Problem with Cimicifuga blooming
roxanna7
2 years ago
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does cimicifuga spreads?
Comments (1)Can you take a picture? Actaea alba is a synonym for A. pachypoda, but that species doesn't run in my garden. Could they be seedlings?...See MoreCimicifuga racemosa
Comments (12)Mine (a different dark-leaved variety, Brunette) grows happily in a spot with a bit of morning sun and a bit of late afternoon sun, and relatively bright shade between. It's not a formal plant, but is quite nice - I wouldn't say only for a natural setting. The flowers are long bottle brushes, and come at a time when not a lot else is blooming in late summer. I find the foliage quite striking, rather like a larger, dark astilbe. The foliage is a tiny bit fuzzy and has a slightly unpleasant odor to my nose when brushed against, so I wouldn't put it right next to a door or pathway where people would come in contact with it, but a couple of feet away would be fine. I put mine in a bed where I knew some utility work would be happening down the road and I'd need to move it at some point. I thought perenials would be easier to move than shrubs after a couple of years . . . Well, the moving time arrived last fall, and the Cimicifuga had a large, dense, HEAVY rootball after just three years, so I would advise putting it where you won't have to move it. How about placing it just to the right or left of your cellar window?...See MoreCimicifuga problem
Comments (9)I have to agree with mad gallica. I've never grown any of these as real shade plants and I've never had a problem with them dying. However, I must admit almost all the info out there on the web keeps mentioning these as shade plants. I did come across a couple of mentions that the farther north you live, the more sun these can take, so maybe that's the key. I know a while back I came across a photo of a huge stand of Hillside growing in absolutely full sun, but I couldn't find it today when I was searching. Kevin...See MoreCimicifuga Brunette, shade tolerance for bloom
Comments (4)Go ahead and plant it in the shade spot. I have grown Cimicifuga in the spot described above with just a couple hours of sun for part of the growing season, but I've also grown a green one in a spot that started mostly sunny and is now entirely shady and it did fine in both spots. I did have to dig up my Brunette once for some underground work, and it didn't have any visible issues with sitting in a plastic grocery sack (with holes) set in a box for a few weeks. Even after 2 years in the ground it had a huge bunch of fleshy roots....See Moreroxanna7
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