Shade Gardening: spring 2014, 4 by Weerobin

Weerobin wrote:
More woodland plants blooming today:
#1. Anemone blanda. It scatters itself around the garden, but never invasive.
#2. Pulsatilla georgica. Blooms much earlier than the more common p. vulgaris. Requires sharp drainage. Also requires more sun, so it's on western edge of the woods w/ baking afternoon sun.
#3. Anemone x seemanii. Reliably comes up through the thickest winter leaf cover.
#4. Gentian verna. Again requires more sun, but thrives at eastern wood margin, afternoon shade.
#5. A clump of trillium lancifolium. I'm pleased to see babies at the perimeter of the clump.
It has very narrow leaflets, which you can't really tell yet. Quite distinctive.