Goat's Beard is a tall native herbaceous perennial with pinnately compound dark green foliage. Showy plumes of creamy flowers rise above the foliage in mid spring. Plants with male flowers produce a showier bloom than female flowers. Flowers best with part sun in the South and moist to wet well-drained soils.
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 Origins:  | 
 N. America and Western Europe  | 
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 Height:  | 
 4' - 6'  | 
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 Spread:  | 
 2' - 4’  | 
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 Spacing:  | 
 3'  | 
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 USDA Hardiness Zone:  | 
 4 - 7  | 
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 Bloom Color:  | 
 White  | 
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance.  No serious pest or disease issues.  Leaf may occur.  
LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Garden, Rain Garden, Native Garden, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Wild Ginger, Bluebells, Jacob's Ladder
IMAGES: Anneli Salo, Aruncus dioicus Töyhtöangervo VI08 C H5598, CC BY-SA 3.0, (20 Syrio, Aruncus dioicus Cantilaga 01, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, Aruncus dioicus Parzydło leśne 2010-05-29 01, CC BY-SA 4.0, (4) Robert Flogaus-Faust, Aruncus dioicus 2 RF, CC BY 4.0
* As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.