Scientific Name: Rodgersia aesculifolia
Common Name: fingerleaf rodgersia
Family Name: Saxifragaceae
Origin: S.E. Asia / Japan / China
Hardiness Zone: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 1.3 - 2.0m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Arching, Spreading, Upright
Form: Mounded
Texture: Very coarse
Landscape Uses: Accent plant, Container planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Summer interest, Waterside planting, Wetland - bogs
Exposure: Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Humus rich
Leaves: Compound, Basal, Leathery, Tomentose, Digitate (palmate), Obovate, Serrate
Flowers: Panicle, White, Pink, Jul-Aug
Fruit: Capsule, Red, Brown, Aug-Sep
Key ID Features:
Leaves resemble horse chestnut with seven crinkled, coarsely-toothed, dark green leaflets; panicles resemble astilbe, florets creamy white (sometimes light pink), June to August.