PETITTI Astilbe Spotlight | Grow for Shade, Deer Resistance & Pollinators

Also known as "False Spirea", Astilbe are fantastic perennials for part-shade to shade areas in the garden. Watch this video with Noelle, Horticulturist and Education Manager with Petitti Garden Centers, to learn more about how to properly grow and care for Astilbe. Not only do these beautiful bloomers attract pollinators to the shade garden, they are also deer-resistant! Look for early, mid and late season blooming varieties to maintain long-lasting color in your shade garden, and the later blooming and enhanced sun tolerance of the “Visions Series”.

0:00 Intro
0:55 Lighting
1:43 Soil Conditions
2:15 Watering
2:40 Fertilization
3:02 Attributes
4:08 Dividing
5:11 Varieties
5:36 Astilbe arendsii
7:26 Astilbe japonica
8:37 Astilbe chinensis
10:34 Astilbe simplicifolia
11:28 Recap

[karenguy]

Would love a video on fertilization using espoma. What to feed different plants and timing. Thanks!

[lesliem]

Thank You 😊 Excellent video! (as all your videos)

[alyssa]

Excellent video! Can you do one on anemone and salvia?

[JuanVic-nrlu]

Will they do good with my lillies that get the hot afternoon sun? Watering one time a we for me would kill everything though

[sammysworld]

Hi Noelle. I have several vision series astilbes growing in containers. I notice after they bloom by the end of summer their leaves curl & crinkle as if they are going dry even though the soil
Is moist. Is this normal?