Liatris pycnostachya - Cattail liatris

Liatris pycnostachya - Cattail liatrisCattail liatris is a tall plant growing up to 3 feet. It requires full sun but is tolerant of poor soil conditions. It has purple blooms that grow on a single stem. The blooms are attractive to insects including butterflies.

It usually grows in large patches and can be used as a groundcover

this plant goes dormant at the onset of summer

It has an unusual looking yellow bloom and fern-like foliage

It is an early spring plant

Like most ferns

Another color of the trilliums

Maidenhair fern is a delicate fern growing over 12 inches

Suitable as a rock garden plant where it can be planted with other low growing plants

Virginia bluebells are one of the loveliest of the spring wildflowers

It has a white bloom in spring that forms a small seed pod which resembles an apple

Christmas fern is a  tall upright fern growing to 18 inches

This plant is a prolific self-sower and can increase its number if it is planted in a favorable location