House Plant Index
SPIRAEA
Astilbe japonica
| Flowers |
March-April |
| Potting or re-potting time |
see below |
| Position in garden during summer |
see below |
| Potting Mixture |
3 |
Astilbe, or spiraea as the florists call it, is a handsome Easter flower with large, foamy panicles of white, pink, or rose blossoms and fern-like foliage.
The plant requires an abundance of water; two wettings a day is not overdoing it. Give it a sunny window and a cool temperature.
The process of continuing to use Astilbe, as a flowering houseplant is a little complicated. As it is hardy, it is advisable to remove it from the pot after it is through flowering and plant it in the garden as a permanent tenant and purchase new plants each year for forced bloom in the house.
Three good varieties are:
| America |
lilac-rose |
| Gladstone |
white |
| Queen Alexandra |
pink |
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