Anemonella thalictroides Kikuzaki White Ficus Held just above the foliage

Held just above the foliage is a scrumptious pink ladyslipper-like flower

Engelmannia has proven ridiculously easy to grow

8' tall branches are covered with large

where it makes a very attractive deer-resistant patch (5' wide in 5 years) of thick

Anemonella thalictroides Kikuzaki White Ficus Held just above the foliage(aka: Thalictrum thalictroides) Anemonella 'Kikuzaki White' is a little known Japanese selection of the US native rue anemone. Emerging in late winter, the delicate looking, light green foliage is topped in March and April (NC) with short sprays of semi double white flowers, forming a tiny 6" tall clump perfect for the light shade rock garden.