Actaea podocarpa – Mountain Bugbane – 2-Quart

Most of you are familiar with Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa, formerly Cimicifuga racemosa). This plant is a relative that lives in the Appalachian Mountains from Pennsylvania to Georgia. It’s extremely rare in the nursery trade partly because it blooms very late in the season and often doesn’t fully ripen seeds before winter, thus making it difficult to propagate in northern areas. The plants themselves are perfectly cold hardy and bring their strong vertical presence to the late summer and early fall garden after Black Cohosh has finished blooming.