Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various perennial plants of the genus Astilbe native chiefly to East Asia, having compound basal leaves and widely cultivated for their plumelike panicles of small colorful flowers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of perennial plants, belonging to the family Saxifragaceæ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A species, subspecies,
cultivar , orspecimen of the genus Astilbe.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any plant of the genus Astilbe having compound leaves and showy panicles of tiny colorful flowers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This involved finding and placing an ornamental iron table and chairs, a stone bench, some hooks for hanging tools, a rhododendron, several azaleas, perennials such as astilbe and liriope, and a few bags of hardwood bark mulch.
Small urban gardens can be designed with a large-yard feel Joel M. Lerner Special to The Washington Post 2010
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Look for white-flowered selections of perennials, such as astilbe, and annuals, such as impatiens, browallia, torenia and begonias.
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Pepper the arrangement with delicate elements such at dainty columbine flowers, oregano sprigs and wispy astilbe.
Doing the Flowers 2011
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I did end up with the tall astilbe, did not cut the flower stalk off and made it through two flights, security and the drive home still intact.
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Veronicastrum virginicum, new to the garden last year joins white astilbe and bronze fennel among others in the yellow/white bed.
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We also have the butterfly weed, muhly and japanese blood grass, astilbe, ajuga and the Crimson Queen maple.
The Six Degrees Of Favorite Plants-SL Blogathon « Fairegarden 2009
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Loved this post, Frances, curious to see what you would choose You have several favorites in my garden ~ Japanese Painted ferns, astilbe, and exbury azalias for a starter!
The Six Degrees Of Favorite Plants-SL Blogathon « Fairegarden 2009
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We shall see how the drumsticks pan out and there is still the pink and white astilbe behind the muhly just beginning to send up spikes.
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My favorite method is to dig a bucket-sized hole, 12 inches in diameter, nine inches deep, among perennials, hosta, astilbe or daylilies that send up their foliage after the bulbs have bloomed.
Suzy Bales: Looking For Compounding Interest? Plant Bulbs! 2009
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Not wanting to mow a bumpy hillside, I dug up the grass and weeds and added a variety of shade-loving groundcovers -- hosta, astilbe and vinca.
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