Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Geranium nodosum

Family: (Geraniaceae)

(P) to 2′. Europe. Suited to the woodland, this geranium is an easy going plant and is happy to form spreading patches of bright, glossy foliage. Blooms in variations of pale pink with dark purple stripes, blue anthers and a red stigma. Partial shade. 3 & T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Hacquetia epipactis

Family: (Apiaceae)

(P) to 4″. Northern Europe. One of the smallest members of the Apiaceae family and one of the earliest to bloom in the Woodland. The individual flowers are tiny, bright yellow in simple umbels and sit atop glossy green bracts. The blooms appear before the foliage emerges and form a striking, greenish, tight-mounded rosette. Dark green, three-lobed leaves spread slowly to form a low, creeping mat. An unusual and most desirable plant for the woodland. March to May. Moist soil. Partial shade/shade. 3 & T1

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Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Hosta sieboldiana var. elegans

Family: (Asparagaceae)

(P) to 3′. “…most sumptuous of all the Hostas.” (GST**).  Huge, broad, glaucous, heavily textured, bluish green leaves form magnificent, stately clumps that add accent and poise to the woodland garden.  The pale lilac-white flowers appear in early to midsummer, though they barely emerge from beneath the foliage.  3 & T3, then it may need 40º for 2-3 months.

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Kirengeshoma palmata Koreana Group (syn. Kirengeshoma koreana)

Family: (Hydrangeaceae)

 

(P) to 4′.  A Korean dignitary.  Large, sharply lobed, maple-like leaves in opposite pairs display a handsome silvery pubescence when emerging in spring.  The foliage provides interest through late summer when the flowers emerge.  Pale yellow, waxy, five-petalled flowers are borne on a stiffly upright inflorescence.  Blooms a bit earlier than K. palmata.   A “must-have.”  Prefers partial shade.  5 & T2

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Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Lathyrus vernus f. roseus

Family: (Fabaceae)

(P) to 12″. Spring Pea. Europe. Pretty, pale pink, pea-like flowers bloom in profusion on this low-growing perennial pea. Foliage is pinnate, providing an almost ferny effect. Simply lovely. Partial shade. 2B & 3 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Thalictrum actaeifolium

Family: (Ranunculaceae)

(P) to 3′.  Baneberry Leaf Meadow Rue.  Japan, Korea.  A Barry Yinger introduction.  The distinctive foliage of this Meadow Rue superficially resembles that of Baneberry.  On branched stems, the numerous, mauve-lavender, apetalous flowers appear in abundance like froth throughout the summer.  Partial shade.  3 & T1 & ∆

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Aralia continentalis

Family: (Araliaceae)

(P) to 4′. Manchurian Spikenard. Clump-forming, architectural perennial with arching stems of alternate, bipinnate leaves. In midsummer, many terminal racemes of green flowers are soon followed by globose, blue-black fruit. Partial shade. Likes moisture. 3 & 7 for 4 months, then T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Caulophyllum thalictroides

Family: (Berberidaceae)

(P) to 2′. Blue Cohosh. North America. Pale blue-green, dissected foliage. Small, greenish brown flowers with yellow anthers followed by brilliant metallic blue berries in late summer. Partial shade. 1 & 2B, 3 & T2 for 4 weeks, then 7 for 4 weeks & T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Glaucidium palmatum

Family: (Ranunculaceae)

(P) to 2′. Japan. Large-lobed, jagged leaves of fresh green are the background for the Poppy-like flowers of delicate lavender. A sight to behold in the middle of May. Cool seedpods follow. Moist soil. Partial shade. 3 & 7 & Δ

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Heuchera americana

Family: (Saxifragaceae)

(P) to 2′. Rock Geranium, Coral Bells. A native to eastern North America with attractive, mottled, palmately lobed simple leaves. Small, five-petalled, white flowers on upright slender racemes bloom in early summer. Partial shade. 4 & T2