Spring - early to mid blooming plants

Here is a list of some of My favorite spring blooming plants.  If this is not 
too much I will post more in a few days??


Adonis vernalis -  “Pheasant’s Eye” or “Spring Adonis”  RANUNCULACEAE:  A 
choice perennial  plant for the rock 
garden blooming in early spring with large attractive cup-shaped yellow 
flowers, up to three inches. across.  Flowers are held 
atop finely divided, fern-like foliage. Plants flower at  9-12 inches tall 
and up to 15 inches wide.  Plants will take a few years to 
flower from seed. Use in a moisture retentive soil but with good drainage. 
Sandy compost should work well. Full sun to light 
shade, were over time.  Plants will grow into nice large clumps with many 
flowers. This species is native from Europe-east to 
the Urals and prefers an alkaline soil.  Germination is best if sow outside 
when  the weather is still cold in the spring or fall. 
Varying temperatures promote germination. 12-90 days.

Arisaema triphyllum - "Jack-In-The-Pulpit."  A nice form with solid or 
striped purple hoods. Plants grow 15-20 inches tall 
and some will be over two feet tall. Many with purple veined stems and brown 
mottling. Plants will take some light sun but 
grow  best in open shade with some light morning sun thus doing well in a 
shady woodland setting. "Jacks" will grow even in 
heavy shade.  Plants will flower in three or four years, large seeds- in red 
- orange very showy berries in the fall.

Catha palustris  -  "Marsh Marigold"  The normal yellow flowering form, 
Plants grow 12 inches tall and should be used in 
moist soils.  Will even do well in wet soil or those that are submerged under 
water in spring and during heavy rain fall.  Use in 
full sun in soils that do not become dry. In the summer the plants will go 
dormant if exposed to dry conditions and return again 
next spring

Dodecatheon - any and all the shooting stars- I have a pure white flowering 
one that I have enjoyed for many years and has self seeded it's self around 
my wildflower garden. 

Erinus alpinus - "Alpine liverwort" or  "Fairy Foxgloves" (e-ri-nus: 
al-PEEN-us) Please, no jokes about the name. Plants 
grow 6 inches tall, forming tight tufts with bluish-pink flowers in April 
till July. Use in rock walls and crevices along a walk way. 
Blooms from mid spring threw  mid summer. Plants grow 3 to 5 inches tall and 
spread out to a width of  4 inches.  Likes dry 
soils. These semi-evergreen plants form a carpet of color in full sun to 
light shade. Surface sow- light needed for best 
germination, three weeks at F 70. Do not keep seedlings overly wet.  Zones 
4-7  Native from Central and Southern Europe in 
mountainous areas.
"Dr. Hahnle"  is a clone with deep crimson flowers.

Hepatica - again all and any Hepatica, they do well in dry shade- To bad for 
me- mine seem to get "sick" and I do not have as many plants as I would like- 
What I do have is ether birght blue or soft white.  The leaves are semi 
evergreen but in the spring the old leaves are leather like and the flowers 
look like the are coming out od a dead clump.  Very showy in a dainty way 
against bare ground. The insects like to "play" with the flowers.

Mitella diphylla - "Bishop's-Cap" or "two-Leaf Miterwort"  SAXIFRAGACEAEA One 
of my favs- small flowers over light lime green leaves.

Trilliums - Inhere is a link page to information about this truly beautiful 
group of plants. 
<A HREF="http://hardyplants.com/trillium.htm">
http://hardyplants.com/trillium.htm</A>

<A HREF="http://members.aol.com/Hifsin/Uvularia.html">UVULARIA grandiflora</A>
: gran-dih-FLOOR-uh. "Great Bellwort", "Large Merrybells", "Large - Flowered 
Bellwort"

Viola pubescens - with yellow flowers and 

VIOLA septentrionalis- " Northern Woodland Violet" (VIE-o-la)  VIOLACEAE.   
Like the below plant except an inch or two
  taller and with dark purple flowers. Plants are robust spreaders by seed.  
Leaves are good sized for a viola and rounded ovate medium green
 leaves.  Bluntly pointed tips and heart shaped leaf bases. This is an 
acaulescent species (without stems, all above ground plant parts look like
 they come out of the ground) for moist open woods, can be weedy, but very 
showy.  This is a nice dark colored form. Zones (3)-4-8? 

   VIOLA septentrionalis  'Alba'- A choice native violet that has bright 
white flowers with some purple/violet veining in their
  throats.  Plants grow 3-4" tall and by way of cleistogamous flowers form a 
nice thick carpet that makes the ground glow in mid spring with 
  bright white flowers against to back drop of the rounded green leaves.  
Plant in part shade in moist but not wet soils with a good amount of
  humas/organic matter. Native to Eastern North America form North East 
Canada to Ontario to Connecticut and Pennsylvania. This is a great
 little plant to naturalize in an open woods or along a little shady path. 
can self seed into grassy areas and is attractive mixed in prairie settings. 
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TIARELLA - so many to choose from these days- I am working on a page for 
these-already have 60 forms listed.  But lots of soft white flowers with some 
with pink flowers.  Great ground covers too.


THALICTRUM dioicum - "Early Meadow Rue" or "Quick Silver weed"  
(tha-LIK-trum)  Plants are native from  Quebec to
 North Dakota and to Georgia and Missouri. Plants are dioecious with male 
plants taller to about three feet with dainty  cloud like yellow flowers
  very early in spring. female plants are shorter, growing to about two feet 
and have clouds of green seeds in mid summer. Plants have choice
 compound leaves that look great mixed in with rocks or in along the wood 
land path.  Plants grow into thick clumps and make very good cutting
  material. I like this little wood land plant. Plants do well in dry soil 
but like a moist well drained one. Comes out of the ground early in spring
before the leaves are on the trees. This Thalictrum is worthy of a spot in 
any wildflower garden or shade garden. Plants grow 24-30 inches wide.






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