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Featherleaf rodgersia
Rodgersia pinnata Franch.
Also known as: Rodgersia
Family: Saxifragaceae
80 cm to 1.2 m tall
Damp woodland, pond edges, shady garden borders
Flowering: June – July
Part shade
Shade
-20°C
❓ How do you recognise this plant?
Its crinkled foliage, tinged with bronze in spring, makes it a decorative plant even outside its short flowering season.
🍃 Leaves
Large pinnate compound leaves, crinkled, often tinged with bronze as they unfold
🌸 Flowers
Small star-shaped flowers, white to bright pink, grouped in erect feathery panicles
🍎 Fruits
Small dry capsules, inconspicuous
🪵 Bark
Thick rhizomatous rootstock, erect hairy flowering stems
🗺️ Distribution
Native to China; grown in Europe as an ornamental woodland and waterside perennial.
🐝 Value for pollinators
Flower panicles visited by bees and various foraging insects in early summer.
✂️ Horticultural uses
Pond edges, damp woodland, shady borders; sculptural, very decorative foliage throughout the season.
⚠️ Possible toxicity
No notable known toxicity.
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