Native plants for a Cape Cod garden

Mitella diphylla is a great little plant for the woodland garden. It prefers dappled sunlight during early spring, but likes shade when summer kicks in. A canopy of trees overhead will provide just that. The plant sends up stems covered in miniature white flowers. The flowers are starting to fade now, but the neatly mounded light green foliage will remain throughout summer. It prefers moist soil but seems to do well in rather average and dry soil conditions. Mitella diphylla will readily selfseed in your garden.