Very popular in nurseries and Garden Centres in UK and Europe.
Possibly the best selling Astilbe of them all.
Raised by Georg Arends at Ronsdorf Germany in 1933 a selected sport from a batch of seedlings of japonica x davidii hybrids.
Award of Merit RHS Trial 1970
Award of Garden Merit RHS 1968
Award of Garden Merit RHS 1993

Arendsii Hybrid

Very popular red flowered cultivar producing many flowers every year.
Should be grown in every garden.

Medium – 61-80cm

Early – 1st-15th July

colour Deep red
shape Trullate
density Moderately dense
density of flowers Moderately dense
Colour Mid-green
Nodes Colour Red and swollen
Surface Glossy