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<p>Created page with &#039;{{SPlantbox |Min ht metric=cm |Temp Metric=°F |jumpin=This is the plant information box - for information on light; water; zones; height; etc. If it is mostly empty you can help…&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{SPlantbox<br /> |Min ht metric=cm<br /> |Temp Metric=°F<br /> |jumpin=This is the plant information box - for information on light; water; zones; height; etc. If it is mostly empty you can help grow this page by clicking on the edit tab and filling in the blanks!<br /> |image=Upload.png<br /> |image_width=240<br /> }}<br /> {{Inc|<br /> Rodgersia (named in honor of Commodore Rodgers, United States Navy). <br /> Saxifragaceae. Hardy herbaceous perennials suitable for garden <br /> planting, with showy terminal flower-clusters.<br /> <br /> Rootstocks horizontal, thick and black : lvs. alternate, large, <br /> peltate or digitately or pinnately compound, usually dark green: infl. <br /> tall and variously compound, paniculate; fls. very numerous, small: <br /> calyx-lobes 5; petals usually none; ovary 2-3 celled.—About 8 species, <br /> China and Japan. Botanically Rodgersia is close to certain species of <br /> Astilbe, having 10 stamens and no petals; it differs in having connate <br /> carpels, scorpioid infl. and 5-cut rather than thrice-ternate foliage.<br /> <br /> Perhaps the best-known species is R. podophylla, as it was the first <br /> introduced into cultivation. It grows 3 to 4 feet high, and the leaves <br /> are finger-shaped, the five lobes being bold in outline, angled, and <br /> serrate. In the spring the foliage is light green; in summer it <br /> assumes a metallic bronzy hue. The plant is a vigorous grower, and <br /> under favorable circumstances has been known to make a clump 9 feet in <br /> diameter, the largest leaves being a yard across and borne on stalks 3 <br /> feet long. The flowers are borne in midsummer on stalks 4 to 5 feet <br /> high. The general style of inflorescence is that of the popular <br /> astilbe, to which it is closely allied. The flowers are very small, <br /> but make a feathery spray of fluffy white bloom. The panicle is a foot <br /> or more long and as wide at the base. Technically the flowers have no <br /> petals; what seem to be petals are the white calyx- segments. As a <br /> flowering plant it has been said by enthusiasts to be superior to <br /> astilbe, but the bloom is scantier, rather greenish at first, and <br /> perhaps does not last so long. It may not be so amenable to forcing. <br /> Rodgersia is a native of the subalpine regions of Japan and is <br /> presumably hardy in our northern states. It is offered by importers of <br /> Japanese plants. The plant is highly esteemed by English connoisseurs, <br /> but seems to be nearly unknown to American gardens. Although any deep <br /> rich garden soil will do, it is said to prefer a moist peaty soil. It <br /> should be placed in a sunny position, with plenty of room, where high <br /> winds cannot damage it. Easily propagated. (Wilhelm Miller.)<br /> }}<br /> <br /> Describe the plant here...<br /> <br /> ==Cultivation==<br /> &lt;!--- Type cultivation info below this line, then delete this entire line --&gt;<br /> <br /> ===Propagation===<br /> &lt;!--- Type propagation info below this line, then delete this entire line --&gt;<br /> <br /> ===Pests and diseases===<br /> &lt;!--- Type pest/disease info below this line, then delete this entire line --&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Species==<br /> &lt;!-- This section should be renamed Cultivars if it appears on a page for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc --&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> {{photo-sources}}&lt;!-- remove this line if there are already 3 or more photos in the gallery --&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Upload.png| photo 1<br /> Image:Upload.png| photo 2<br /> Image:Upload.png| photo 3<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963<br /> &lt;!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener&#039;s Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --&gt;<br /> &lt;!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --&gt;<br /> &lt;!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --&gt;<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *{{wplink}}<br /> <br /> {{stub}}<br /> __NOTOC__</div>

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