Dutchman's Breeches is an easily recognized, graceful, early spring, native wildflower. It typically occurs on forest floors and slopes, along ledges, in ravines and along streams. The plant features deeply-cut, fern-like, grayish-green foliage and racemes of waxy, white flowers shaped like pantaloons with the ankles upward which give the plant its common name. Flowers are borne in a row drooping from leafless stems arching above the foliage in early spring.
Additional Information:
Dutchman's Breeches is in the same family as Bleeding Heart.
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USDA Hardiness Zone 3-7
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Good Companions
Wild Geranium
(Geranium maculatum),
Wild Sweet William
(Phlox divaricata)
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