Height: to 9" Spread: to 12" Light Needs: part shade to shade Water: medium to moist Flower color: white, pink, lavender, purple Bloom time: February, March
This attractive wildflower is small and easily overlooked until it flowers. The three-lobed leaves are evergreen or very nearly so. However, they turn purplish to brownish in cold weather and blend with the fallen tree leaves. The flowers appear in early spring. It is a clumping plant that is suitable for a shady site in a formal garden or for naturalizing in the woods. Native bees and other small insects pollinate the flowers. Ants are the primary seed dispersers. It is resistant to deer damage.
