Actaea japonica ‘Silver Blush’

Actaea japonica 'Silver Blush' has has wands of creamy-white bottle brush flowers and serrated silver foliage maturing to green.

Actaea japonica is a more uncommon species of bugbane (formerly Cimicifuga). The plants have heuchera- or maple-like leaves rather than compound leaves in attractive mounds with airy, bottle brush-like wands of white flowers from pink buds that reach 30 inches tall on dark stems from midsummer through to late fall. ‘Silver Blush’ is a special form with serrated leaves that emerge silver with green veins maturing to light green. Attracts bees and is heat tolerant and deer resistant.

Common Name:  Bugbane

Family:  Ranunculaceae (The Buttercup Family)

Zone Hardiness:  4-8

Light:  Part Shade, Part Sun

Height:  2-4'

Width:  2-3'

Primary Bloom Colour:  White/Cream

Secondary Bloom Colour:  Pink

Foliage Colour:  Green, Silver

Class:  Deciduous

Type:  Perennial

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Soil Moisture:  Moist, Average

Stem Colour:  Black

Fragrance:  Yes

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Benefits:  Bees Butterflies

Deer Resistant:  Unknown

BC Native:  No

Native Habitat:  Mountain meadows and alpine regions. Forest margins, scrub, grassy slopes and open lands at elevations of 300-3200m.

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