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Also Known As

Aruncus aethusiflolius
Dwarf Goat's Beard

Plant type

perennial

size

H: 6"-16"
W: 12"-18"

planting zones

4a-9b

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Aruncus aethusifolius plant details

Aruncus aethusifolius is a broadleaf deciduous perennial with green foliage. In spring and summer cream flowers emerge. Attracts bees making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun - shade and even moisture - regular water. Does well in acidic, average, rich and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Aruncus aethusifolius

Plant type: perennial
Plant family: rosaceae
Foliage: deciduous green
Mature size: 12 IN - 18 IN - wide, 6 IN - 16 IN - tall
Flowers: cream blooms in spring and summer

GROWING CONDITIONS for Aruncus aethusifolius

USDA Zones: 4a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun - shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular

Soil needs: acidic, average, rich and well-drained

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

This goat has only a 10" beard! Decorative lobed leaves, mini white spikes of flowers June > July. Grows to about a foot wide and 10" tall. A woodland plant for sun to part shade, moist to wet soil. A nice accent, filler or foreground planting…bog or pondside too! Fluffy, not stuffy.

By: Secret Garden Growers

This neat and tidy miniature hosta comes from Japan. It forms a dense mound of tiny variegated foliage, mature leaves measure just 2.75" long by 1.75" wide. Despite its little size it does grab your attention.

By: Noname Nursery

Aruncus aethusiflolius, or Dwarf Goat’s Beard, is a clump-forming, herbaceous perennial that displays finely dissected foliage and tall, creamy white, Astilbe-like plumes. Dried seed plumes are attractive. Thrives in humus rich, continually moist soil. Best grown in cool, humid climates. Great ground cover, or for edging, woodland and shade gardens

By: Little Prince of Oregon

A truly useful, shade-tolerant, dwarf plume-flowering plant from Korea that looks excellent in the front of the border or in the dappled light of a woodland garden - it mixes well with practically any of the hardy geraniums. Amazing fall colour if it is in a sunny glade! Photo courtesy of Walters Gardens.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

Topped by creamy white plumes of minute starlike flowers, ﬁne ultra-chiseled foliage and red-tinged stems craft a tidy dwarf habit that works well as a ground cover around ﬂat stones and rocks. This small charmer can also be tucked into the front of the border with broad-leafed Epimediums nearby.

By: Digging Dog Nursery

Native to Japan and Korea, A. aethusifolius is very similar to A. parvulus with wonderful, 1' mounds of finely dissected leaves, topped by short plumes of white flowers. It tolerates everything from pondsides to dry shade and becomes a remarkably tight bun if grown in full sun. ZONE 4

By: Arrowhead Alpines

Blooms: spring-summer, creamy white plumes/ compact clumping species. Fern like foliage. Very durable & compact clumping species. Zone 3-9. 16", Korea, Shade-part sun, moist, humus rich

By: Keeping it Green Nursery

A wonderful addition for the edge of a woodland path or shaded perennial border with fine fern-like foliage ; 12" spikes of creamy-white flowers on a very compact plant. PSh-Shade/Med

By: Forestfarm

Fine feathery foliage and reddish stems are adorned with spikes of soft white flowers in the summer. Occurring in great plumes which look almost like clouds floating over the foliage.

By: Greer Gardens Inc.

Hardy Korean goat's beard, a small perennial, to only 10-16" tall and wide, with ferny, cut foliage that turn red in autumn, and summer flowers in white plumes very like astilbes. These tolerate full sun to full shade and in between, with rich, humousy soil and plentiful summer water. A die-back perennial that returns in spring. Frost hardy to -40 °F, USDA zone 3!

By: Cistus Nursery

Dwarf Goat's Beard. One of the top perennials of all time. Tightly packed ferny foliage and short dense plumes of white flowers in early to mid summer. Hardy as all get out and completely trouble free. If you screw this up then we beg you - please give up gardening. Just not very dry, that's all.