Colorful fruits
August and September are the best to admire and/or collect many colorful fleshy fruits.
These are some of the latest waiting to be processed. All beautiful and requiring much more work for extracting and cleaning the seeds than the dry fruits.
All species shown in this picture germinate best when sown in late summer/early fall. They require a slightly warm cycle followed by a cold one; failing to sow them as such results in germination only on the second spring after sowing ;) Mark them on your wish list!
*Actaea pachypoda fo. rubrocarpa fruits were collected from a garden-cultivated plant grown from seeds; it comes true to the form and is a nice addition to the regular A. pachypoda with white fruits (not mature yet).
**Actaea rubra fo. neglecta is the rare form with white fruits of A. rubra; wild collected fruits.
