Misty Blue white baneberry
Actaea pachypoda 'Misty Blue'
USDA zones3 to 8
SunHandles partial sun or full shade
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size2 to 4 feet tall2 to 3 feet wide
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Misty Blue' white baneberry (Actaea pachypoda 'Misty Blue') is a perennial for shade gardens, woodland gardens, and borders. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes part sun to full shade and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Small clusters of fragrant white flowers rise above powder blue foliage in early summer. Deer and rabbits tend to browse other plants first. White fruit with a black dot ripens on red stems by autumn.
Pairs well with Jack in the pulpit, Blue wood aster, and Red elderberry.