Description
Scientific name: Actaea pachypoda
Range: Keweenaw native
Light: Shade
Soil: Moist, Wet
Moisture: Moist, Wet
Benefits: Birds, Sweat Bees, Deer Resistant
Height: 2′
Blooms: May, June
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Color: White
Spacing: 18″ to 20″
Root: Rhizome
Finding Doll’s Eyes, aka White Baneberry, in the woods, especially when it’s sporting its peculiar berries, is always a treat. So why not have it in your garden? A fragrant woodland wildflower that blooms in the spring, Doll’s Eyes has attractive foliage and striking white berries on red stalks that become mature in late summer and early fall. Berries will be eaten by Ruffed Grouse, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Robin. Humans, however, are another story. As with all members of the baneberry family, this plant is poisonous to mammals, including us.
