches in height. Transplant after last frost.

• Sowing Rate: 10 - 12 seeds per plant
• Average Germ Time: 28 - 35 days
• Keep moist until germination
• Attracts bees and butterflies
• Depth: Do not cover

Flower Specifications

For optimum growth, you should plant Astilbe in average soil in an area that gets good drainage. It's important that the soil has good drainage because excessively wet soil could cause the roots to rot away. These plants are not very resilient against excessive heat or sunlight, therefore the area that you plant your Astilbe in should ideally receive partial shade.

• Height: 18 - 24 inches
• USDA Zones: 4 - 8
• Season: Perennial
• Deer Resistant: Yes 

Astilbe (Astilbe Chinensis Pumila) - Pumila Astilbe Chinensis flower seed produces the most versatile Astilbe we know! It creates a wonderful ground cover for moist, shaded areas and is more tolerant of heat and temporary drought than other Astilbe plants. The foliage is a bronze-green color, and is topped with petite, rosy-pink plumes. Astilbe perennials are clump-forming and feature graceful, fern-like mounds of lovely foliage with plume-like flower panicles rising above the foliage on slender, upright stems.

Astilbe Pumila prefers a moist soil; however, it does tolerate dryness better than others. Astilbe seeds grow easily and soon there will be some wonderful color for the shade garden. Blooms begin in midsummer and continue until fall. Astilbe flower seeds are usually sown indoors in early spring and transplanted outside when the weather is warmer. Use a loose, soft soil mix, and plant the Astilbe flower seeds on the surface, pressing them into the soil. Make sure that the soil drains well and is able to keep the flower seeds moist, but not wet, at all times. For the best results, add in a little fertilizer that has a high concentration of nitrogen. Keep the Astilbe plants inside until the seedlings reach about 2 inches in height. Transplant after last frost.

Astilbe (Astilbe Arendsii Bunter) - If you have shady areas that need some color, start some Astilbe seeds and brighten things up! What a variety of colors: violet, red, pink, cream and white as well as dark green, serrated foliage. It's a shade lover that makes a nice cut flower for fresh or dried bouquets! Astilbe Arendsii is perfect for the shady bed or border. It is also both deer and rabbit resistant!

Astilbe seed | bunter

How to grow

How To Grow Astilbe Bunter From Seed: Astilbe flower seed is usually sown indoors in early spring and transplanted outside when the weather is warmer. Use a loose, soft soil mix, and plant the Astilbe seeds on the surface, pressing them into the soil.

Make sure that the soil drains well and is able to keep the flower seeds moist, but not wet, at all times. For the best results, add in a little fertilizer that has a high concentration of nitrogen. Keep the Astilbe plants inside until the seedlings reach about 2 inches in height. Transplant after last frost.

• Sowing Rate: 3 - 5 seeds per plant
• Average Germ Time: 28 - 35 days
• Keep moist until germination
• Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds
• Depth: Do not cover

Flower Specifications

Astilbe plants do best in moist (not wet) soils. They require rich soil with lots of compost or humus mixed in. In the north they do best in part shade with more sun than shade and in the south they do best in more shade than sun. They are not full shade plants because they will not flower well with out adequate light. Under poor light conditions they will grow into green clumps but flower poorly.

• Height: 28 inches
• USDA Zones: 4 - 8
• Season: Perennial
• Deer Resistant: Yes