Actaea rubra

Similar in stature and color to Actea pachypoda, but with red berries.

Red baneberry is a clump-forming perennial with bright green, divided leaves and spikes of small, fluffy white flowers. These are followed by long-lasting, glossy, scarlet berries. The berries are poisonous though incredibly bitter so ingestion by humans or animals is very unlikely. Actaea rubra is a forest plant from growing across much of North America that makes an easy, long-lived perennial for the shade garden.

Red Baneberry creates season-long interest in shady areas. Bright red berries set against deep green foliage makes Actaea rubra one of the showpieces of the woodland garden. While many woodland flowers go dormant by midsummer, Red Baneberry provides interest all the way into the fall. Elegant white flower globes appear in spring and are attractive in their own right. Grows one to two feet tall in rich,well-drained soil, in partial to full shade. One of the very best woodland plants for summer-long color and interest! Hardy to Zone 3-7.

This low growing deciduous perennial shrub grows to 2 feet tall. A very ornamental plant with lush green dissected foliage and an excellent choice for a woodland garden. Also works well as a mounding ground cover in moist shade (woodland). Its small snowflake-like flowers bloom from June to July followed by showy white or bright red berries. Native to California and is also found elsewhere in North America and beyond. No mammals eat the leaves of this plant but its berries are consumed by a number of birds. Native Americans used the juice from the fruits of various baneberry species to poison arrows, and used the root as a herbal remedy for menstrual problems. Found in found in moist coniferous forests in cool, moist, nutrient-rich soil. . Communitites located in Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Redwood Forest Between 0 and 10000 feet.

Blooms: spring, white showy red fruit,/ deciduous, large, divided, glossy, green foliage Zone 3-9. 20"-30",PNW, part shade-shade, moist