Aruncus dioicus

Help me identify this plant This large herbaceous shrubby type plant was in the garden when I came hear 30 years ago. I have never found out what it is. It has cream wavy wispy feather like plumes on top of 6/7ft stems all grown in the season. I leave the stems until now as the harden and make great natural support canes. Don't have a photo of flowering may have to wait until then.

Maybe a type of filipendula (meadowsweet)? We used to have an unidentified one in the stock beds of the nursery I worked at that sounds very similar. Can we have a closer look at the new foliage? @angipangi

Shane we can't zoom in!

Aruncus - Goat's Beard maybe? That's my suggestion since I just bought an Aruncus at our local botanical garden plant sale. The description you've given matches the one they gave me very closely. I agree, wish we could zoom into pics sometimes!

It was the 6-7ft height that made me doubt aruncus although it did cross my mind! @riakat

@tash74 uh oh! She told me at the plant sale it'll grow up to 6 feet....hope that's right, I'm trying my best to find plants to cover up a very ugly fence!

Well, now I feel stupid! Looked up aruncus (a.dioicus?) and the RHS site says 2m height, didn't realise they got this big! I reckon that might be what you have after all @angipangi

@tash74 @riakat Don't feel stupid it is the same plant family & we've all learnt something today. I was just guessing the height by memory of how tall it was in comparison to me. 2m is between 6/7 ft so I wasn't bad with my guess. Thanks anyway.

I agree! And now thanks @tash74 because I'll be looking up filipendula as a possible garden addition 😃

@riakat as we used to call it at the nursery - flippin' endula! It stuck!