Japanese Meadowsweet Elegans in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Filipendula Purpurea 'Elegans'

Japanese Meadowsweet 'Elegans'

Meadowsweet has creamy-white flowers clustered close together in irregularly-branched cymes and have a very strong, sweet smell. They flower from early summer to early autumn and are visited by various types of insects. 'Elegans' has palmate foliage, and white flowers with red anthers that makes them appear to be soft pink in colour.

plant Features

Full sun to partial shade
Very little water
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
Moist and free draining

plant information

Common name

Japanese Meadowsweet 'Elegans'

Latin name

Filipendula Purpurea 'Elegans'

type

Herbaceous Perennials

family

Rosaceae

ph

5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

Light

Full sun to partial shade
Frost

Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

Soil

Moist and free draining
Water

Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

Best time to plant
When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Japanese Meadowsweet Elegans is 1.00meters x 1.00meters

1.00 M 1.00 M

Filipendula Purpurea 'Elegans'

Meadowsweet has creamy-white flowers clustered close together in irregularly-branched cymes and have a very strong, sweet smell. They flower from early summer to early autumn and are visited by various types of insects. 'Elegans' has palmate foliage, and white flowers with red anthers that makes them appear to be soft pink in colour.

Planting Outdoors

From Early Spring TO Late Spring

Plant out container grown plants into flowering position having dug compost or well rotted manure in.

Flowering Season

From Early Summer TO Early Autumn

Large flower clusters are borne at the top of the stems and are creamy-white in colour then gradual fade to a paler shade.

Propagation by seed

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Sow seed under glass.

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