Bugbane
Actaea 'Chocoholic'
Ranunculaceae
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Location
Groundcover Collection, Young Flower Garden
Source of plant
Walters Gardens, Baker's Acres, Avant Gardens
Description
The large, deeply lobed leaves are glossy and dramatic, held out flat on long, black stems in many layers. The foliage portion of the plant reaches about two feet high and nearly as wide, "lightening" to dark violet-burgundy as the hot weather of summer sets in. Tall, crowded bottlebrushes of mauve mature to soft pink, wonderfully fragrant and a magnet for butterflies.
USDA Hardiness Zone
4
Special characteristics
foliage characteristics