Category — Woodland Plants

Tiarella

Also known as Foamflowers or coolwort are small plants that make a welcome addition to the woodland garden. Foamflowers add color in terms of foliage and flowers to a shady site. Small white flowers. The white or pink flowers appear in mid to late spring.

Foamflower

Foamflower grows easily in thicker, moist woodland soils and makes an attractive ground cover with tiny white blooms in mid to late spring.

They prefer moist, humusy soil the type found on the forest floor beneath the canopy of deciduous trees. If you give them these conditions plus mulch, you be will rewarded  in no time with a lush, care-free groundcover.

Hardy zones 3-8

 Primula polyantha

Also known as  Pacific Giants Primrose

These plants are at their best in shady, moist woodland gardens. Blooms in May, and sometimes again in late summer.  Large range of colors available - yellow, red, purple, white, flowers are often bi colored and the attractive, narrow leaves may be rounded to oblong. At times, they look tufted or wrinkled.

Pacific Giants Primrose

Primroses are perfect for shady landscapes. Use them  in woodland
gardens mixing and matching them with other shade-tolerant, moisture-loving plants, suHardiness:
USDA Zone 3a: to -39.9 °C (-40 °F)
USDA Zone 3b: to -37.2 °C (-35 °F)
USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F)
USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F)
USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F)
USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F)
USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F)
USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F)
USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F)ch as hostas, ferns, European ginger, hellebores, and woodland wild flowers.

Bloom Time:
Late Spring/Early Summer
Mid Summer

Foliage:
Herbaceous

Other details:
Flowers are fragrant

Dodecatheon meadia also known as Shooting Star this plant blooms early in spring April To May under dappled sunlight. The flowers can range from purplish to white but are most commonly purplish and very fragrant. As mores shade occurs when the trees fill  the plant fades out  the 12″- 24″ stems that bear the seed pods remain to  provide interest throughout the summer as the seeds ripen

Shooting Star

Habitat - Prairies, meadows, hillsides, open woods, rock outcrops.Family - Primulaceae

Bloom time - Early - Mid Spring

Shooting Star grows well in relatively adverse soils . It lends itself well to woodland environments. It does require some shade and a fair amount of moisture. In richer soil the growth  will be more vigorous.