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  1. savageHK

    savageHK Gardener

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    Rescued from a bed that was being dug up, hasn't produced any interesting features yet and I'm starting to suspect weed rather than intentional plant.
     

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    Hi @savageHK ,

    It's an Astilbe, don't know which one there are hundreds. They have large feathery spikes of tiny flowers in shades of red/pink/purple or white. Very much a good plant not a weed. Mine are just starting to put out their first flowering stems. Keep in half shade to shade and fairly damp.
     
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    • savageHK

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      Thanks! I was starting to doubt myself. It was previously in quite a sunny spot, I'll move it to a shadier spot (luckily I have several of those recently cleared from the overgrowth!).
       
    • savageHK

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      It seems to reproduce fairly easily by breaking up the root clump, is that right? (Unhelpfully I seem to have bindweed roots mixed in :( )
       
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