A Genus of about 8 species of frost hardy perennials from Europe, temperate Asia and North America. \u00a0Found mostly in damp woodlands and on limestone outcrops. \u00a0They\u2019re grown for their foliage, which are large compound leaves, groups of 2-3 leaflets around common stem springing from the root-crown. The leaves are thin and broad with strong vein and sharp-toothed edges. \u00a0Short feathery spikes that are hardly detectable are the flowers. \u00a0The berries can be white, red, or black bearing on contrasting stalks.<\/p>\n
All parts of this plant are poisons especially the berries.<\/p>\n
They thrive in cool moist climate moderately fertile soil or enrich with plant mold in partial shade. \u00a0Simulate a sheltered woodland conditions or place in a cool spot in a rock garden. \u00a0Water thoroughly in dry weather. \u00a0They can be divided.<\/p>\n
Prone to Ramularia leaf spot,<\/i><\/em>\u00a0Ascochyta leaf spots<\/i><\/em>\u00a0and leaf smut<\/i><\/em>\u00a0occur.<\/p>\n Actaea erythrocarpa \u2013 Actaea spictata var. rubra<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 This clump forming perennial reaches 2\u2019feet high and 18\u201d wide. \u00a0Native to North Europe and eastern Asia. \u00a0The leaves are composed of 3-12 leaflets are rounded to egg shaped. \u00a0Late spring and early summer bears white flowers in obovate shape racemes 1 \u00bc-2\u201d long. \u00a0Followed by spherical maroon berries \u00bc-3\/8\u201d wide on arching red stalks.<\/p>\n Zones 4-8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Actaea \u2013 Baneberry A Genus of about 8 species of frost hardy perennials from Europe, temperate Asia and North America. \u00a0Found mostly in damp woodlands and on limestone outcrops. \u00a0They\u2019re grown for their foliage, which are large compound leaves, groups of 2-3 leaflets around common stem springing from the root-crown. The leaves are thin and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":26193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[32,41,31,20],"product_tag":[92],"common-name":[],"toolset-meta":{"plant-product-fields":{"is-featured-product":{"type":"checkbox","raw":""},"zone":{"type":"checkboxes","raw":"","checked":[],"formatted":""},"scientific-name":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"toolset-woocommerce-fields":{"_download_limit":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_virtual":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_downloadable":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_download_expiry":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_download_type":{"type":"radio","raw":""},"_regular_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price_dates_from":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sale_price_dates_to":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sku":{"type":"textfield","raw":"PDE-160252350"},"_manage_stock":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_stock_status":{"type":"radio","raw":"instock"},"_stock":{"type":"numeric","raw":null},"_backorders":{"type":"radio","raw":"no"},"_sold_individually":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_width":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_length":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_purchase_note":{"type":"textarea","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3846"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3846"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3846"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=3846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}