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Colchicaceae
Disporum Hookeri
Disporum hookeri
Quiet woodland beauty.
- Family
- Colchicaceae
- Genus
- Disporum
- Native to
- Western North America
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Type
- Herbaceous perennial
- Height
- 0.3-0.9 meters
- Sunlight
- Partial shade to full shade
- Soil
- Rich, moist, humus-rich
- Water
- Moderate
- Hardiness
- 4-8
- Lifespan
- Perennial
Did you know
- Commonly called Hooker's fairy bells, the delicate flowers dangle beneath the foliage like tiny lanterns.
- The bright orange-red berries that follow the flowers are a favorite food of woodland birds.
- It spreads by rhizomes to form graceful colonies on the forest floor.
- The plant was named after the eminent British botanist Sir William Jackson Hooker.
- It grows naturally in the moist coniferous forests from British Columbia to California.
Color meanings
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Modesty
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Woodland grace
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