PROPAGATION. Tubers.
SPECIAL USES. Rock gardens, bog gardens, swamp planting.
Clintonia Liliaceae
Woodsy plants spreading out into colonies by underground rhizomes. The leaves are rather broad, and thin and glassy. The little lily-like flowers are held atop stems above. The berries that follow are blue, blue-black, or black.
borealis—broadlily—Nodding, greenish-yellow flowers on seven-inch stems in May. Berries are blue, a half-inch long.
umbellata—Leaves lightly fuzzy; purple-spotted white flowers in clusters; shiny black berries.
uniflora—Western native with one precious flower per stem (one and a half inches across), berries bright blue.
CARE. Rich, humusy, acid soil. Shade or partial shade. Moist.
PROPAGATION. Division of roots in spring.
SPECIAL USES. Rock gardens, bog planting.