#aruncus

Plant of the Day

Wednesday 27 August 2025

The white flowers of Aruncus dioicus (goat's beard, buck's beard) were helping to frame this gateway. This herbaceous perennial can reach up to 2m tall, forming a clump of leaves that will turn yellow and orange in the autumn.

Plant of the Day

Tuesday 9 July 2024

A tall and elegant herbaceous perennial Aruncus dioicus (goat's beard, bride's feathers) can reach up to 2m tall. It forms a clump of long leaves which turn yellow and orange in the autumn. In summer feathery plumes of tiny, white flowers are produced on stems above the foliage. The female plants bear greener, more pendent flowers.

Goat's beard aka aruncus.

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June 6, 2021

I planted ten goats beards that I bought from a home gardener in Princeton selling spring divisions on Craigslist. My research shows that they will grow pretty big, but slowly, so it won’t be immediately that I have to move them. The previous owners left behind a pallet of pavers which I made into a makeshift border.

I also planted three astilbes (two purple and one peach), five irises (three bearded and two variegated siberian), and two veronicas (Royal Candles) that I bought from Belle Mead Co-op. There is peace in accepting that some plants will fail, but that you will learn something.