Today we’re featuring more photos from Gary Whittenbaugh. He grows a lot of treasures, but today we’re going to feature photos of some of the beautiful rare plants and native wildflowers that thrive in his garden.

Claytonia virginiana (spring beauty, Zones 4–9). These delicate little flowers are native to a wide swath of eastern North America and deserve to be more widely planted in gardens. The delicate pink flowers bloom for a long time in spring and then go dormant for the summer, leaving the space open for other perennial to fill in.

Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot, Zones 3–8) is a common and beloved native wildflower. The bright white flowers only last a couple of days before shattering, but they are so beautiful when in bloom.

Give it the right conditions, and bloodroot will make itself very much at home! It spreads and seeds around in Gary’s garden, making a great carpet of white flowers.

If regular bloodroot doesn’t stay in flower long enough, try this double-flowered form (Sanguinaria canadensis f. multiplex, Zones 3–8). The large double flowers are very showy, and they last much longer in the garden than those of the regular single-flowered form.

Gary has just a FEW double bloodroots in the garden! This form is sterile, so it never seeds; instead, it spreads by creeping rhizomes. It takes many years for it to develop into such an amazing, beautiful patch like this!

Spring isn’t complete without a patch of native Virginia bluebells (Mertensia pulmonarioides, Zones 3–7 ). Always remember to plant this with something else, because shortly after flowering it goes completely dormant and can leave a big hole in the garden. Here, hostas are waiting in the wings to take over when the bluebells finish.

Another classic wildflower, great white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum, Zones 3–8) is beautiful and easy to grow, though of course Gary’s are lusher and happier than any I’ve seen before.

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