Cardamine douglassii Southern Lady Buddleia This is a stunning specimen

This is a stunning specimen hosta in the garden

The rounded corrugated cupped leaves have a unique sheen

Along the scape are dozens of small pansy-like flowers of bright yellow

stringy-petaled flowers appear just under the leaf in spring

the stalks remain upright and sturdy

Cardamine douglassii Southern Lady Buddleia This is a stunning specimenCardamine douglassii has become one of our new favorite native spring ephemeral plants. Cardamine douglassii emerges in early November for us and remains as flat rosettes of glaucous leaves until mid February, when it expands into a 1' tall x 18" wide clump of foliage, adorned with flower spikes of mauvy pink a true showpiece in the winter woodland garden at the same time as hellebores. For us, Cardamine douglassii is completely dormant by late April.