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Astilboides tabularis

Astilboides tabularis

Burnished leaf in late September

Family saxifragaceae

Life cycle perennial (Z4-7)

Flowers white

Size 4'

Light part-full shade

Cultural notes moist garden soil

From seed germinate at room temperature
detailed seed-starting info below

Seed ripens late September

Forms a clump of bold bright green foliage. Dark flowering stems with creamy white flowers. I love how the plant comes back in spring, around late April, with outlandishly crinkled leaves that would be right at home in an eery fairytale forest. It's an impressive plant that deserves a better place than the one we gave it along the back strip of our shade garden - but I'm afraid to give it much more sun, for fear of losing this marvellous oddity.

In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: shade garden, orchard nursery area

Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list

About my plant portraits

Some helpful links to other websites

Maureen and Glen (CA)

good photos, and personal information about plant performance

Seed-starting details for this plant

Seed from '02 trade. Baggy 70F (50%G, starting 7d)
Same seed as above. Baggy 65F (60%G, 11-24d)
Seed from '04 garden. Baggy 65F (just a few G from chaffy mixture: the elongated brown ones; 8-13d)
Same seed as above. Baggy 65F (selected seeds according to description above; 16%G, 18-20d). Seed probably lost viability.
Seed from '07 garden. Baggy 65F (80%G, 10-17d)

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