Astilbe simplicifolia ‘Hennie Graafland’ (False spiraea ‘Hennie Graafland’)

This popular cultivar of false spirea has dark glossy bronze-green leaves and pale, rose-pink flowers.

Plants: Mounds reminiscent of ferns are up to 1′ (30 cm) in size in this dwarf cultivar.

Leaves: Leaves of Astilbe simplicifolia are simple (undivided), usually single, but sometimes occurring in threes. But the leaves of this variety are deeply divided, and dark glossy bronze-green. Leaves are mostly basal.

Flowers: Dense feathery panicles of tiny pale rose-pink flowers up to 10″ (25 cm) in size appear above the foliage.

8/1/2009 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, Maine · ≈ 2 × 1′ (60 × 40 cm)

8/1/2009 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, Maine · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 7.9 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Rosidae	Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more
Order	Rosales	Rose family and eight others
Family	Saxifragaceae	Saxifrage family; means “stone-breaking”
Genus	Astilbe	Greek for “not shining”
Species	simplicifolia	From Latin simplex, “simple,” and folia, leaves, for the simple (undivided) leaves

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Astilbe simplicifolia ‘Hennie Graafland’ description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.