How to Use astilbe in a Sentence

astilbe

noun
  • Feverfew, astilbe and heuchera blooms, Queen Anne’s lace, dianthus, yarrow, goldenrod and love-in-a-mist work well in this role.
    Ciscoe Morris, The Seattle Times, 12 July 2017
  • Spikes of creamy white astilbe mimicked Mona Lisa’s skin tone, and the long seed heads of the andromeda aped her fingers and added a tawny layer.
    Lindsey Taylor, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2018
  • Purple hydrangea, silver and gold astilbe sprays and silver snowflakes add color to the 10-foot-tall Christmas tree at the base of the sweeping staircase.
    oregonlive, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The arrangements are reported to be made up mostly of peonies, sweet peas, astilbe, freesia, waxflowers, and green bells.
    Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 23 May 2017
  • An assortment of blooming astilbes and tricyrtis (toad lilies) will be on display.
    Atlanta Life, ajc, 13 Oct. 2017
  • The bouquet also included sweet peas, lily of the valley, astilbe, jasmine, and astrantia.
    Megan Friedman, Town & Country, 20 May 2018
  • The space accommodated a stand of feathery dappled willows, coral bells, ferns, lamb’s ear, hydrangea, and astilbe.
    Susan Degrane, chicagotribune.com, 21 July 2021
  • Meghan's Bouquet Meghan carried a modest collection of forget-me-nots, sweet pears, lily of the valley, astilbe, jasmine, astrantia and a spring of myrtle.
    Kate Storey, Town & Country, 12 Oct. 2018
  • Some perennials, such a coneflower and yarrow, revel in bright sun from morning until night while others, such as astilbe and old-fashioned bleeding heart, do best in afternoon shade.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 June 2020
  • There were white roses and pink astilbe, blue bachelor buttons and red coneflowers, white lysimachia and purple limonium.
    Denise Coffey, courant.com, 22 July 2019
  • For her own version, Princess Beatrice chose an arrangement filled with trailing jasmine, pale pink and cream sweet peas, royal porcelain ivory spray roses, pink o’hara garden roses, pink wax flower and baby pink astilbe.
    Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 18 July 2020
  • The arrangement was comprised of scented sweet peas, lily of the valley, astilbe, jasmine, astrantia and several flowers hand-picked by Harry from the couple's private garden at Kensington Palace.
    Tamara Abraham, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 May 2018
  • Transplant or direct-seed several flowers, including snapdragon, candytuft, lilies, astilbe, larkspur, Shasta and painted daisies, stocks, bleeding heart and coral bells.
    Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Anemone, astilbe, fern, hosta, oakleaf hydrangea, ligularia, rhododendron, toad lily, and woodland phlox thrive in many mainland U.S. regions; ajuga, clivia, tropical gingers and bromeliads are good choices for the warmest climates.
    Jessica Damiano, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2022
  • According to Express, her bouquet featured trailing jasmine, light pink and cream sweet peas, royal porcelain ivory spray roses, pink O'Hara garden roses, pink waxflower, baby pink astilbe and, in keeping with royal tradition, and of course: myrtle.
    Bianca Rodriguez, Marie Claire, 21 July 2020
  • Transplant petunias, marigolds and perennial flowers such as astilbe, columbine, coneflowers, coreopsis, dahlias, rudbeckia and verbena.
    Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 5 May 2018
  • Other perennials to set out include verbena, coreopsis, coneflower and astilbe.
    Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 5 May 2018
  • Instead plant shade-tolerant perennial geranium, lady’s mantle, hellebore, bleeding heart, coral bell, hydrangea, begonia, annual lobelia, astilbe, and Japanese anemone.
    Boston.com Real Estate, 21 Aug. 2019

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