Actaea pachypoda ‘Misty Blue’

Actaea pachypoda 'Misty Blue' is a white baneberry with bluish foliage and white flowers followed by white fruit with a black dot.

For those who love unique foliage, the delicate white baneberry (Actaea pachypoda) has been updated for the 21st century with a fantastic powder blue selection. Low maintenance and long lived, ‘Misty Blue’ will form a sizable multi-stemmed clump of blue to about two feet topped in early summer with small clusters of fragrant, white flowers. By autumn the plant will develop white fruit with a single black dot on each base (hence the other common name doll’s eyes) held on red peduncles (fruit/flower stems).

Common Name:  White Baneberry

Family:  Ranunculaceae (The Buttercup Family)

Zone Hardiness:  3-8

Light:  Part Shade, Full Shade

Height:  2-4'

Width:  2-3'

Primary Bloom Colour:  White/Cream

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Foliage Colour:  Bluish

Class:  Deciduous

Type:  Perennial

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Soil Moisture:  Moist, Average

Stem Colour:  Red

Fragrance:  Yes

Berries:  White

Benefits:  Bees

Deer Resistant:  Unknown

BC Native:  No

Native Habitat:  Deciduous forest and mixed forest with conifers.

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