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Pretty and less common rose pink on outside bracts.

Wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia)
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Soil - Acidic pH Preference
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Spring Ephemerals
Water - Once a Week
Grows equally in wetlands and non-wetlands. Height: 4" to 8". Spacing: 6" to 10". Woodland habitat.

Masses seen on a Botanical Society field trip

Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)
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Dutchman's Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)
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Soil - Alkaline pH Preference
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Water - Once a Week
Not a wetlands plant. Height: 4" to 12". Spacing: 6" to 12".

illustration [as Lonicera diervilla] by P. J. Redouté from Duham

Northern Bush-Honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)
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look at the bee! 🐝

White Trout-Lily (Erythronium albidum)
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Usually not found in wetlands. Height: 4" to 8". Spacing: 3" to 6".

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Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum)
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Not found in wetlands. Height: 4" to 8". Spacing: 4" to 6".

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Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
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Virginia Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum)
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Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia virginica)
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Usually found in wetlands. Height: 12" to 30". Spacing: 12" to 24".

used as a groundcover

Boston Fern (Nephrolepis exaltata)
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June 1, 1985: Miscellaneous Event (This fern was one purchased by my dad. He had it before I entered high school. I don't know the exact date, of course.)
October 22, 1991: Obtained plant (This is the date that my dad died. Sometime after this, we acquired this fern and had it in our own home. We didn't do much but water it until 2019.)
July 8, 2019: Potted up (Repotted into a larger pot with fresh soil. Also trimmed out dead fronds.)

Phlox divaricata growing in full sun

Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)
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Planting Bed - East
Soil - Neutral pH Preference
Water - Once a Fortnight
May 22, 2020: Obtained plant (Acquired three small plants from Mother Earth Gardens in Northeast Minneapolis, MN.)
May 22, 2020: Transplanted (Planted in two groups in the East bed with the plants from Plant Place. One group is behind the water barrel, the other is against the basement wall behind taller plants.)

Early spring growth from plant established last summer.

Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata 'Blue Moon')
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I bought three large plants with blooms at a Cub Foods parking lot garden called Plant Place. May 22, 2020: Obtained plant (Acquired three large plants from Plant Place at the Cub Foods parking lot in Roseville, MN.)
May 22, 2020: Transplanted (Put into the ground in the East bed with plants from Mother Earth Gardens. One group is behind the water barrel; the other is against the wall behind taller flowers.)

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Large-flowered Bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)
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