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11/12/99

Cimicifuga simplex


Hardiness Zones: 3 to 8
Height: 4 ft Spacing: 3 ft
Type: perennial
Flowers: White

Comments: This Russian native is grown for its spikes of
white flowers. Flowering occurs in autumn when few other
plants are in bloom. Provide a shaded site with moist
soil. The plants do not spread or self-seed and so plants
are seldom invasive.

Propagation: Division but the plants are not easy to
divide because they have deep root systems and do not
establish quickly.

Cultivars:
'White Pearl' - Longer spikes of white flowers.
atropurpurea - Purplish-red foliage (Vis. 1).

References for Cultivars: White Flower Farm 1997, Thompson
and Morgan 1997, Weston Nurseries 1999, Sheridan Nurseries
1999, Berryhill Nurseries 1999, Scarff's Nursery 1999.


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