Cimicifuga is a worldwide genus of perennial wildflowers known for their traditional use as medicine, however cimicifuga is also a dramatic woodland garden plant. The long candelabra-like spikes of Cimicifuga flower stalks are topped with airy white spikes that rise several feet above the canopy of attractive leaves and attract butterflies. The actual flowers of Cimicifuga are unusual in that they have no petals, but are composed of naked stamens. Several species (most notably Cimicifuga racemosa) are native to the United States but are somewhat rare in the wild.
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Cimicifuga is a deer-resistant plant that prefers a moist, fertile environment, and when planted in the proper soil is a trouble-free woodland garden plant. When you are ready to buy cimicifuga for your perennial garden, check out our list of bugbanes for sale.
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(aka: Cimicifuga racemosa v. cordifolia, C. foetida v. cordifolia) This wonderful rare native (globally rare ranking of G3) from Virginia west to Tennessee has languished in taxonomic purgatory under a parade of invalid names. Unlike other bugbanes, there are only nine glossy leaflets per leaf, which are held on a 45 degree angled stem ending about 2' from the ground. The 4' tall, upright, branched terminal spikes end in finger-like clusters of small white flowers that top the plant in September. Although Cimicifuga rubifolia prefers alkaline soils, it has grown well in our slightly acid amended woodland soil. Pot Size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml)
(syn: Actaea biternata) Finally, a superb cimicifuga that grows and flowers in our heat! In our cimicifuga-deprived climate, we could only indulge our passion for these plants by falling asleep with English garden design books. Now with Cimicifuga japonica, we can have our bugbane and grow them too. Each 1' wide clump of Cimicifuga japonica has glossy basal foliage, like a giant thalictrum, topped in mid-September with clouds of 2.5', narrow, bottlebrush-like white wands. While moist soils are preferred, all but the driest soils have proven satisfactory. Pot Size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml)
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