This very early, even late winter, blooming buttercup relative likes partial shade and moist areas. Honeybees are common visitors when we have those rare 55 degree sunny days in February!

Standing around 18”, this beautiful ephemeral loves moist soils and partial shade. Left alone, they’ll carpet your garden in spring, but go dormant and disappear under the soil come summer.

This is an outstanding ground cover for edges and rock gardens in full sun with good drainage. Trim back by half after flowering to keep compact or let it naturalize and spread. Butterflies are especially fond of creeping phlox.

These low maintenance, deer resistant perennials will thrive in partial to almost full shade. Although their fuzzy, silvery foliage is often more valued than their flowers, they nevertheless are good at attracting native and non-native bees.

Best used for massing in moist woodland areas, this native wildflower can naturalize easily. Its white flowers are short lived, lasting only 1-2 days, but the succession of flowers will keep it blooming for several weeks. The common name comes from the fact that the sap is bright red!