Wildflowers worth drooling over
As hard as we play in our gardens , sometimes nature just one - ups us . Here are a few of my favorites that I ’ve spotted in various hikes and walk through the woodlands of the easterly US .
The great white trillium ( Trillium grandiflorum , Zone 3 – 8) . Can anything beat this unbelievable bloom ? This wood lily is one of my very favourite wildflowers . Sadly , cervid have sex them , and deer overpopulation is doing a great mickle of trauma to these and other wildflower in the US . So if you have a fenced garden , deal planting a few trillium . They are easy to mature in shady , woodland conditions , and if you may keep the cervid out , the plants will thank you . Learn about gardening with trillium .
Trillium cuneatum(Zone 5 – 8) Though the flowers of this little trillium are n’t quite as showy as the big livid trillium , they make up for it with their leaves that are cover with an incredible kaleidoscope of dark and silver spots . Very easy to grow in the garden , and make a dramatic statement wherever they are establish .
When I think orchids , I usually think tropic plants with big sporty flowers . But how about this , a winter hardy orchidaceous plant that has incredibly beautiful leaves ! This isGoodyera pubescens ( rattlesnake Musa paradisiaca , Zone 3 – 9)which tout some of the most beautiful leave I ’ve ever go steady .
… leaf so dreary they are nearly black !
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Speaking of native orchids with great leaves, the cranefly orchid (Tripularia discolor, Zone 5 – 9) is quite common in the woods of the southeastern US, and makes big patches of these very interesting evergreen leaves. The leaves can range from plain green, to purple spotted, or even…
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