Filipendula ulmaria Rosea

The Filipendula ulmaria 'Rosea' is the pink-flowered form of meadowsweet, a beautiful European wild plant that we encounter in the wet and sunny places of our countryside. Even more romantic and airy, its light pink and airy panicles, called corymbs, attract a large number of pollinating insects from June to August. Ideal for wet areas and water edges, it is both very elegant, robust, and hardy, suitable for different types of gardens and requires no maintenance.

Meadowsweet is a plant of the rose family, just like spireas and potentillas. This Eurasian plant is native to wet places such as stream banks or ditches, in open and sunny spaces. This plant has been known for centuries for its many virtues. First, aromatic: it perfumes wines, beers, and mead. But also medicinal: it is used as an analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and diuretic. In our gardens, it is mainly decorative, and its pink-flowered form is even more so. The Filipendula ulmaria 'Rosea' forms an upright clump of about 60 cm (24in) in all directions. From its rhizomatous stump start long branching stems, bearing large shiny leaves of a bright green. These are odd-pinnate, composed of an odd number of leaflets, clearly serrated and pinnate, whose wavy surface pleasantly reflects the light. At the end of the stems, airy corymbs sway in the wind. They consist of multiple small light pink and single flowers, slightly fragrant, with prominent stamens that give it a lot of charm.

The 'Rosea' meadowsweet is a medium-sized perennial that will bring an airy and wild presence to flower beds. It is resistant to cold and appreciates both sunny and semi-shaded exposures. Its only requirement is to be planted in consistently moist to wet soil. It can be placed anywhere in flower beds, behind small bushy plants, such as Perennial Geraniums and Heucheras, and among tall ones, like Monkshoods, comfreys, and Goat's Beards. It can also be associated with white varieties such as 'Plena' double-flowered Filipendula, or with purple perennials like purple astilbes or spike veronicas that also appreciate moist soils.