Bring the county fair into your garden this summer if your schedule is too full. Set the scene of the fair with cheerful array of Astilbe arendsii 'Cotton Candy'. You won’t be able to eat the fluffy candy pink fronds which shoot way above the compact foliage to a height of just under half a metre from early to midsummer. Nevertheless, these dense fronds are delicious to look at. Astilbe arendsii 'Cotton Candy' (often called the False Spirea) enjoys light sun or full shade and prefers to be planted where the soil is rich and there’s lots of moisture. In return it will offer a different texture and playful mood to the average garden.