Backyard Garden

Woodland Walk

This bed includes the entire area to the north of the rock path and should be restricted to locally native plants as there is no shortage of species to choose from. The aim is to create a naturalized, largely self-sustaining woodland garden to demonstrate the beauty, variety of and ease of growing our many regionally native woodland plants.

To attract wildlife, this garden bed provides

shady, cool, moist sheltered area
thick layer of organic material as usually found in woods, holds moisture needed by woodland plant species
mushrooms and other fungi as food source
an ongoing supply of rotted wood

Plants in the Woodland Walk

Use the arrows to sort by name, colour, blooming time, etc. Click on the name of a plant for details.

Common name	Latin name	Flower colour	Blooming time	Light requirement	Moisture requirements
Barren Strawberry	Waldsteinia fragarioides	Yellow	Spring	Shade to part shade	Average
Bellwort	Uvularia grandiflora	Yellow	Spring	Full to partial shade	Average
Bloodroot	Sanguinaria canadensis	White	Early spring	Shade to part sun	Average
Blue Cohosh	Caulophyllum thalictroides	Green	Spring	Full to partial shade	Average
Blue Phlox	Phlox divaricata	Blue to violet	Spring	Full to partial shade	Average
Blue-stemmed Goldenrod	Solidago caesia	Yellow	Late summer	Full to part shade	Dry
Bluebead Lily	Clintonia borealis	Yellow	Spring	Full to part shade	Average
Bottlebrush Grass	Elymus histrix	Green	Fall	Sun to part shade	Average to dry
Broad-leaved Waterleaf	Hydrophyllum canadense	White	Summer	Part shade	Average
Bulblet Fern	Cystopteris bulbifera			Full to part shade.	Moist
Bunchberry	Cornus canadensis	White	Summer	Shade to part shade	Average
Canada Anemone	Anemone canadensis	White	Late spring	Full to partial shade	Average
Canada Lily	Lilium canadense	Orange	Summer	Sun to part shade	Moist
Columbine	Aquilegia canadensis	Red and yellow	Spring	Sun to part shade	Average
Common Strawberry	Fragaria virginiana	White	Spring	Sun and shade	Dry
Downy Yellow Violet	Viola pubescens	Yellow	Spring	Shade to part shade	Average
Dutchman's Breeches	Dicentra cucullaria	White	Spring	Full to partial shade	Average
False Solomon's-seal	Smilacina racemosa	White	Spring	Sun to partial shade	Average
Foamflower	Tiarella cordifolia	White	Spring	Full to part shade	Average
Heart-leaved Aster	Aster cordifolia	Blue to violet	Late summer	Sun to part shade	Average
Herb Robert	Geranium robertianum	Pink	Summer	Part shade	Dry
Jack-in-the-Pulpit	Arisaema triphyllum	Dark purple and green	Spring	Full to partial shade	Moist
Lady Fern	Athyrium filix-femina			Shade to part shade	Moist
Large-leaf Aster	Aster macrophyllus	Blue to violet	Summer	Shade to part sun	Average
Maidenhair Fern	Adiantum pedatum			Full to partial shade	Moist
Marginal Shield Fern	Dryopteris marginalis			Shade	Average to moist
May Apple	Podophyllum peltatum	White	Early spring	Full to part shade	Moist
Mitrewort, Bishop's Cap	Mitella diphylla	White	Spring	Full to partial shade	Average
Nannyberry	Viburnum lentago	White	Spring	Sun to partial shade	Moist
Ostrich Fern	Matteuccia struthiopteris			Sun to partial shade	Average to moist
Pagoda Dogwood	Cornus alternifolia	White	Late spring	Shade	Average
Red Baneberry	Actaea rubra	White	Spring	Full to partial shade	Average
Red Osier Dogwood	Cornus stolonifera	White	Summer	Sun to part shade	Moist
Red-berried Elder	Sambucus pubens	White	Spring	Partial sun	Average to wet
Rose Twisted-stalk	Streptopus lanceolatus	Pink	Spring and summer	Full to part shade	Average
Round-lobed Hepatica	Hepatica americana	White, pale pink, lavender	Spring	Full to partial shade	Average to dry
Royal Fern	Osmunda regalis			Full to partial shade	Moist
Sensitive Fern	Onoclea sensibilis			Shade to part shade	Moist
Sharp-lobed Hepatica	Hepatica acutiloba	White, pale pink, lavender	Spring	Full to partial shade	Average to dry
Solomon's Seal	Polygonatum biflorum	Greenish white	Spring	Shade to part shade	Average to moist
Spikenard	Aralia racemosa	White	Summer	Full to partial shade	Average
Spinulose Wood Fern	Dryopteris spinulosa			Shade	Average
Squirrel Corn	Dicentra canadensis	White	Spring	Shade to part shade	Average to moist
Starflower	Trientalis borealis	White	Spring	Full to partial shade	Average
Starry False Solomon's-seal	Smilacina stellata	White	Spring	Part sun	Dry
Sweet Cicely	Osmorhiza claytonii	White	Spring	Full to part shade	Average
Tall Meadow-rue	Thalictrum pubescens	White	Summer	Part shade	Moist
Toothwort	Dentaria diphylla	White	Spring	Shade to part shade	Average
Trout Lily	Erythronium americanum	Yellow	Spring	Full to partial shade	Average
Virginia Bluebells	Mertensia virginica	Blue to violet	Spring	Shade to part shade	Average
White Baneberry	Actaea pachypoda	White	Spring	Full to partial shade	Average
White Snakeroot	Eupatorium rugosum	White	Late summer into fall	Shade to part sun	Average
White Trillium	Trillium grandiflorum	White	Spring	Full to part shade	Average
Whorled wood Aster	Aster acuminatus	White	Late summer to fall	Sun to partial shade	Average
Wild Bleeding Heart	Dicentra eximia	Pink	Summer	Full to part shade	Moist
Wild Ginger	Asarum canadense	Dark burgundy	Early spring	Shade to part shade	Average
Wild Lily of the Valley	Maianthemum canadense	White	Spring	Shade to part shade	Moist
Wood Poppy	Stylophorum diphyllum	Yellow	Spring	Full to part shade	Average
Yellow Lady's Slipper	Cypripedium calceolus	Yellow	Late spring	Part shade	Moist
Zigzag Goldenrod	Solidago flexicaulis	Yellow	Late summer and fall	Shade to part shade	Average