Actaea pachypoda ‘Misty Blue’
Actaea pachypoda 'Misty Blue' is a white baneberry with bluish foliage, white flowers, and 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 showy red peduncles (fruit/flower stems). This is a choice plant for the shade garden that you will love for years to come.
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
Secondary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Bloom Time: Early Summer
Foliage Colour: Bluish
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Soil Moisture: Moist, Average
Stem Colour: Red
Fragrance: Yes
Berries: White
Benefits: Bees
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Deciduous forests and mixed forests with conifers.
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Geographical Origin: North America
