Anemone ranunculoides ssp ranunculoides, Wood Anemone or Windflower dry shade magnolia-like

magnolia-like

Sometimes a violet-blue central eye

it will reach 5 to 6 ft in 15 years (slower in a pot)

Drought-tolerant once established but does its best with some summer water (~once a week)

and red) will adorn the shrub simultaneously in autumn

Anemone ranunculoides ssp ranunculoides, Wood Anemone or Windflower dry shade magnolia-likeButtercup yellow flowers on 4 inch stems slowly colonize the woodland in early spring. It does spread, but not fast enough for those it delights! NOTE: These are SUMMER DORMANT plants; they dry up and go "to sleep" after they bloom in spring. Other examples of summer dormant plants are Tulips and Daffodils. Do not be alarmed when they disappear with the onset of warm weather days given proper conditions, they will be back the next spring, bigger and