Native American Ferns and Wild Flowers 
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HARDY NATIVE WILD FLOWERS and GROUND-COVER PLANTS, continued 
SAXIFRAGA pennsylvanica. Swamp Saxifrage. A rosette of 3 
waxy green leaves from which the 2-foot flower-stalk 
grows. Flowers greenish.<jj 
virginiensis. Virginia Saxifrage. 6 in. Easily grown rock- 
plant that likes sun or partial shade. White. April. 
SCUTELLARIA integrifolia. Skullcap. 1 to 2 ft. Blue. Sun 
or shade. Snapdragon-like blossoms of good blue. July, 
August. 
SENECIO aureus. Golden Ragwort. 12 to 18 in. Golden yellow. 
Sun or shade. Moist locations. Clusters of bright golden 
yellow blossoms with yellow-green foliage. May-July .. 
SHORTIA galacifolia. Oconee-bells. 6 in. Evergreen ground- 
cover, with bell-shaped white flowers. Suited for shade. 
May. 
SILENE stellata. Starry Campion. 2 ft. Fringed white flowers 
in July and August. 
virginica. Firepink. 1 ft. Brilliant scarlet flowers in June. 
Sun or partial shade. 
SISYRINCHIUM angustifolium. Blue-eyed-Grass. 6 to 
12 in. Deep violet-blue. Open sun. Very effective in 
large masses. May-July. 
SMILACINA racemosa. False Solomonseal. 2 ft. White 
flowers in May followed by a cluster of red berries. Sun 
or partial shade. 
SOLIDAGO bicolor. Silver-rod. 2 ft. A small white Goldenrod 
nemoralis. Dwarf Goldenrod. 6 to 18 in. A dwarf type of 
Goldenrod. 
sempervirens. Seaside Goldenrod. 2 to 4 ft. Grows in the 
sand along our beaches and also in salt marshes. 
STENANTHIUM robustum. Featherfleece. 3 to 5 ft. White. 
Sun. Moist locations. July-September. 
STREPTOPUS roseus. Twistedstalk. 2 ft. Pink flowers in 
May, followed by scarlet berries in July, on stout twisted 
stalks. Rich soil in partial shade. 
STYLOPHORUM diphyllum. Celandine-poppy. Yellow ter¬ 
minal flowers on 1 to l^-foot stems ir. May in either sun 
or shade. 
THALICTRUM dioicum. Early Meadowrue. 2 ft. Misty 
purplish flowers in May in rich woods. 
polygamum. Tall Meadowrue. 4 to 8 ft. Very showy white 
flowers in summer. Prefers moist meadows or bogs in sun 
or shade. July, August. 
THERMOPSIS caroliniana. Carolina Thermopsis. 4 ft. 
Clear yellow. Open sun. Cloverlike foliage. Lupine-like 
blossoms of clear canary-yellow. Very good planted with 
delphiniums. June, July. 
TIARELLA cordifolia. Foamflower. 6 to 8 in. Fluffy heads of 
white. Fine for massing in moist partial shade. May.... 
unifoliata. One-leaf Foamflower. 8 in. White. Shade. 
Moist locations. Clusters of feathery white blossoms. May 
TRADESCANTIA bracteata. Bracted Spiderwort. 4 to 12 in. 
Pastel orchid. Shade. Good for the shady rock-garden. 
May, June... 
pilosa. Zig-Zag Spiderwort. 1 to 3 ft. Lilac-blue. Part shade. 
Good for the partly shaded border. June-September .... 
virginiana. Spiderwort. 2 ft. Deep blue blossoms all sum¬ 
mer in the open sun. ...... . 
virginiana nana. Dwarf form of Virginiana. Blue. Shade. 
Good for the shady rock-garden. 
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