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Use in a rock garden or native pollinator garden as a border plant or in small groups. Don't give it too much fertilizer, as they tend to become leggy and prefer dry or rocky soils with low to moderate fertility. 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Clumping or spreading horizontally it is often found growing on the forest floors in eastern North America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlant in partial to full shade in moist high organic material well-drained soils. The leaves are opposite with a smooth margin. Fine hairs extend from the leaf margin. The stem is both hairy and sticky. Rose, lavender or violet-blue fragrant flowers first mature in spring and continue into early summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome uses in the garden include rock gardens, border fronts, wild gardens, native plant gardens or naturalized areas. The showy flowers attract pollinators making it an excellent addition to a butterfly bee garden. 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From April to May, the showy, nodding, apple-blossom-like, white solitary flower appears in the axil of the leaves. The fruit is about the size of a small lemon, fleshy, and ripens to a golden yellow during the summer. The plant is dormant in the summer months, and the foliage disappears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Mayapple is a native woodland plant that is found in most of eastern North America and as far south as the State of Texas. It is typically found in colonies in open woodlands, shady fields, and along roadsides and riverbanks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Mayapple prefers partial to full shade and grows best in moist, humus-rich, acidic, sandy to loamy soils. It is drought-tolerant in forests only and is deer and rabbit tolerant. The flowers attract pollinators such as bumblebees and other long-tongued bees. The Mayapple colonizes by rhizomes. It may be propagated by division or seeds. The plant is best divided in the fall. The seedlings may take several years to mature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach plant has a solitary nodding, white flower, and hangs in an axil between the plant's two leaves. The sepals are shed as the flower opens, revealing 6 to 9 waxy petals and 12 to 18 stamens with bright yellow anthers. Interestingly, the plants having only one umbrella-like leaf will not flower.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis native wildflower is best used for naturalizing in a woodland or native garden. They are often difficult to grow in the home landscape and will leave an open gap in the garden as it becomes dormant in the summer months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll parts of this plant are highly poisonous except for its ripened fruit. The Mayapple contains the toxin known as podophyllotoxin, and it is harmful if ingested. 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