Astilbes are the perfect low-maintenance perennial plants for shady areas in your garden—their ferny foliage adds texture, and their feathery flowering plumes provide a soft splash of color from late spring and through the summer in woodland-style landscapes.

Coming in various heights, you can select a size that works well with the other species you want to introduce in your planting scheme. But what should those other plants be? 

Here are 12 shade-tolerant species that work well as astilbe companion plants.

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