This herbaceous perennial has a thick rhizome with erect foliage and forms a bushy clump. It has divided glossy dark green leaves with quilted pointed leaflets and the tiny red to white flowers appear in a cluster above the foliage during midsummer.

Hardiness zones 4 to 7

Rodgersia pinnata is naturally found in south-western China growing along forest margins, scrubland or alpine meadows and on rocky cliffs at an altitude from 2,000 m (6561 ft) to 3,800 m (12,467 ft). 

It prefers a well-drained organic rich moist to wet sandy to silty clay soil with a pH range  of 5.5 to 6.5 and grows in a semi-shaded to shaded wind protected position and it is frost tolerant but drought tender.

Rodgersia is grown for its attractive foliage and clumping habit. It is planted in parks and gardens along moist borders for foliage contrast or used in alpine gardens as a specimen. it is also planted along water courses and in bogs or used in woodland margins. It is suitable for inland and low mountain regions and establishes in 3-4 years. ID 3611

Rodgersia (rod-JER-see-a)  pinnata (pin-NAY-tuh)

Saxifragaceae (saks-ih-frag-AY-see-ee)
Saxifrages, Astilbes, Elephant’s Ears