Scientific Name Filipendula palmata Common Name Meadowsweet

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Characteristics Season late spring-early summer Height 36-48 inches Hardiness USDA Hardiness Zone 3-8 Flower Color pink Soil moist , alkaline soil Exposure partial shade Propagation division in fall, seed North Carolina Regions Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain Comments Soils must be moist all summer to keep meadowsweet looking its best. If plants dry out, the leaves become scorched. Appears similar to Astilbe or Spirea, with tiny flowers in upright panicles. Origin Siberia

Prepared by: orginally by Alice B. Russell, retired Extension Specialist, NC State University
                     maintained and expanded by Erv Evans, Consumer Horticulturist, NC State University

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