Anemone ranunculoides

Wood Ginger is an absolutely charming spring-blooming woodlander. Masses of adorable buttercup-like (the Latin 'ranunculoides' actually translates to 'looks like a buttercup') flowers smother the low mat of ferny foliage from April to May.

Can be grown in full sun, dry shade, or even in a rockery, but it will go summer dormant. Foliage remains throughout summer only if grown in moisture-retentive, humus-rich, fertile soil in part shade.

Distinctions: Winner of an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticulture Society.

Zones: 3 to 9
Family: Ranunculaceae
Type: Perennial
Height: 4 to 8 in.
Spread: 4 to 8 in.
Exposure: part-shade, shade, bright full shade
Soil Conditions: Moist, average, humus rich, fertile
Bloom Time: April to May
Bloom Color: Yellow
Native Range: Europe