Actaea Species, Autumn Snakeroot, Black Cohosh, Bugbane

Others may have had different experiences but in Maryland for me this plant was slow to establish and needed regular applications of comp...Read Moreost and regular careful watering as well as careful sighting to avoid sunburn. With all that said, fragrance is wonderful and the long spikes of white flowers elegant. Bumblebees enjoy it. It blooms for me in mid-September. Being a woodland plant, last winter's extraordinary cold appeared to have no effect on the dormant plant at all.

This plant has to stay in full shade otherwise the leaves get singed by the sun. It's a beautiful plant and blooms in October/November wh...Read Moreen almost everything is dying down.

Last one to flower. October frosts will nip the display in the bud. The wands of white flowers arch gracefully.