Woodland Shade Garden

Species

Description

Soil Moisture

Light Conditions

Flower Color

Blooming Period

Hght

Z

Red Baneberry

Actae rubra

Brilliant glossy red fruit  with long stems

moist

PS - S

White/Red Berries

May-June

1-2'

Pearly Everlasting

Anaphalis margaritacea

White papery strawflowers. Host plant for Painted Lady butterfly.

dry

PS - S

White

June-Aug

1-1.5'

J

Yellow Avens

Geum aleppicum

More green, than showy yellow flower, interesting foliage and great for wet woods along shorelines.

moist

PS-S

Yellow

June-Aug

2-5'

Z

Canada Anemone

Anemone canadensis

An attractive five-petaled white flower with bright yellow stamens.

moist

PS - S

White

May-July

1-2'

Woodland Shade Garden

Species

Description

Soil Moisture

Light Conditions

Flower Color

Blooming Period

Hght

Thimbleweed

Anemone cylindrica

Thimble-like fruiting head.  Good plant for dry and sandy soils.

dry

FS-S

White

May-July

2-3'

Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis

Showy, nodding flowers

dry-moist

PS - S

Red

May-June

1-2'

Z

Jack-In-The Pulpit

Arisaema dracontium

Spadix stands partially hidden inside varigated green "pulpit"

moist

PS - S

Orange Fruit

May-June

1-2'

Z

Wild Ginger

Asarum canadense

Rich medium-green heart shaped leaves.  Flowers lack petals

moist

PS-FSh

Maroon

May-June

.5'

Heart-leaved Aster

Aster cordifolius

A northwoods aster growing in deeper shade than big leaf aster.

dry-moist

S-FSh

Lavendar-Blue

Aug-Oct

2-3'

Big Leaf Aster

Aster macrophyllus

Heart-shaped fuzzy foliage. Forms dense, spreading groundcover.

dry

PS - S

Purple/White

Sept.-Oct.

1-3'

Tall Bellflower

Campanula americana

A tall and larger flowered cousin of the more common harebell.

dry-moist

PS-S

Blue

July-Aug

2-4'

Harebell

Campanula rotundifolia

Little purple chimming-like bell-shaped flowers.

dry-moist

PS - S

Purple

June-Sept.

6-8"

Z

Pennsylvania Sedge

Carex pensylvanica

Great groundcover under pine trees

dry

PS-FSh

NA

NA

6-8"

Z

Bunchberry

Cornus canadensis

Dwarf member of the flowering dogwoods that spreads by rhizomes.

moist

PS - S

White flower/ Red berries

May-June

1-1.5'

Wild Strawberry

Fragaria virgianiana

Spreads by above ground runners. Berries are tiny, but tasty.

dry

FS-FSh

White/Red Berries

May-June

.5'

Z

Wild Geranium

Geranium maculatum

Lobed leaves with branched flower stems

dry-moist

PS - S

Pink

May-June

1-3'

Z

Twinflower

Linnaea borealis

This plant is named after the father of plant classification - Carl Linnaeaus

dry-moist

PS-FSh

Pink

June-July

.5'

Z

Canada Mayflower

Maianthemum canadense

Small white flowers are in elongated clusters.

dry-moist

PS-FSh

White

May-June

1'

J

Sweet Cicily

Osmorihiza claytonia

Fern-like leaves, with tiny white flowers, but fabolous seed heads that are "sweet cicily."

moist-wet

PS-S

White

May-June

1-2'

Z

Wild BluePhlox

Phlox divaricata

Fragrant spring bloomer in wet deciduous woods.

moist-wet

PS-FSh

Blue

June-July

1-2'

Jacob's Ladder

Polemonium reptens

Leaves covered with soft downy hair.

moist

PS-FSh

Blue

May-June

1-2'

Z

True Solomon's Seal

Polygonatum biflorum

Bears flowers are thin twin-stalks in leaf axis. 

moist

PS-FSh

White/Blue berries

May-June

1-3'

Z

False Solomon's Seal

Smilacina racemosa

Arching stems leaning towards light with grapelike clusters of berries.

moist

PS - S

White flowers/ Red berries

May-June

1-3'

Zig-Zag Goldenrod

Solidago flexicaulis

Stems zig back and forth ending with a tiny goldenrod cluster.

moist

PS-FSh

Yellow

Aug-Oct

2-3'

J

Purple Meadow-Rue

Thalictrum dasycarpum

Leaves very similar to columbine, but flowering stalks of white drooping stamens showy.

moist

PS-Fsh

White flowers

May- July

3-4'

Z

Yellow Violet

Viola pubsecens

One of the showiest early spring flowers in rich woods, especially under hardwoods.

PS-FSh

Yellow

May

1-1.5'

Z

Large Flowered Trillium

Trillium grandiflora

All plant part in threes - leaves, flowers and fruits.  Flowers are white turning to pink with age.

moist - rich

PS-FSH

White to Pink

May-June

1-2'

Z

Merry Bells

Uvularia grandiflora

Flowers have weeping appearance in bloom.

moist

FSh

Yellow

May-June

2-3'