Astilbe Chocolate Cherry, sold in the Mighty Series, forms a tall upright clump with chocolate-brown to dark-red stems.
Finely divided dark-green leaves carry rich burgundy and chocolate tones, creating a bold fern-like mound.
Dense cherry-red buds open into fluffy hot-pink to cherry-red panicles in midsummer.
Grow it in filtered shade in fertile soil that stays evenly moist, dividing crowded clumps every few years.