| Scientific Name: | Astilbe chinensis |
| Common Name: | Chinese astilbe |
| Family Name: | Saxifragaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Aquatic - ponds, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Waterside planting, Wetland - bogs, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Prickly, Pubescent, Trifoliate (ternate), Elliptic, Ovate, Rhomboidal, Double serrate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Panicle, White, Pink, Magenta, Red, Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves pinnately 2-3 times compound, leaflets 3-5, ovate-elliptic-rhomboidal, most 2-8cm long x 1-4cm wide, pubescent, margins doubly serrate; panicles 8-35cm long x 3-5 (-10)cm wide, packed with numerous lilac-pinkish-purple florets, petals linear about 5mm long x 0.5-1mm wide. | |