General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 24-36 inches
Plant Spread: 15-18 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Other: cream
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Stratify seeds: if starting indoors
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Pollinators: Self
Beetles
Flies
Bees

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Common names
  • Meadowsweet
  • Dropwort
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Filipendula vulgaris
  • Synonym: Filipendula hexapetala

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Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C.
Date: 2008-06-15
  6:41 pm.  Use the foliage for bouquets with Sweet Peas.
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C. 
Date: 2017-10-26
 4:00 pm. This plant enhances others in the last brilliance of Fa
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C. 
Date: 2017-10-26
 4:00 pm. Warm fall tones - the leaves still last well in bouquet
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C. 
Date: 2014-06-07
 6:23 pm. Pink pearl-like buds, open to white blossoms.
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C. 
Date: 2017-10-26
 4:00 pm. Golden and amber hues for the fall.
Location: St Louis
Date: 2016-05-30
Location: Peterborough, ON, Canada
Date: 2013-06-15
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2018-06-03
Tight little pink buds open to reveal white blossoms with yellow

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C. 
Date: 2014-06-07
 6:37 pm. Pleasing, fragrant white blooms.
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-05-18
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: June 2, 2007
Photo by Magnus Manske

Date: June 14, 2007
Photo by Kristian Peters

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
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Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2016-09-25
"Filipendula vulgaris Moench, 2016, Fern-leaf Dropwort, fill-ih-
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2016-09-25
"Filipendula vulgaris Moench, 2016, Fern-leaf Dropwort, fill-ih-
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2014-05-17
Filipendula vulgaris Moench, Fern-leaf Dropwort, fill-ih-PEN-dew-
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: June
credit: Magnus Manske
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2012-05-18
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Comments:
  • Posted by Mindy03 (Delta KY) on Apr 23, 2012 5:37 PM concerning plant:
    Honey bees get pollen from this plant.
  • Posted by KFredenburg (Black Hills, SD - Zone 5a) on Jun 10, 2020 1:39 PM concerning plant:
    Use dropwort as part of a formal border or allow it to spread in a lightly shaded woodland garden. Pick flowers before they are fully open for long-lasting bouquets

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