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 spicata \u2013 Actaea nigra \u2013 Herb Christopher<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A clump forming perennial growing 18\u201d inches tall and wide. \u00a0Native to Northern Europe and Asia with 9-15 rounded to egg shape leaflets. \u00a0In mid spring to early summer it bears white flowers in globular racemes \u00be-2 \u00bd\u201d long. \u00a0Followed by rounded, egg shape black berries \u00bd across on slender green 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":30199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[55,41,31,20],"product_tag":[],"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-160252351"},"_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\/3847"}],"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=3847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3847"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3847"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=3847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}