Summary
Goat’s-beard (Aruncus dioicus) is a handsome, clump-forming plant. Typically growing 3-4’ tall, it has attractive plume-like spikes of small creamy-white flowers held above bold, pinnately compound medium green leaves. Male and female flowers appear on separate plants. Goat’s-beard is easily grown in average, humus-rich, well-drained soil in part shade. Use it as a shrub-like background plant in the border, for screening, in moist areas along streams and ponds, or as a cut flower. Plant goat’s-beard with other low maintenance perennials such as wild ginger (Asarum canadense), Indian pink (Spigelia marilandica), northern maidenhair (Adiantum pedatum), red trillium (Trillium erectum), Jacob’s-ladder (Polemonium reptans), Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) and Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica). Zones 4-8.
More Details
- Plant Type
perennial - Sun/Shade Conditions
partial-shade, shade - Foliage Character
deciduous - Soil Moisture
average, moist - Flowering Period
early-summer, late-spring - Soil PH
adaptable - Flower Color
white - Summer Foliage Color
green - Fall Foliage Color
green - Fruit/Seed Color
tan