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Growth habit. Leaf petioles, veins and flower stalks are brown, "shaggy," pubescent.

Growth habit with flower buds.

Growth habit is rounded. Foliage is valued more than the flowers.

In full flower. Panicles somewhat resemble astilbe.

In full flower.

Saxifragiaceae

Leaves are palmately compound, serrate, and deeply veined — very closely resembling the leaves of the horse chestnut tree (Aesculus hippocastanum). Flowers are pink to creamy white in loose, branching, pyramidal panicles.

Plant Type: perennial

Plant Form or Habit: rounded/mounded

Plant Use: In the back of beds and borders; as a specimen plant or planted in groups.

Propagation:

seed
division

Flower Color:

pink
white

Bloom Period:

early summer
mid-summer

Width: Minimum: 36 inches     Maximum: 48 inches

Foliage Texture: coarse

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5

Water Requirements: high average

Additional Comments: Grows best with adequate water. Can do nicely in bog gardens or next to water.