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Actaea simplex (Atropurpurea Group) 'James Compton'
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Image: Pugh, Glenn - NBGW
Common name:
llysiau Cristoffis, baneberry 'James Compton'
Family:
Ranunculaceae (blodyn ymenyn / buttercup)
Synonym:
Cimicifuga racemosa 'James Compton', Cimicifuga simplex 'James Compton'
Distribution:
Gardd/Garden
Hardiness:
(H7) Very hardy. < -20°C (USDA 6a-1)
Life form:
Herbaceous perennial • Perlysiau lluosflwydd
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
Actaea (ak-TEE-uh): From an ancient Greek name for elder (the similarity in shape of the leaves).
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
simplex (SIM-plecks): Undivided, entire, single.
Blodau Persawrus / Fragrant Flower:
Yes
Dyfarniadau / Awards:
RHS Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Description:
With reddish-purple stems and leaves, and narrow spires of white flowers opening in early autumn from pink buds.
Links:
Royal Horticultural Society
Locations
1:
Broadwalk/Y Rhodfa 01a
(BW01A)
• Accession: 2002-0741 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
2:
IWGB19-Inner Walled Garden Quadrant B Bed 19/Yr Ardd Fewnol Cwadrant B Gwely 19
(IWGB19)
• Accession: 2002-0741 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
3:
IWGB20-Inner Walled Garden Quadrant B Bed 20/Yr Ardd Fewnol Cwadrant B Gwely 20
(IWGB20)
• Accession: 2002-0630 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
4:
IWGB20-Inner Walled Garden Quadrant B Bed 20/Yr Ardd Fewnol Cwadrant B Gwely 20
(IWGB20)
• Accession: 2002-0741 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
5:
IWGC23-Inner Walled Garden Quadrant C Bed 23/Yr Ardd Fewnol Cwadrant C Gwely 23
(IWGC23)
• Accession: 2002-0741 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
6:
IWGC24-Inner Walled Garden Quadrant C Bed 24/Yr Ardd Fewnol Cwadrant C Gwely 24
(IWGC24)
• Accession: 2002-0741 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
7:
IWGD17-Inner Walled Garden Quadrant D Bed 17/Yr Ardd Fewnol Cwadrant D Gwely 17
(IWGD17)
• Accession: 2002-0630 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
8:
IWGD18-Inner Walled Garden Quadrant D Bed 18/Yr Ardd Fewnol Cwadrant D Gwely 18
(IWGD18)
• Accession: 2002-0741 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
9:
IWGD19-Inner Walled Garden Quadrant D Bed 19/Yr Ardd Fewnol Cwadrant D Gwely 19
(IWGD19)
• Accession: 2002-0741 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
Area
Individual