Bear Creek Native Plants

Specializing in Plants Native to the Southeastern US


Native Spring Ephemerals

Below is our selection of spring ephemerals. Spring ephemerals, as their name suggests, bloom for a short time each spring. They are typically understory forest dwellers that only have a short window of suitable conditions for aboveground growth between frozen ground in winter and full shade of the summer canopy. These plants bide their time underground as lowly root tissue for most of the year, and sprint to photosynthesize, flower, and produce seeds in the early spring when there is ample light reaching the forest floor. It is easier to appreciate them because their presence is so fleeting.

Ramps
Sun Exposure: Shade
Seasons: Spring
Bloom Color: White (insignificant)
Height: 6 to 12 in.
Status: Available March 15
Price: 4.5" pot @ $8.00

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Rue Anemone
Sun Exposure: Shade
Seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall
Bloom Color: White/Pink/Lavender
Height: 4 to 8 in.
Status: Available April 15
Price: 4.5" pots @ $8.00

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Yellow Trout Lily
Sun Exposure: Part Sun, Shade
Seasons: Spring
Bloom Color: Yellow
Height: 4 to 6 in.
Status: Available March 15
Price: 4.5" pots @ $8.00

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Round-lobed Buttercup
Sun Exposure: Shade
Seasons: Spring
Bloom Color: White, Pink, Blue, Purple
Height: 8 in.
Status: Availible April 1
Price: 4.5" pots @ $8.00

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Virginia Bluebells
Sun Exposure: Part Sun, Shade
Seasons: Spring
Bloom Color: Pink to Blue
Height: 12 to 18 in.
Status: Available March 15
Price: 4.5" pots @ $8.00

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Bloodroot
Sun Exposure: Part Sun, Shade
Seasons: Spring
Bloom Color: White / Yellow Cener
Height: 6 in.
Status: Available March 15
Price: 4.5" pots @ $8.00

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Eastern Skunk Cabbage
Sun Exposure: Part Sun, Shade
Seasons: Sping, Summer, Fall
Bloom Color: Red/Green
Height: 24 to 30 in.
Status: Available March 15
Price: 1 gallon pot @ 8.00

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Stinking Benjamin
Sun Exposure: Part Sun, Shade
Seasons: Spring
Bloom Color: Red to Burgundy
Height: 8 to 12 in.
Status: Available March 15
Price: 4.5" pots @ $8.00

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Toadshade (Yellow Trillium)
Sun Exposure: Part Sun, Shade
Seasons: Spring
Bloom Color: Yellow
Height: 8 to 12 in.
Status: Available March 15
Price: 4.5" pots @ $8.00

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Great White Trillium
Sun Exposure: Part Sun, Shade
Seasons: Spring
Bloom Color: White
Height: 8 to 15 in.
Status: Available March 15
Price: 4.5" pots @ $8.00

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