Plant Writeups

Stylophrum diphyllum, commonly known as Wood or Celandine Poppy, adds a spot of bright yellow to a woodland garden from March to May. If given enough moisture, it may re-bloom throughout the summer. If it dries up during the hot summer days, it will reappear come spring of the following year. The bright yellow 1¼-2¼”…

Baptisia australis (Blue False Indigo) is a very showy dense shrub with bluish-purple pea like flowers. The foliage dies back to the ground in winter however, it will reappear in the spring. Plant it in full to part sun in average to moist soils. Once established it will tolerate clay soil and droughts. Baptisia australis…

Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) gets its name from the shape of its blooms and it grows six to twelve inches tall. They look like little white pantaloons hanging upside down. In April to May four to ten white or pink flowers hang off stalks that are five to ten inches long. By mid-summer the plant…

Chelone glabra (White Turtlehead) grows 1-4 feet tall. Blooming in late summer it is found in wet woodlands and meadows. This is a good plant to grow near drainpipes. The white flowers sometimes have a pale pink or purple tinge. Bumblebees pollinate this plant and hummingbirds sometimes visit. The common name is derived from the…

Trillium sessile is a long lived woodland plant that is often called Toadshade or Wake Robin. “Trillium” is from the Latin “tri” referring to the flower parts occurring in threes, and “llium” from the Latin “liliaceous” referring to the funnel-shaped flower. “Sessile” is from the Latin “sessil”, for sessile, stalkless, which refers to the flower…