Stylophorum diphyllum, Celandine-poppy by Tie Guy II
A favorite woodland native that is happily almost taking over my front and side gardens is the yellow woodland poppy, Stylophorum diphyllum. I love this plant that a friend with a wonderful woodland garden gave to me.
The woodland poppy has bright, very showy yellow flowers that bloom heavily in the spring. It starts blooming just when the daffodils finish blooming to keep the spring joy in your garden. It also blooms sporadically throughout the summer and has a decorative, interesting seed pod. It is happy in zones 4-9. Woodland poppies are best grown in medium wet to wet, loamy soils in part sun to part and full shade. Plants will go dormant in early summer if soils dry out. Mine are growing in front of my Jack in the Pulpits and around my hellebores and hostas.
This may be one of the easiest plants to grow in your yard. It will spread quickly but can easily be pulled out by hand.
If you don’t have a friend who can give you the woodland poppy, you can buy it online as a plant. see here or here or as seeds here.
PS Woodland poppy is sometimes called Celandine Poppy or greater Celandine, but do not confuse it with the plant called lesser celandine which is a noxious weed.