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Caulophyllum thalictroides

Blue Cohosh

Plant Type:

SHADE PERENNIALS

Caulophyllum 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.


Height:

12-24 in

Spread:

15-30 in

Colors:

Yellow

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