Shady, dry plants

Question 1

Blue wood aster

Answer 1

Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Sun: shade - sun
Bloom time/color: fall / pink to purple
Soil: Ave - dry
Pollinator powerhouse
Rain Garden

Question 2

Wild bleeding heart

Answer 2

Dicentra eximia
Sun: can bloom throughout season if not in full sun
Bloom color: pink
clumping

Question 3

Squirrel corn

Answer 3

Dicentra canadensis*
Sun: shade - partial shade for longest bloom
Spring ephemeral
Moisture: ave in spring
Bloom color: white
Forms mats in the early season, and begins dying back before the majority of summer flowers have gone past ground break
* my addition as option, but need med moiture

Question 4

Dicentra cucullaria

Answer 4

Dutchman’s breeches
Sun: shade - partial shade
spring ephemeral
Moisture: ave in spring
Bloom color: white
Blooms 1 week earlier than D. Canadensis