Another great native plant, fringecup is a fun understory plant in our local forests and clearings. It has fresh-looking foliage and interesting, cup-like flowers that grow in tall spikes in the summer. I added a couple of these plants to the native garden in April 2020 and they have done well.

My fringecups set seed this year and I left them on and tossed some around–it’ll be interesting to see if any germinate. I’ll probably purchase some seeds, regardless, to get some more of these growing–they are a fun native that add a bit of elegance to the garden.