Nature: The Pinxter-flower, Rhododendron periclymenoides (nudiflorum), is a wild azalea native to the eastern U.S. from South Carolina northward.

Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) is a woodland shrub that thrives in partial shade, such as it would have at the edge of a forest clearing.

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An unusual selection of a violet native to Eastern North America. Plants form a mound of large heart-shaped leaves, bearing loads of large pearly-white flowers in spring, each heavily spotted and freckled with deep...

While blustery spring winds blow, hardy, beautiful Hepatica perseveres! This lovely little plant can create a sea of early color no matter what weather Mother Nature throws its way – which is why it’s our author’s favorite early spring bloomer!

Dicentra (Bleeding-heart): These plants with heart-shaped flowers are native to eastern Asia and North America.

Hydrastis canadensis (goldenseal) moderate paced woodland groundcover. Native to eastern NA.

(Sugar Maple) Native to Eastern North America and known for its fantastic autumn colour, Acer saccharum is a handsome tree, unusual in the United Kingdom and commonly called the 'Sugar Maple'.

Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) is important perennial medicinal herb and native to North America, where the dried, powdered root was used by the Plains Indians as an antibiotic to cure rabies, snakebite and septicaemia. Purple Coneflower has traditionally been used to treat or prevent colds,

Great Blue Lobelia - blooms August to October, native to Eastern and Central North America