Bloodroot - Sanguinaria canadensis

[Afloden]

Here are a few of mine.

1 - doublecross -- from Illinois with two sets of petals always like this.
2  - cutleaf -- my most dissected form from southern GA
3 - pink and white -- note the purple coloration on the pink flowers leaves vs. the white.
4 -- TN wild form
5 -- dwarf -- label is 4 inches, Case mentions this in "Trillium." Mentioned above.
6 -- same pink and white again
7 -- one of my variegated, sadly gone like the other one I found as well

 More from this year when I download all the spring images.

 Aaron

[Hoy]

I can't afford the bucketload anyway-- I think they are expecting to sell those large amounts to  professional herbalists...

They spread a bit - you don't know anybody cleaning up in their garden?
Was out today to take pictures of mine but they're all spent or damaged by slugs >

[Hoy]

You have a nice selection, Aaron!

[cohan]

Trond, I don't really know any gardeners in my area growing many interesting things, so no one to beg divisions from...lol I won't be buying the rootlets at 100 for $200! but maybe a few plants- if you buy 3 or more, $4.70 each.... they have North American Hepatica and a Trillium or two, etc for similar prices-- among regular herbs, they have various natives which are used medicinally or for dying etc..

[Lori S.]

I can't afford the bucketload anyway-- I think they are expecting to sell those large amounts to  professional herbalists...

They spread a bit - you don't know anybody cleaning up in their garden?

Getting rid of bucketsfull of bloodroot is not a common thing here either. 

[cohan]

I wonder how much of it Richters grows to be able to offer that much? Mind you, maybe those large orders are rare and far between...

[McDonough]

Aaron... wow, you more than met my expectations to show varying forms of bloodroot here, great diversity!   The cut-leaf form is so delicate, it's a real beauty, worthy of being named in my opinion. The dwarf form is another "must introduce"; I've seen forms of bloodroot grown in situations so much to their liking that the foliage grew as big as cabbages.  A refined dwarf form would surely become an essential rock garden entry.

The one dubbed "doublecross" illustrates a point cited in Flora of North America where they state "In some plants the petals are clearly differentiated into sets of two different sizes, but in others the differentiation is barely perceptible".  Looks like a fine find .  And again, in my opinion it is worthy of introduction, the name "Doublecross" is good.  When one sees all of the wonderful varying forms of Japanese plants being selected and named by avid Japanese gardeners (such as shown in the Syneilesis topic and certainly as with Hepatica), I am reminded about the unfortunate general disregard for native flora in North America, whereby innumerable wonderful variations worthy of selection and introduction mostly remain unnoticed and anonymous. So, the work that you do to illustrate and grow such variant forms is of such value.

The photo of the Tennessee form perfectly answers Lis' question about what's different about the Tennessee form, extra petals it is!

Aaron, when you find more of your Sanguinaria images, we will certainly love to see them.

[Lis Allison]

Lovely plants, though I prefer the singles, or maybe semi-doubles Pink would be cool!

I haven't got any yet, will have to watch for seed, I guess Kristl should have it.. I've noticed Richter's H erbs(Ontario) sells plants, not a bad price ...  Or, if you have more to spend, you can buy a bucketload of rootlets!

Those rootlets are dried! Wouldn't grow too well.


I can send you lots of seeds of the 16-petal form if you like, Cohan. They are ephemeral so I would put them in a baggie with some damp vermiculite and since you are in Canada like me I could easily then mail them to you. Send me an email off list with your address if you'd like some. They are ripe pretty soon after the flowers fade, maybe end of May this year. The seeds germinate easily - just pop them in a pot, keep it slightly damp all summer and leave it out over winter and in the spring you'll have a good crop. They'll bloom the next summer.

[Lis Allison]

Wonderful photos! I had no idea there were so many variations. And I didn't recognize the Tennessee form as unusual because that is the type I have in my garden! OK, so I inspected some plants growing wild around the property and I found I also have the plainer 8-petal form. I also have one 16-petal pinkish one. It blooms a few days later (but that might be because it is in a shadier spot) and so far has never set seed. It's not quite as pink as the one in the photos, but nice anyway.

Thanks for the links - I enjoyed looking at those!

[cohan]

Lovely plants, though I prefer the singles, or maybe semi-doubles Pink would be cool!

I haven't got any yet, will have to watch for seed, I guess Kristl should have it.. I've noticed Richter's H erbs(Ontario) sells plants, not a bad price ...  Or, if you have more to spend, you can buy a bucketload of rootlets!

Those rootlets are dried! Wouldn't grow too well.


I can send you lots of seeds of the 16-petal form if you like, Cohan. They are ephemeral so I would put them in a baggie with some damp vermiculite and since you are in Canada like me I could easily then mail them to you. Send me an email off list with your address if you'd like some. They are ripe pretty soon after the flowers fade, maybe end of May this year. The seeds germinate easily - just pop them in a pot, keep it slightly damp all summer and leave it out over winter and in the spring you'll have a good crop. They'll bloom the next summer.

OH! The rootlets they are selling for direct herbal use, not growing? I never caught that!! I know they sell dried herbs of many plants, but those they sell rootlets of, I just assumed it was propagation material...
I'd be happy for seed of any forms (except the flore pleno type, they just don't seem to belong in the woodland, maybe in some more formal kind of bed....though clearly, that's just me  )

[McDonough]

With once again unseasonably warm weather (80 F today, then for Boston Marathon day tomorrow predicted high is 90 F or 32 C) flowers are popping open speadily.  With my clump of Sanguinaria canadensis 'Multiplex', the flowers are wide open and beautiful.  From an overhead view you can see on the left some shoots that are coming up later and with smaller flowers.  Not sure if it represents a different clone or just younger rhizomes.

The flowers of the smaller, later-sprouting ones, actually show a pink tinge on the inside, not just the outside, but not perceptible in the photo.

[kalle-k.dk]

Beautiful plants and a great selections Aaron.

I grow four sanguineum; species canadensis and tree cultivars 'Roseum' - 'Star' and 'Multiplex' and they grow well in a woodland area here in Denmark.

[dirtgently]

I grow four sanguineum; species canadensis and tree cultivars 'Roseum' - 'Star' and 'Multiplex' and they grow well in a woodland area here in Denmark.

I've never seen the Roseum form before. I'd be grateful for any pictures.

[McDonough]

Hello dirtgently, welcome to the NARGS Forum.  There is a small gallery with some excellent photos of the pink form of bloodroot at John Lonsdale's Edgewood Gardens website:
http://www.edgewoodgardens.net/Plants_album/The%20Plants%20-%20%20Complete%20Collection/Papaveraceae/Sanguinaria/index4.html

[Tim Ingram]

Those really look as though they hold their pink colour well after opening. The form I have grown has quite strong pink buds but opens almost pure white. I had no idea there was so much variation in this plant - fascinating to see.