St. John's, NL (Zone 5b) | December 2004 | positive
This is one of Newfoundland's most common orchids, growing in fens, marshes, damp woodlands, damp roadsides...pretty much any wet depress...Read Moreion. Plant height is variable; from 6" to over 2 feet. The flowers are small but they have a wonderful clove-fragrance. They are pollinated by butterflies, skippers, sphinx moths and noctuid moths. It is a very hardy species growing north of the Arctic circle in parts of Alaska and Yukon. It occurs across Canada and the northern US. It will grow well in the garden is the soil is kept evenly moist. Works well in the bog garden.
This is one of Newfoundland's most common orchids, growing in fens, marshes, damp woodlands, damp roadsides...pretty much any wet depress...Read More