Description
The Yellow pimpernel is not often seen in SW Ontario woods. It usually grows in part-shaded locations in deciduous woodlands
A lovely plant, with delicate green-bluish, aromatic foliage and demure, lax inflorescences with tiny, yellow flowers in late summer; a kind of beauty that is hard to show in pictures.
The aspect of the foliage may trick you about its allegiance to the carrot family (caterpillars of the black swallowtail butterfly know this and will feed on its foliage:).
The seeds are very aromatic as well. As a bonus the foliage turns bright yellow in the fall.
All species that thrive on dry locations are always in high demand! and especially those for shade gardens.
Germination: cold/moist stratification, sow in late fall/early winter. Even seeds sown directly in the ground germinated very well in the spring.
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