
Rodgersia
- Botanical Name
- Rodgersia spp.
- Min Zone
- 5
- Max Zone
- 7
- Height
- 3 to 5 feet
- Width
- 4 to 5 feet
- Flowers
- Late spring to midsummer: creamy white, creamy pink to red, arranged on large panicles
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Requires moist soil
- Planting & Care
- Seldom needs division
- Do not allow soil to dry out
- Problems
- Leaf scorch in dry soil
- Varieties
- Rodgersia pinnata 'Chocolate Wing' - foliage emerges chocolate red in spring, maturing to green and then to bronze, red then brown in fall, flowers mature from pink to burgundy-red
- Rodgersia aesculifolia - leaves resemble that of horsechestnut (Aesculus), hense the name, creamy white flowers, 3 to 5 feet
- Rodgersia podophylla 'Rotlaub' - coppery-red leaves that mature to red-bronze in fall, jagged edged leaf margins, creamy white flowers, 3 to 4 feet
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