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Botanical Name: Gillenia trifoliata
Common Name: Indian Physic/Bowmans Root
Hardiness: Zone 3 - 9
Exposure: Partial Shade
Bloom Time: Summer
Flower Colours: White
Foliage:
Height: 24 to 48 inches
Spread: 24 to 30 inches
Soil Type: Humus Rick
Moisture: Well drained
Care Level: Easy
Gillenia trifoliata

General Description:
Reddish stems and bronze green leaves (arranged in threes) with open panicles of white starry flowers throught out the summer. Clump forming, native plant. After flowering the sepals turn red and enlarge. Easy to grow in a shady area. Flowers are so profuse that from a distance it appears like 'clouds of butterflies'.


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Care and Maintenance:
Easy to grow in moist shady area. Very frost hardy, prefers humus rich, well drained soil.

Uses & Features:
Border
Cut flower
Rock garden
Naturalizing
Varieties Available:
trifoliata