Desciption:
Bloodroot emerges in early spring as a single, vertical leaf, wrapped around a single flower bud. The solitary white flower appears before the large, deeply cleft, green-gray leaf has completely unfurled. When planted in masses, the foliage will provide an attractive, low growing (up to 12 inches), ephemeral groundcover through mid to late summer, at which point the plants will go dormant and die back.

Cultivation:
Native to rich woodlands and shaded stream margins, Sanguinaria canadensis will do well in a variety of moist, well drained soils, where it will rapidly form colonies. It can tolerate more sun in cooler climates. The attractive flowers open during the day and close at night. However, as with other members of the Poppy family, these blooms are short lived. An early spring bloomer; March through May. Zones 3-8