Plants below typically first bloom in March. Description below image and includes common name, botanical name, plant family, common colors and approximate size. Do not remove plants or flowers from their homes.

Plantain-leaved Pussytoes

Antennaria plantaginifolia; Aster Family

white; 3"

Golden ragwort (golden groundsel)

Packera aurea; Aster Family

yellow; 12" - 24"

Wood Anemone

Anemone quinquefofia; Buttercup Family

white or pink; 4" - 8"

Rue Anemone

Anemonella thalictroides; Buttercup Family

white; 3" - 9"

Yellowroot

Xanthorhiza simpficissima; Buttercup Family

low shrub; brown-purple; 1' - 3';

Trailing Arbutus (Mayflower)

Epigaea repens; Heath Family

pink; fragrant, trailing 1” - 2”

Piedmont Azalea

Rhododendron canescens; Heath Family

White to pink; 3'- 12'; shrub

Blackhaw Viburnum

Viburnum prunifolium; Honeysuckle Family

deciduous shrub, creamy-white, 12' - 20'

Tiny Bluet

Houstonia pusilla; Madder Family

tiny purple-blue; up to 10"

Cutleaf Toothwort

Dentaria laciniata

Mustard Family

white; 6" - 10"

Bloodroot

Sanguinaria canadensis; Poppy Family

white or occasionally pink; up to 8”

Dwarf Cinquefoil

Potentilla canadensis

Rose Family

yellow; creeping 5-lobed leaves; 2" - 4"

Foamflower

Tiarella cordifolia; Saxifrage Family

white; 8" - 12"

Sweet Betsy, Purple Toadshade

Trillium cuneatum; Trillium Family

maroon; 6" - 10"

Common Blue Violet

Viola sororia; Violet Family

blue or violet; 6” - 10”; no stems

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