Rodgersia
Rodgersia species. SAXIFRAGACEAE.
Planting and Growing Rodgersia
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow rodgersia in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and root structure of rodgersia
- Plant hardiness and growing conditions for rodgersia
- Season of bloom and planting time for rodgersia
- When, how deep, and where to plant rodgersia
- How to plant rodgersia
- Watering, fertilizing, care, and pests or diseases of rodgersia
- Landscape and container uses of rodgersia
- Comments about rodgersia and its features
Growing Rodgersia
About 5 species of mounding, arching, rhizomatous, deciduous perennial herbs, 3–6 ft. (90–180 cm) tall, depending on species. Shiny, coarsely textured, deep green turning bronze leaves, to 2 ft. (60 cm) wide, divided into 5–9-lobed, finely toothed leaflets, to 10 in. (25 cm) long, with prominent veins.
Commonly cultivated species include bronzeleaf rodgersia, Rodgersia podophylla; featherleaf rodgersia, Rodgersia pinnata; fingerleaf rodgersia, Rodgersia aesculifolia; and shieldleaf rodgersia, Rodgersia tabularis.
Planting and Care Guide
Blooms
Profuse tiny, pink, rose, white, plumelike flowers, in multiple branching clusters, to 1 ft. (30 cm) tall and wide, in late spring–summer.
Best Climates
Hardy. Zones 4–9.
Soil Type and Fertility
Moist, well-drained humus or, in water features, shoreline sites. Fertility: Rich. 6.0–8.0 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Spring in full sun to full shade, 30 in. (75 cm) apart.
Proper Care
Easy. Keep evenly moist. Fertilize monthly. Mulch. Protect from heat, wind. Propagate by division, seed.
About This Plant
Good choice for accents, massed plantings in cottage, rock, shade, woodland gardens or water feature shorelines. Pest and disease resistant.
Rodgersia species easily cross-pollinate and hybridize with one another. Distinguishing parent species from a cultivar’s appearance is difficult even for trained botanists.