Astilbe Fanal One of the best astilbe cultivars, Astilbe Fanal is an upright, clump-forming, herbaceous perennial, whose ferny foliage, borne on dark stems, emerges bronze, later turning green. Feathery spires of deep red flowers, attractive to butterflies and moths, appear above the foliage from June to August. Looks well with box, grasses, smaller hydrangeas, and good underplanted with daffodils, as the growing foliage hides the daffodils’ dying leaves. Astilbe Fanal holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit. Site: Tolerates exposureSoil: Fertile, reliably moist soil, even wet soilPosition: Partial shade; tolerates full sun in reliably moist soilSeason of interest: Midsummer to late summer in particularHardiness: Very hardyHeight: 2’ (60cm) Spread: 18” (45cm)