Filipendula
Filipendula spp.
Special Features
Offers tall, fluffy blooms above fern-like foliage. Perfect for adding height and a wildflower look to moist, sunny, or partially shaded areas.
Plant Specifications
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Growing Filipendula on Martha's Vineyard
Filipendula, the queen of the meadow and meadowsweet, are bold, moisture-loving perennials that bring a romantic, old-fashioned character to the wetter garden areas of Martha's Vineyard, producing large, frothy plumes of white or pink flowers in June and July above deeply cut, architectural foliage that commands attention in the partially shaded, moist borders of up-island properties. Filipendula rubra, the queen of the prairie, thrives in the consistently moist soils near the island's freshwater ponds and in the rain-retaining garden areas of West Tisbury, where its spreading habit can be accommodated within naturalistic plantings of appropriate scale. Filipendula ulmaria and its variegated cultivars are suited to slightly better-drained conditions and perform well in the sheltered, partially shaded borders of more formal garden programs in Edgartown and Vineyard Haven.
Deer resistance is generally reliable. Estate Care professionals feature filipendula in sophisticated moist-border and water-feature programs where its combination of bold structure, romantic bloom, and ecological authenticity provides an irreplaceable contribution to the island garden composition.
