Over many years of growth, the branching rhizome grows into a large colony.
What makes the plant unique, it blooms before the foliage unfolds in early spring and after blooming the leaves expand to their full size and go summer dormant in mid to late summer.
It requires moist to dry woods and thickets, often on flood plains and near shores or streams on slopes, they grow less frequently in clearings and meadows or on dunes, and are rarely found in disturbed sites.
Flowers are pollinated by small bees and flies. Its also selfseeding if you don't deadhead the flowers.
Photos are taken yesterday at Maria's garden in Puławy (Poland).
5 comments:
Really wonderful, and I was surprised to see white flowers : from their names I expected them to be red. They are fantastic.
What a great flower to brighten up a dark shady area...I like them.
a beautiful colony of these natives to my aerea of the United States...hope to see mine bloom soon...
Ewa - I love these. We have them too and I never knew what they were called. They are the brave little angels of Spring.
I love this plant! The owner of the garden you found it in, must be real plant lover!
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