Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Woodland
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
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Woodland
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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Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Woodland
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
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Woodland
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
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Woodland
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
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Woodland
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
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Woodland
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.
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Woodland
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
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Woodland
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
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Woodland
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