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Canada mayflower

Maianthemum canadense

Canada mayflower
Photo: (c) Sandy Wolkenberg, some rights reserved (CC BY) · iNaturalist

About Canada mayflower

Canada mayflower is a delightful little woodland native that brings joy to shady corners of your garden. Its delicate white flowers appear in spring and smell wonderfully sweet. The plant produces bright red berries in fall that birds absolutely love, making it perfect if you want to attract wildlife to your yard. It's charming, trouble-free, and one of those plants that makes you smile when you spot it blooming.

This native perennial thrives in the shade where many other plants struggle. It likes rich, moist soil and will spread slowly to fill in bare spots beneath trees and shrubs. Once established, it needs almost no fussing or maintenance. Plant it and let it do what it does best. You'll have a lovely native groundcover that supports local birds and pollinators, and honestly, it's hard to ask for anything better than that.

Native to 35 states