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 rubrum f. <\/b><\/strong>neglecta <\/b><\/strong>– Actaea erythrocarpa of gardens \u2013 Red baneberry \u2013 Snakeberry<\/b><\/strong> \u2013 A clump forming perennial 2 1\/2\u2019 feet tall and 2\u2019 feet across native to western United States. \u00a0Leaflets are composed of 3-15 rounded to egg shape leaves. \u00a0In mid spring to early summer white flowers are clustered together in round heads on wiry stems 1 \u00bc-2\u201d long. \u00a0Followed by spikes of globular or circular bright white berries 1\/2\u201d 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":0,"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-160252355"},"_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\/3850"}],"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=3850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3850"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3850"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=3850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}