Planting a perennial border in the shade sometimes presents a challenge in finding the right plant with the right height. I planted a row of Aruncus dioicus, or goat’s beard, at the back of my ...

A delightful, compact perennial ideal for the rock garden or front of the border with fern-like leaves and bearing small white flowers in showy, many-flowered panicles in early summer. This plant ...

Planting a perennial border in the shade sometimes presents a challenge in finding the right plant with the right height. I planted a row of Aruncus dioicus, or goat’s beard, at the back of my ...

FOLLOWING the observation1 that a watery extract of leaves and flowers of Spiræa aruncus L. possesses antibacterial properties, the active substance has now been isolated from the plant in crystalline ...