Rodgersia Aesculifolia Fingerleaf Rodgersia is a clump-forming perennial that grows best in part shade. Fingerleaf Rodgersia has crinkled, large, coarsely-toothed, dark green, palmate basal leaves adorned with bronze tinting and usually have seven leaflets and brown hair on their margins. It has astilbe-like, large, terminal panicles of apetalous, aromatic, creamy white, sometimes light pink blossoms that bloom from June to August and performs best in consistently moist, rich, humusy soils. This plant is perfect for woodland and bog landscapes and has flower stalks and stems covered in distinctive brown hair.