This beautiful plant produces delicate clouds of soft white flowers that float above lacy green foliage, which reflect dappled sunlight in woodland gardens for a dazzling effect. These spring-blooming beauties, with attractive foliage and elegant flower plumes, are ideal for borders, containers, and shady gardens where they can perform of their very best, whilst the ferny, deep green foliage will add texture to garden beds long after the blooms have faded. Astilbe seeds are best sown indoors in early spring and then planted out into your garden in September or October. In early spring, take your seeds out of storage and place them in tepid water to soak for 24 hours. Prepare a suitable seed-starting flat, tray or small pot, filled with a peat-free potting mix which is light and aerated, yet suitable moisture retentive. lightly press them into the compost but do not cover them as they need light to germinate As soon as your seedlings are large enough to handle, prick out the seedlings and pot on into 9cm pots to grow on. Transplant them into their final growing positions in your garden in September or October.