Astilbe 'Purple Rain'

Grow a summer display which is just as iconic as the 80's hit! Astilbe 'Purple Rain' will be your number 1 in summer when it erupts into an explosive concert of intense purple fluffy flowers. Tight clusters of tiny red-mauve blooms huddle together to create tufty, feathery plumes that are irresistibly tactile. With flowers this sensational, you may find yourself snipping some for a vase indoors. They can also be dried to bring a fun and funky twist to dried flower arrangements. If you haven’t tried growing astilbe before, give it a go and see how quickly you become a fan!

Commonly known as false goat's beard, you'll find Astilbe 'Purple Rain' particularly useful for clay soils and also injecting colour into those tricky shaded corners, where the ground never quite dries out. Astilbe delivers a long season of interest, flowering from July through to late summer. And, it's not just the flowers which make this superstar worth having, the finely-cut leaves of Astilbe × arendsii 'Purple Rain' are a point of interest too, offering oodles of texture to your borders and containers.