Cardamine douglassii Southern Lady Perennial Plant of the Year native from North Carolina

native from North Carolina

is a rare California endemic

very attractive and deer-resistant

All moss phlox prefer bright sun and dry garden soils

all held atop a short 3-6" stalk in midspring

Cardamine douglassii Southern Lady Perennial Plant of the Year native from North CarolinaCardamine douglassii has become one of our new favorite native spring ephemeral plants. Cardamine douglassii emerges in early November for us and remains as flat rosettes of glaucous leaves until mid February, when it expands into a 1' tall x 18" wide clump of foliage, adorned with flower spikes of mauvy pink a true showpiece in the winter woodland garden at the same time as hellebores. For us, Cardamine douglassii is completely dormant by late April.