Re: Actaea Rubra

In a message dated 12/20/2000 1:53:31 AM Central Standard Time, 
louise@the-english-family.freeserve.co.uk writes:

<< Does anyone have any experience of growing this plant.  One
 source says "dry" shade, another "moist".  As I have an
 abundance of dry shade in my garden, I would need to make
 sure I was buying a suitable plant.
 
 Thanks
 Louise, Surrey, England
  >>

Actea rubra or "Red Baneberry" does best in well drained soil that holds 
moisture-they do not like real dry soils.  In the wild they tend to grow on 
pieces of soil that are a little higher than surrounding wet soil.

They like a rich woodland soil with a good amount of leaf mold.

In my dry woodland garden they do not do that well, I have a number of the 
white berried form that have seeded them selves in diffrent areas, but I do 
not get nice large plants except when we have two wet summers in a row.

Paul

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