Michigan is composed of two freestanding peninsulas . Lake Michigan divides southerly Michigan – the Lower Peninsula – from northerly Michigan , or the Upper Peninsula . Northern Michigan lies in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 3 to 5 , with minimum winter temperatures between minus 10 and minus 40 point F. easy - eroding and drought - damaged Kalkaska sand is the dominant land in much of northern Michigan . The effective flowers for this arena will bear coolheaded summer and – if they ’re perennial – sub - zero winter .

Eastern Red Columbine

Eastern red columbine ( Aquilegia canadensis ) is a buttercup category perennial entirely at home in sandy , well - drained filth . Growing wild in northerly Michigan ’s timberland , it ’s a branching industrial plant standing up to 2 substructure tall . Delicate stems rise above lacy blue - unripened leafage , bearing nod red - and - white-livered blooms between February and July . The 2 - inch long flower ’s spurred petals work ambrosia - filled tubes irresistible to hummingbirds and butterfly .

These feature make eastern red columbine a proficient option for hummingbird and butterfly stroke gardens . works , says the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center , necessitate partly shady to shady locations with arenaceous , moist , well - drained dirt on the alkaline side ( pH above 7 ) . They will be evergreen in part of northern Michigan where winter temperatures rest above minus 10 degrees F.

Forget-Me-Not

leave - me - not ( Myosotis sylvatica ) is a repeated Oliver Hardy throughout northern Michigan . Belonging to the borage sept , block - me - not is a low - growing spreading plant place upright 5 inch to 1 base high-pitched and up to 1 foot wide . Small light - gloomy , yellowed or livid - centered flowers almost conceal its lancelike unripe leaf during April and May . plant life continue to blossom intermittently into midsummer .

The Missouri Botanical Garden recommend using forget - me - not in rock candy garden , as a bedding plant or around pond edges where it will be free to naturalise . It makes a magical addition to spring bulb gardens . Plant in full Sunday to partial tincture and rich , moist , well - drained soil . fleece off the drop peak heads to foreclose the plant from self - sowing , or they may become encroaching .

Everlasting Pea

Everlasting pea ( Lathyrus latifolius ) is a improbable , spreading–6 to 9 feet gamy and up to 6 foot wide – summer - bloom perennial . It make it northerly Michigan ’s cold winters and thrives in the coolheaded summer . Everlasting pea ’s tracking use , advises the Missouri Botanical Garden , works well in container , on fences and other funding , or as a ground cover for jolting areas and gradient .

Between June and September , plants have showy clusters of 1 - inch white , uprise pinkish or majestic blooms between sets of lance - shaped downcast - greenish farewell . Flat seedpods that play along the flowers are toxic if take in . plant life everlasting pea in full sunlight and cool , humus - rich stain where it will have good gentle wind circulation . Keep evenly moist without wet the farewell . take away the seedpods will prevent self - sowing , but the plant also spreads by rhizomes .

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