Sanguinaria Canadensis

(Blood Root)
ONTARIO INVASIVE COUNCIL RECOMMENDED PLANT ALTERNATIVE!
15 x 4”  POTS. (TRAY)

Partial Shade/Shade

Zone 3

The single bloodroot leaf and flower each-rise on a separate stem, and at first the leaf completely entraps the flower bud. The clear, white, many-petaled blossoms may open before the leaf has completely unwrapped. Roots and stem with acrid red-orange juice. Moist location.

Leaves which are large, round and deep,y cleft, eventually reach a height of 12-14”. On a smooth stalk a solitarily white flower, with a golden-orange center, grows beside a lobed basal leaf that often curls around the stalk.

Flower Colour - White

Leaf Colour - Green

Bloom Time - May

Height - 6-14”

Space - 12”

Picture copied from Ontario Invasive Plant Council