For shady rock and wild gardens here is a saxifrage-like plant with mounds of heart-shaped leaves and spires of finely fringed flowers on tall stems.
breweri—Pacific Coast native with deep-green leaves and whiskery yellow-green flowers (in May and June).
caulescens—Also from the Pacific Coast. More dainty, and more difficult.
diphylla—East Coast native with eight-inch flower spikes on taller stems. White flowers (in April and May).
CARE. Rich woodsy soil. Drainage, shade.
PROPAGATION. Seeds.
SPECIAL USES. Rock and wild gardens.
Garden in the landscape in the finest tradition—it features Azalea macrantha basaminæflora, Juniperus radicans, and Calluna County Wicklow. (Atlantic Avenue Nursery, Inc.)
Podophyllum peltatum Berberidaceae May Apple