Bloodroot

Sanguinaria canadensis

A fast growing, rhizomatous spreading perennial native to rich deciduous woodlands of eastern North America ( from southern Manitoba to the north shore of Lake Superior to Chapleau, Ontario to Haileybury, Ontario to Gaspe and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; south to eastern Texas to northern Florida ). In the Windsor/Essex County, Ontario region; it was abundant around Point Pelee, the Lake Erie islands as well as the Ohio shore during the 1800s. It can reach up to 1 or very rarely 2 feet in height and 20 inches in width.
The gray-green leaves are deeply lobed and scalloped, up to 8 x 12 inches; they die back to the ground in October ( earlier if summer drought occurs - will reappear following year ).
The anemone-like flowers are pure white, up to 1.5 inches across and are borne in early spring.
The sap is bright red.
Hardy zones 2 to 7 in a cool partial to fully shady sites on moist, light, humus-rich, well drained soil. It enjoys a mulch of shredded leaves applied during late autumn. Propagation is from division of rhizomes as the plant begins to go dormant after blooming. Seed can be sown immediately upon ripening but may take as much as 1 1/2 years to germinate.

* photo taken on August 3 2010 @ Univ of Guelph Arboretum, Ontario

* photo taken on June 24 2011 in Columbia, MD

* photos taken on Apr 20 2013 in Columbia, MD
* photo taken on June 22 2013 in Columbia, MD

* photos taken on May 7 2014 @ London Town Gardens, Edgewater, MD

* photo taken by Jennifer Anderson @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database

* photos taken on June 1 2014 @ Maryland Horticulturalist Society garden tour, Columbia

* photo taken on Apr 24 2015 in Clarksville, MD

* photos taken on Apr 27 2015 @ Western Regional Park, Howard Co., MD

* photos taken on July 27 2015 in Bayfield, ON

* photo taken on May 4 2016 in Columbia, MD

* photo taken on July 16 2016 in Bayfield, ON

* photos taken on Apr 23 2017 @ Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, MD

* photos taken on May 27 2017 @ Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Vienna, VA

* photo taken on June 15 2017 in Columbia, MD

* photo taken on May 6 2018 in Columbia, MD

* photos taken on Apr 6 2021 in Columbia, MD

* photo taken on Apr 18 2023 in Columbia, MD

* historic archive photos

* photos taken on Apr 20 2023 in Columbia, MD

* photo taken on Apr 7 2024 in Columbia, MD

'Flore Pleno'
Flowers are double and larger