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Fairy Garden
This area started out as a raised bed to level the slope beside the potting shed. I began adding native ephemeral plants, then more small plants. Someone suggested that it looked like a fairy garden, so I embraced the concept. There are numerous miniature plants there now.
Bloodroot
Sangunaria canadensis
Native, shade, 6” tall, blooms March to May
Crested Dwarf Iris
Iris cristata
Native, part shade, 3 inches tall, blooms April to May
Toadshade Trillium
Trillium sessile
Native, shade, 12 inches tall, blooms April, May
Deer magnet
Wood Anemone
Anemone nemorosa
Native, part shade, 3 – 6 inches tall, blooms early spring
Shooting Star
Dodecatheon meadia
Native, part shade, 8 – 18 inches tall, April, May
Bleeding Heart
Dicentra eximia
Native, part shade, 8 – 18 inches tall, blooms summer
Fairywand
Chamaelirium luteum
Native, part shade, 15 – 18 inches tall, blooms May
Wild Ginger
Asarum canadense
Native, shade, 3” tall, evergreen
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