Buy Vancouveria hexandra

Also Known As

Inside-out Flower

Plant type

perennial

size

H: 8"-15"
W: 36"-144"

planting zones

5a-9b

3.5" | $13

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Vancouveria hexandra plant details

Vancouveria hexandra is a broadleaf deciduous perennial with green foliage. In spring white flowers emerge. Grows well with mostly shade - shade and even moisture water. Drought tolerant once established. Does well in rich soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Vancouveria hexandra

Plant type: perennial
Plant family: berberidaceae
Foliage: deciduous green
Mature size: 36 IN - 144 IN - wide, 8 IN - 15 IN - tall
Flowers: white blooms in spring
Uses: woodland garden

GROWING CONDITIONS for Vancouveria hexandra

USDA Zones: 5a - 9b
Sun exposure: mostly shade - shade
Watering frequency: even moisture
Resistant to: deer
Soil needs: rich

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Vancouveria hexandra, the white inside-out flower, is a lovely shade perennial and ground cover native to southwestern BC and points south. It is related to Epimedium with duck foot-shaped, bright green leaves and small intriguing flowers with reflexed white petals that looks like they have been blown backwards by a strong gale. Spreads rhizomatously at a slow to moderate pace.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

Though small, ?these extraordinary flowers remind one of pirouetting ballet dancers in white tutus.? (L.J. Clark); the attractive, columbine-like leaves of this delicate woodlander spring up sparingly from a rhizome. PSh/GDr

By: Forestfarm

This woodsy plant makes a delicate impression with rounded, tri-lobed leaves (like a duck's foot) and delicate, beak-like, white nodding flowers May - July. A graceful groundcover in shaded areas, its amenable to dry soil but spreads better in moist soil. Disease- and pest-free. A Northwest native. 1-1.5' T &W, slowly spreading. Lovely. Minimum temperature: -20°F

By: Dancing Oaks Nursery

Delicate leaves shaped like duck feet dance across the green surface created by this superior ground cover. Deciduous, it is vigorous and colonizing, and drought tolerant once established. For shady locations. 14 in. tall.

By: Heritage Seedlings

Blooms: spring, white/ deciduous foliage, epimedium like Zone 7-9. 4"-16", PNW, part shade-shade, moist, well drained

By: Keeping it Green Nursery

Deciduous, easy creeping woodland groundcover with many small white flowers and slender stalks with 9 or more ovate, bright green leaflets. Excellent for open woodland spaces. Vigorous.

By: The Bovees Nursery

Inside-out Flower. Northwest native that is semi to completely deciduous. Gently lobed leaves like little duck's feet provide a soft carpet from which the dainty white flowers dance above. Spreads a foot or so per year and does best in moist organic soil but reasonably tolerant of bouts of dry.