WILDFLOWERS 
Many kinds of wildflowers are commonly accepted garden plants and will be found listed 
under perennials. Those offered on these pages are found only rarely in the garden border, or 
else demand special treatment. It sometimes happens that flowers, which here in Vermont grow 
in full sun, may succeed far south if given full shade. But let us suggest that your wildflower 
garden consists mostly of the reliables, adding each season a few new or harder to grow varieties 
which appeal to you. 
PRICES (except as otherwise noted): 50¢ each, 10 or more of the same variety at 40¢ each. 
Write for special quantity prices. 
Actaea alba — White Baneberry. 
Often called ‘‘Doll’s Eyes’’ because each of its 
clustered white berries is tipped with a black 
‘“‘pupil.’”? Preceding the berries are feathery, cream- 
white flowers in May. Easily grown in light to 
dense shade in leafmold. 18 inches or taller. 
A. rubra — Red Baneberry. 
One of the most permanent wildflowers in gardens. 
Fluffy white flowers in May succeeded by bright 
red berries in July. Rich, moist soil in shade. 
2 feet. 
Aquilegia canadensis — American Columbine. 
Jaunty little gold and scarlet jester’s caps nod on 
slender stems in May and June. Choice for rock 
garden or ledge pockets. Sun or shade; almost any 
soil. 12 inches. 
Arisaema dracontium — Dragonroot. Green Dragon. 
Blooms in May a little after Jack-in-the-pulpit. 
Unique flowers with spadix long and tapering like 
a bayonet. Plant some Green Dragons to guard 
your “‘Jacks.’’ Moist soil in partial shade. 12 inches 
A. triphyllum — Jack-in-the- Pulpit. 
“Indian-turnip,’’ too, because the redmen are said 
to have made flour from its bitter bulbs. Fasci- 
nating, hooded, green or green-and-brown-striped 
blooms in May are followed by red berries in 
summer. Moist soil in partial shade. 12 to 18 
inches. 
Asarum canadense — Wild Ginger. 
Difficult to find in the woods because the maroon, 
inch-wide blooms in late April or early May barely 
peek out from the shelter of the fuzzy, gray-green, 
heart-shaped leaves. Rich woods soil in partial 
shade. 3 to 4 inches. 
Asclepias tuberosa — Butterflyweed. 
Brilliant orange flowers in July and August. For 
the open field or garden border in sun. 2 feet. 
Calla palustris — Wild Calla. 
Waxy white flowers in June like the old-fashioned 
indoor Calla Lily, only smaller. Cardinal red fruit 
follows the blossom. For the shady bog or border 
of your pool or stream. 5 to 12 inches. 
Caltha palustris — Marsh Marigold. 
Also called ‘““American Cowslip.’’ Relished by farm 
folks for early ‘“‘greens’’ but prized by gardeners 
for its radiant cups of gold in profuse clusters 
above bright green leaves in early May. Ideal for 
bog gardens but grows in any reasonably moist, 
rich soil in sun or light shade. 12 inches. 
Campanula rotundifolia — Harebells. 
Cosmopolitan, it’s also called ‘‘Bluebells of Scot- 
land.”’ Dainty, airy bells of brightest blue on wiry 
stems from early June until frost. Grows on windy 
and sea-swept ledges or anywhere you want to 
plant it, preferring well-drained, gritty soil in sun 
or partial shade. 15 to 18 inches. 
WHITE BANEBERRY IN FRUIT 
Caulophyllum thalictroides — Blue Cohosh. 
A native of the rich woods, making an attractive 
plant 2 feet high. The small yellow flowers, with 
purple sepals, are interesting in spring and are 
followed in late summer by clusters of intensely 
blue berries. 
Claytonia virginica — Spring Beauty. 
A most delicate early spring wildflower, white with 
pink markings. Easily grown in partial shade and 
leafmold from the hardwoods. After blossoming, 
this 4 to 6 inch plant disappears through the 
summer, 
Clintonia borealis — Blue Beads. 
Broad, shiny green, ladyslipper-like leaves. The 
cluster of yellow flowers, shaped like tiny lilies, 
blooms the last of May. The blue beads (fruit) are 
found at the top of the flower stalk in September. 
Acid soil. Partial shade. 
