Astilbe Chocolate Shogun PP 26430 Spring ephemerals The clumps are topped with

The clumps are topped with 2' stalks of medium lavender flowers in late spring

very slow-growing

The peculiar clumps are topped in late June with 18" spikes of light lavender hummingbird flowers

Yucca 'Red Rover' is an exciting accidental discovery made when Yucca rostrata seedlings we obtained in the mid-1990s from a Southern Texas source turned out to be hybrids with Yucca rigida

root into the ground at their tips

Astilbe Chocolate Shogun PP 26430 Spring ephemerals The clumps are topped withWe were so excited, we almost wet our plants when we first saw Astilbe 'Chocolate Shogun' but, was the color really that good, and would it live for us? The answer to both is a resounding yes. Astilbe 'Chocolate Shogun' is a creation from Japanese plant breeder, Nagasaki Teruhisa, who selected it from a seed batch of Astilbe thunbergii. The 3' tall x 2' wide deciduous clump is clothed with dark purple, foliage, and topped in spring with blush pink