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Bridal Veil
Astilbe × arendsii 'Brautschleier'
Bridal Veil blooms from June through July.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Bridal Veil
Plant it in part shade. It prefers high water. It is hardy in USDA zones 3–8. Expect it to reach about 2.5 ft tall and 1.5 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 2 years (a house reading).
No toxicity note is on file for Bridal Veil. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Fifteen fields were checked against named botanical sources, each recorded beside the sources that carried it, with every unsettled point written down and decided: mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, the trait tags, soil, diseases, pests, toxicity, the plant's own names, and years to mature size, which rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one and is marked so. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Bridal Veil
Plant Bridal Veil in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 5, the middle of its hardy zones 3 to 8, spring means April to June and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from June to July.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 5, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 5 in April. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Bridal Veil get?
2.5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult1.5 ftwideSee Bridal Veil in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Bridal Veil
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Bridal Veil about 1.5 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Bridal Veil to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Bridal Veil's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 16 published sources on August 24, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- Walters GardensAstilbe 'Bridal Veil'height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, years to mature size, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- NC State ExtensionAstilbe x arendsiiheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- The Tree CenterBridal Veil Astilbeheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, years to mature size, trait tags, soil and diseases
- Plant AddictsBridal Veil Astilbeheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil and pests
- RHSRoyal Horticultural Societyheight, spread, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil, diseases and pests
- University of Illinois ExtensionHort Answershardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil, diseases and pests
- Clemson Home and Garden Information CenterClemson Cooperative Extension Home & Garden Information Centerhardiness zones, sun, water, soil, diseases and pests
- nvknurseries.comNVK Nurseries (Astilbe arendsii Bridal Veil 'Brautschleier')height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, years to mature size and trait tags
- bloomindesigns.comBloomin Designs Nursery (Astilbe 'Bridal Veil' ('Brautschleier'))height, spread, hardiness zones, sun and years to mature size
- Cornell Cooperative ExtensionCornell University Home Gardeningheight, hardiness zones, sun and bloom months and color
- northshoreplantclub.comNorth Shore Plant Club (Astilbe Bridal Veil)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun and years to mature size
- colesvillenursery.comColesville Nursery (Astilbe arendsii (Brautschleier) 'Bridal Veil')height, hardiness zones, sun and trait tags
- Iowa State University Extensionand Outreachheight and water
- bygl.osu.eduOhio State University Extension, Buckeye Yard and Garden Lineheight
- Plant Addictstoxicity
- uvm.eduUniversity of Vermont Extensionhardiness zones
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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