Depending on the cultivar and the richness of the soil, their mounds may be as high as six feet and almost as wide. Related to astilbes, rodgersias thrive in rich soil that is kept moist, and even in low spots that are permanently wet. Light to full shade is their preference. What they cannot live with is our midday summer sun. They do have panicles of inflorescences, usually white and small.
Gardeners often pinch the flowering shoots as they form.
The fans are convinced that rodgersias prove it is foliage that really matters and that, with leaves as gloriously colored and shaped and looking fresh from mid-spring to late fall, there really is no need for flowers. News Jobs AP Shopping Archives Entertain.