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Caulophyllum thalictroides
Blue Cohosh
Plant Type:
SHADE PERENNIALSCaulophyllum thalictroides - I used to see Blue Cohosh when hiking in the Adirondacks. Best grown in rich, moist shade it will develop into a rounded matte-finish dome of thrice-compound leaves that are infused with dusky purple when germinating in spring. Its yellow flowers with some petals touched with brown-purple are not terribly conspicuous but the large, bright blue berries that occur later in the season are very showy. A mulch of leaf litter mimicking its native habitat is beneficial. Pot grown division.
Characteristics and Attributes for Caulophyllum thalictroides
Season of Interest (Flowering)
- Spring
Season of Interest (Foliage)
- Spring / Summer
Autumn Interest
- Fruit / Berries / Seed Heads
Nature Attraction
- Deer Resistant
Light
- Morning Sun / Afternoon Shade
- Dappled Shade
- Shade
Attributes
- Woodland
- Rock Garden
- Border
- Natural Garden
- Collector Plant
Growth Rate in the Garden
- Slow
Soil
- Acid
- Woodland
Origins
- Central North America
- Eastern North America
Propagated By
- Division