Actaea japonica var japonica Silver Blush Hardy Palms and Cycads Hummingbirds are the main pollinators

Hummingbirds are the main pollinators we see around our patches

Spreading types can be dug and individual rhizomes replanted to expand the display

but it will first form a compact bush for 4-5 years until the central leader begins to develop

most unusual and quite special

Helleborus x sternii is a hard to find evergreen hybrid of Helleborus argutifolius x Helleborus lividus that resembles Helleborus argutifolius in it's stemmed form

Actaea japonica var japonica Silver Blush Hardy Palms and Cycads Hummingbirds are the main pollinatorsActaea japonica 'Silver Blush' is a large and vigorous, heat tolerant form of Japanese bugbane we obtained years earlier from plantsman Barry Yinger. The deciduous clump is composed of wiry stems connecting three deeply serrated leaflets, each of which can reach 1' across. Unlike most Cimicifuga japonica forms we've grown from other sources, the leaves on this form emerge silver, highlighted by green veins, before aging to light green. In September