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Chantilly Lace Goatsbeard

Aruncus 'Chantilly Lace'

Also called chantilly lace goat's beard

Chantilly Lace Goatsbeard blooms from May through June.

Bloom calendar
Bloom time
May–Jun
a house reading
Hardiness
Zones 3–7
checked
Sun
Part shade
checked
Water
Moderate water
checked
Mature size
2.5 ft × 3.5 ft
checked
Type
Perennial
house classification

Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.

Growing Chantilly Lace Goatsbeard

Plant it in part shade. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 3–7. Expect it to reach about 2.5 ft tall and 3.5 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 3 years (a house reading).

Pets

  • Not yet checked for pets.

Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.

No toxicity note is on file for Chantilly Lace Goatsbeard. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.

Verification
What was checked

Nine facts were checked against named botanical sources, each recorded beside the sources that carried it: mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, the trait tags, and years to mature size, which rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one and is marked so. Soil, diseases, pests, toxicity and the plant's own names have not yet been read for this plant, and its trait tags are the ones a feature uses rather than every word a page prints. 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.

See the 8 sources it was checked against

When to plant Chantilly Lace Goatsbeard

Plant Chantilly Lace Goatsbeard 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 7, spring means April to June and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from May to June.

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 Chantilly Lace Goatsbeard get?

Illustration of Chantilly Lace Goatsbeard drawn to scale beside an adult2.5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult3.5 ftwide
About 2.5 ft tall and 3.5 ft wide at maturity: thigh-high beside an adult.

See Chantilly Lace Goatsbeard 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 Chantilly Lace Goatsbeard

Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.

Space Chantilly Lace Goatsbeard about 3.5 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.

Plant them
3.5 ft apart
Per 10 sq ft
one needs about 12 sq ft
4 by 8 ft bed
about 2

Add Chantilly Lace Goatsbeard 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

Chantilly Lace Goatsbeard's height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom color and trait tags were checked against 8 published sources on October 15, 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.

  • Plant Addictsthe queue's store pageheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
  • Walters Gardensthe breeder and patent assignee, Zeeland, Michiganheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
  • Missouri Botanical GardenPlant Finderheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water and bloom months and color
  • Proven Winnersthe breeder's brand program; one voice with Walters Gardensheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water and bloom months and color
  • University of Wisconsin HorticultureSusan Mahr; revised September 2026height, spread, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
  • US plant patent (Google Patents)US Plant Patent PP30,740 (Hans A. Hansen, Walters Gardens Inc), via Go...height, spread, hardiness zones, sun and bloom months and color
  • midwestgroundcovers.comMidwest Groundcovers (grower, St. Charles, Illinois)height, spread, hardiness zones and bloom months and color
  • Chicago Botanic Gardenarchived copy, captured before February 2022hardiness zones and sun

How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.

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