Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Primula japonica 'Alba'

Family: (Primulaceae)

(P) to 18″.  A candleabra-like inflorescence of tiered white blossoms arranged in whorls along the stem.  Leaves are sphathulate, quite long and irregularly toothed.  A spring-blooming charmer for the woodland or pond edge.  Moist soil.  Partial shade.  4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Syneilesis intermedia coll. DJHT 99104

Family: Asteraceae

(P) to 2′.  Japan.  Purchased from Heronswood Nursery in 2001.  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): Corydalis ophiocarpa

Family: Papaveraceae

(P) to 18″.  Serpent-Pod Fumitory.  Eastern Himalayas.  This treasure forms clumps of bronzy, blue-green, fern-like foliage from which emerge racemes of tubular, cream-coloured flowers with reddish purple tips.  Dangling seed pods follow; they resemble little green eels or serpents, hence the common name.  A vigorous and attractive architectural plant, which self-sows gently when happy.  Blooms May onward.  Sun to partial shade.  4 and T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Dodecatheon meadia f. album

Family: (Primulaceae)

(P) to 18″.  A wonderful white form of the above.  Very reliable in our Woodland.  Blooms in May.  Summer dormant.  Partial shade.  3 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Vancouveria hexandra

Family: (Berberidaceae)

 

(P) to 12″.  White Inside-out Flower.  Washington to Northern California.  A close relative to Epimedium, however the flowers have six petals rather than four.  This woodland groundcover produces nodding, umbrella-like white blooms with prominent stamens in late spring.  The beautiful, Thalictrum-like foliage is the main attraction and makes it a choice addition to any woodland garden.  Moist, well-drained soil.  Shade/partial shade.  3 & T1 & ∆

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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, deeply divided leaves.  Clusters of small, fluffy pink flowerheads atop stiff, dark stems.  Intriguing.  Partial shade.  4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Semiaquilegia ecalcarata

Family: (Ranunculaceae)

(P) to 16″.  False Columbine.  A native of eastern Asia with exquisite mauve-purple , bell-shaped, nodding flowers resembling spurless Columbines.  A delicate addition to the woodland.  We have ours self-sowing nicely around the troughs near the Gardeners’ Bothy.  Blooms in late spring.  Sun/partial shade.   4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Actaea japonica var. acerina (syn. Cimicifuga japonica var. acerina)

Family: (Ranunculaceae)

(P) to 3′.  A Japanese native with handsome maple-like foliage that has long, pointed lobes.  Slender branched spikes of white, tufted flowers bloom in September and October.  Moist soil.  Sun/partial shade.  3 & 6A

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

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Boehmeria spicata

Family: (Urticaceae)

(P) to 4′.  False Nettle.  Discovered in Korea by Dan Hinkley of Heronswood Nursery.  We love it in our Woodland, arching out of Pachysandra terminalis.  Bold, nettle-like, jagged-edged leaves have pinkish red, thread-like, elongated flower clusters emerging from the leaf axils.  A real curiosity.  Summer blooming.  Partial shade.  3 & T2