Younique Pink Astilbe

Fluffy plumes of eye-catching pink candy will brighten your shady gardens. Also known as False Spirea, this Pink Astilbe (Astilbe x 'Verspink') is part of the new Younique series that boasts loads of amazing new features!

Better known as Astilbe, these wonderful feathery flowers have an early bloom time, increased flowers per plant and improved disease resistance!

Butterflies and Hummingbirds will flock to the increased flower per plant and a 2 week earlier bloom time than other Astilbe varieties! The showy plumes have numerous panicles neatly held in tidy, eye-catching bunches.

Shorter and more compact Astilbe, these flowers have incredibly handsome, fern-like, dissected green foliage! Gorgeous dark, glossy green and sturdy stems hold the elegant plumes aloft without staking. Younique Pink has a more compact, rounded growth habit and looks like filigree balls of dark green in the garden when not in bloom.

Floral designers will enjoy the plumes because they're just as handsome in a vase as in the garden! With the increased bloom productivity, your bouquets will be full of pink bubblegum-colored blossoms all spring and summer!

How to Use Younique Pink Astilbe In The Landscape

Perfectly sized for squeezing into tight spots and smaller urban landscapes, Younique Pink False Spirea stays about a foot tall and just a bit wider. Their bold color makes up for their diminutive size!

Wonderfully proportioned for containers on shady patios and balconies, any shady pergola and arbor are lovely spots just begging for dazzling hues to enliven your outdoor living spaces.

The brilliant-colored blooms add contrast to shady areas as accent plants and specimen plants. Plus absolutely amazing when planted in groups, small and large. Any shady glen and sideyard will become a bright beacon instead of a dreary forgotten area!

Younique Pink Astilbe's pink flowers are wonderful assets to the butterfly and cutting garden, thanks to the prolific blooms, your pollinators and floral arrangements will never be lacking!

Shade gardens and mixed perennial borders are welcome settings for Astilbe. With the wide range of colors, shapes and sizes, why not start an Astilbe collection and fill your shade borders with fluffy blooms and brilliant colors?

#ProPlantTips For Care

Astilbe does the absolute best in loamy average soil. Also tolerant of clay as long as it is well-drained soil, Astilbe a great in slightly acidic conditions. False Spirea won't mind being planted in the shade of large trees and conifers, even tolerating Walnut tree juglone!

Any organically rich, moist part shade garden site is perfect for these moisture-loving perennials. Easy to grow, as long as their ground does not dry out for long however, once established, False Spirea can tolerate a slight amount of drought stress.

False Spirea needs moisture. Doing their best in consistently well-watered areas and soil with high moisture retention.

Astilbe loves part shade, moisture and mulch and will tolerate a bit more sun in cooler climates and less in warmer areas. Though growers on the lower end can plant Astilbe in some part sun areas with afternoon shade when the summer sun is most intense.

Astilbe is resistant to both deer and rabbits, so plant these on the wooded and shaded edges of your property without worry of feeding damage.

An herbaceous perennial, Astilbe does not stand up for too long after the first frosts. Prune back in late winter to clean and tidy the area in anticipation of early spring growth.

Whether you are adding one of these lively plants to a bare spot in your garden or starting on your Astilble obsession, there will always be room for one of these pint-sized, brilliantly colored plants. Easy care, you won't go wrong with Younique Pink Astilbe for your garden of all sizes! Order your own bright fluffy garden confections from Nature Hills today!