Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Zizia aptera

Family: (Apiaceae)

(P) to 2′.  Heart-leaved Alexanders.  Western Canada to southeast United States.  Smooth, glossy, heart-shaped, toothed basal leaves.  Compound umbels of tiny, bright golden yellow flowers complement the attractive foliage.  A delicate yet tough plant for the woodland.  Zizia is one of the larval food plants for the Black Swallowtail Butterfly.  Blooms late spring.  Sun/partial shade.  3 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Lathyrus vernus Blue

Family: (Fabaceae)

(P) to 12″.  Blue Spring Pea.  Europe.  Blue, pea-like flowers in many racemes, bloom in profusion on this low-growing spring treasure.  Foliage is pinnate, providing an almost ferny effect.  Lovely and rare.  Partial shade.  2B & 3 & T2

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Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Actaea simplex (syn. Cimicifuga simplex)

Family: (Ranunculaceae)

(P) to 4′. Bugbane.  China, Korea, Japan.  Small, numerous, creamy white, strongly fragrant flowers appear in long, terminal racemes.  The fluffy spires up to two feet long, rise above the foliage on upright, wiry stems. Astilbe-like, deeply cut, ternately compound foliage is an attractive deep green. Adds architectural height and a welcomed late-season bloom to the woodland garden.  Partial shade.  3 & 6A

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Salvia forsskaolii

Family: (Lamiaceae)

(P) to 3+’. Indigo Woodland Sage. Balkan peninsula, Bulgaria to Turkey. This plant was named after Finnish explorer Peter Forsskål, a student of Carl Linnaeus.  Large basal clumps of textural green foliage give rise to long, branched flowering stems with whorls of showy, bi-lipped, violet-blue flowers with white streaks on the lower lip.  A great Salvia for open woodland plantings.  Blooms summer into early autumn.  Full sun to part shade.  Moist, well-drained soil. 4 & T3

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Digitalis grandiflora

Family: Plantaginaceae

(P) to 3′.  Yellow Foxglove.  Central Europe to Turkey and Siberia.  Showy spikes of two-inch, tubular, soft yellow, open bells have speckled brown throats.  Leafy stems from a basal rosette of dark green, finely-toothed leaves are attractive too. Blooms late spring to early summer. A lovely addition to the woodland garden.  Sun to partial shade.  4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Corydalis cheilanthifolia

Family: Papaveraceae

(P) to 18″.  A gorgeous little plant from China with alternate, pinnately compound fern-like leaves and spikes of yellow tubular flowers in spring.  Shade to partial shade.  4 & T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Helleborus foetidus

Family: Ranunculaceae

(P) to 2.5′.  Stinking Hellebore.  British native.  In mid-winter, terminal clusters of pendulous, green flowers are edged with red.  Dissected, shiny, dark green foliage.  Architectural.  Sun/partial shade.  3 & 72ºF for 6 weeks, followed by 25-39ºF for 6-8 weeks.

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Diphylleia cymosa

Family: (Berberidaceae)

(P) to 3′.  Umbrella Leaf.  A large-leaved native plant of the Appalachians growing along mountain streams.  Deeply lobed, acute, medium green leaves (one foot wide) show off six-petalled single white flowers with yellow anthers in May and June.  Striking and persistent blue fruit on red stems follows.  A great choice for the woodland.  Partial shade/shade.  3 & 7

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Syneilesis aconitifolia

Family: (Asteraceae)

(P) to 2′.  Shredded Umbrella Plant.  Japan.  Wonderful foliage plant very reminiscent of Aconitum, with woolly, peltate, filigreed leaves.  Clusters of small, fluffy pink flowerheads atop stiff, dark stems.  Intriguing.  Partial shade.  4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Hydrophyllum virginianum

Family: (Boraginaceae)

(P) to 3′.  Virginia Water Leaf.  Northeastern native.  Loose cymes of delicate, white-to-pale violet, campanulate flowers with protruding stamens.  Lobed irregular leaves.  Blooms May to July.  Partial shade.  3 & T1