woodland wildflowers for part to full shade

WILD COLUMBINE Aquilegia canadensis

Sun: Sun or Shade
Moisture: Medium to Moist
Height: 45 - 90 cm
Bloom Time: June
Colour: Red & Yellow

Description: Hummingbirds like to visit this unusual flower for nectar - Has a yellow inner flower and an elegantly spurred red outer flower - Short lived but reseeds easily.

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WILD GINGER Asarum canadensis

Sun: Part Shade or Shade
Moisture: Medium to Moist
Height: 10 - 15 cm
Bloom Time: June
Colour:

Description: A beautiful groundcover with velvety looking leaves - Unusual flowers hide under the leaves - Rare in Manitoba - Deer resistant.

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SWEET SCENTED BEDSTRAW Galium triflorum

Sun: Part Shade or Shade
Moisture: Medium to Moist
Height: 15 - 20 cm
Bloom Time: June
Colour: White

Description: A great groundcover for moist shade - Has trailing, well branched stems - Flowers are not noticeable - A fine textured plant with small light green
leaves.

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TOUCH ME NOT Impatiens biflora

Sun: Part Shade or Shade
Moisture: Moist to Wet
Height: 60 - 120 cm
Bloom Time: July/August
Colour: Orange

Description: A lush looking plant with many delightful little orange flowers - A fastgrowing annual that reseeds prolifically on moist soil - Hummingbirds love it.

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OSTRICH FERN Matteuccia struthiopteris

Sun: Part Shade or Shade
Moisture: Medium to Wet
Height: 60 - 90 cm
Bloom Time:
Colour:

Description: These fiddlehead ferns spread slowly by the roots and provide lush, green foliage - They do best in moist to wet soil .

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TALL BLUEBELLS Mertensia paniculatata

Sun: Part Shade or Shade
Moisture: Medium to Moist
Height: 30 - 60 cm
Bloom Time: June
Colour: Blue

Description: Clusters of pink buds turn blue as the flowers open - A beautiful plant that reseeds easily - Hummingbird Clearwing Moths visit for nectar.

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SOLOMON'S SEAL Polygonatum biflorum

Sun: Part Shade or Shade
Moisture: Medium to Moist
Height: 45 - 90 cm
Bloom Time: June
Colour: White

Description: Little bunches of cylindric flowers are suspended from elegant, arching stems - Navy blue berries - Spreads slowy and lives a long time.

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TALL CONEFLOWER Rudbeckia laciniata

Sun: Sun or Shade
Moisture: Medium to Moist
Height: 100 - 200 cm
Bloom Time: June
Colour: Yellow

Description: A striking plant because it grows up to 2 metres tall (6 feet) where moisture is good - Spreads by roots - Host for Silver Checkerspot butterfly
caterpillars.

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STAR FLOWERED SOLOMON'S SEAL Smilacina stellata

Sun: Part Shade or Shade
Moisture: Medium to Moist
Height: 20 - 50 cm
Bloom Time: June
Colour: White

Description: Clusters of starry flowers at tips of graceful, curving stems - Spreads slowly and lives a long time - Also called False Solomon's Seal - Tolerates dry shade.

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DOWNY YELLOW VIOLET Viola pubescens

Sun: Part Shade or Shade
Moisture: Medium to Moist
Height: 15 - 30 cm
Bloom Time: June
Colour: Yellow

Description: Large, heart shaped leaves - Grows as a clump but spreads by reseeding easily in moist soil - Adds colour to spring shade gardens.

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WESTERN CANADA VIOLET Viola canadensis

Sun: Part Shade or Shade
Moisture: Medium to Moist
Height: 20 - 40 cm
Bloom Time: June
Colour: White

Description: The longest flowering and most common violet of shady woodlands on the prairies - Spreads by roots and seed for a thick groundcover - For moist or dry shade.

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SARSAPARILLA Ariala nudicaulis

Sun: Part Shade or Shade
Moisture: Medium to Moist
Height: 15- 50 cm
Bloom Time: June
Colour: Greenish White

Description: An attractive, taller groundcover for woodland areas – Mainly a foliage plant as flowers and fruit hide under the leaves – Lovely orange fall colour.

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