Rodgersia

Rodgersia podophylla

• Position: full sun or partial shade
• Soil: humus-rich, moist soil
• Rate of growth: average
• Flowering period: July and August
• Flower colour: creamy green
• Other features: attractive foliage with fabulous autumn foliage
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  Upright clusters of creamy green, star-shaped flowers are produced in mid- to late summer. The handsome, palmate leaves are bronze when young becoming smoother, glossy and mid-green with age finally turning bronze-red in autumn. An attractive foliage plant which is perfect for the moist margins of a pond or stream. Best grown in a a sheltered, partially shady site that's moist but not water-logged.
  
  
• Garden care: Add lots of well-rotted leaf mould when planting. Protect the young foliage against slug damage using beer traps or environmentally friendly slug pellets. Lift and divide congested colonies in early spring.