The short-lived blossoms are soaking up sun before shade envelops them.

"Its white flowers in late summer are followed ... then planting them out in the spring. "I'm a rose person, that's my background—I only grow roses if they're fragrant," says Moore.

It slowly spreads by creeping rhizomes. The plant blooms in spring with tiny, white, star-shaped flowers. Mukdenia tolerates full sun in northern climates but will need to be kept consistently ...