Plant/flower ID please!

[chris]

I've two of these, one white, one pink-ish.. They're quite nice, would like to move them/split them, but I don't know anything about them. Anyone able to identify what it is please? So I can have a read about them

Thanks

White one - almost finished flowering




Thank you!

[Polly Fouracre]

I believe they are Astilbe.

[chris]

Ah, thank you polly - that seems to be correct

[rustylady]

The flowers look wrong for astilbe http://www.flowers-hut.info/wp-conte...m-300x2257.jpg The flowers look like hebe, but the leaves are wrong for them. I'll have another google.

[ginger ninger]

They have the red stalks/leaves like the astilbe. Have the flowers been out long chris? Just wondering if the flowers are young ones...hence the not looking much like the adult flower.

[chris]

Yup, they've been flowering for yonks! (edit: the white ones... not sure about the pink ones - it was all covered in weeds until I just weeded it ).

the leaves are the same as in your pic GN - here's the larger versions:

https://picasaweb.google.com/1144906...25372039123330

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-i.../P72476204.jpg

The sun on them doesn't seem to help the photos - I'll get another one tonight. Looking at the RHS page though, Pollys guess seems to be right?

I chopped it hard back ~Feb/Mar, as before then there were reed plants EVERYWHERE. It's very boggy in that section of the garden (Near garden tap/drain).. no idea how the reed got there mind.

[ginger ninger]

My Mum use to grow them, butterflies & bees love them. And the best thing about them chris is they don't get many pest's.

[chris]

That's good enough for me then! I noticed they flowered last year too (didn't know there was a pink one though!).

I'll bung them in the border, I like easy to look after things

[Aberdeenplotter]

Looks like astilbe to me.

[rustylady]

Just re-visited this thread, and I have to agree they are astilbe. I think the angle of Chris's photo of the white one threw me. BTW Chris, astilbe loves moist ground.

[chris]

Oops forgot to take some more photos - yeah odd ankle, I was bare foot didn't want to step on the heather that's growing there so was leaning over

Thank you all !

*slots it into his plan*

[Ja9]

Yes astilbe, and really nice plants. easy to split the clumps.