Picture courtesy of Michael J. Von Gebel
I rescued this plant along with some others from an area slated
to be bulldozed to make way for a new housing development .
They seem to thrive well in my garden.
Dutchman’s-breeches, are
a plant from the poppy family named for its sprays of tremulous,
yellow-tipped white flowers that fancifully resemble the
wide-legged, traditional pantaloons worn by Dutch men. The plant
is native throughout
the
eastern and midwestern
United States
usually in open woodlands. The gray-green foliage grows from
white underground tubers and is not as tall as the flowering
stalk. It grows best in shady gardens, preferably in a wind-free
location.
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