How to Care Maianthemum

Maianthemum formosanum is a shade-loving perennial with a lush, groundcover habit. Sporting broad, heart-shaped leaves and tender stems, it thrives in damp forest undergrowth. In spring, it bears small, starry white flowers that give way to glossy, black berries, offering a striking contrast against the verdant foliage.

Starry false lily of the valley (Maianthemum stellatum) is a native North American flower that flourishes in a wide range of environments. Starry false lily of the valley produces bright green berries that turn crimson as the season progresses. Those become food sources for grouse, bears, elk, and other wildlife.

May lily is a hardy flowering plant that grows even in Siberia and therefore is often used as an ornamental plant in cold climates. This moist-loving perennial won't tolerate dry soil. It produces white flower spikes in spring which turn into red berries in the late summer.

Snakeberry (Maianthemum dilatatum) is an evergreen vine with dappled berries. Though each stalk grows no more than three leaves, the plant's underground rhizomes can produce hundreds of stalks that spread quickly across shaded forest floors. The fruits start out green and turn a bright red when ripe. Snakeberry grows in temperate rain forests across a range of latitudes.

False solomon's seal (*Maianthemum racemosum*) is a flowering woodland plant native to North America. False solomon's seal is also called the Feathery False Lily of the Valley. This plant is named "false Solomon's seal" because it resembles Solomon’s Seal, a flowering plant with red or black berries. Both are in the same family and are frequently found growing together. Native American tribes used false solomon's seal leaves to brew tea.

Canada mayflower is a low growing wildflower that features small white blossoms and flourishes in woody areas. It grows to 10 to 25 cm tall and can be found in the Northeast areas of North America. Because it spreads by rhizomes, it can often be found in a carpet-like mass.

Representing a genus of flowering plants the name Maianthemum henryi is a combination of the Latin word Maia which means May and the Greek word anthemon which means flower. Thus the common name maianthemum henryi is used to describe these plants. Flowers bloom in spring and come in a variety of colors and shapes depending on the particular species. They can grow in partial shade.

There is a rhizome in the basement, it is fleshy and has a diameter of 4 to 7 mm. The stem is round and the height is 20 to 70 cm. The stem is upright, but the upper part is slanted and covered with rough hair as it goes up. The leaves alternate on the top of the stem, the leaf blades are oval oval with a length of 6 to 15 cm, the tip is sharp and the base is round or cut. Coarse hairs grow on both sides of the leaves, especially on the back veins. A conical inflorescence is attached to the tip of the stem, and many small amphoteric flowers are attached. There are many rough hairs in the inflorescence and floral pattern. The flower cover pieces are white, 6 long, 3 to 4 mm long oval, narrow and flat. There are 6 stamens, shorter than flower pieces. The pistil length of the pistil is 0.5 to 1 mm long and the stigma is round or only 3 splits. The fruit is a spherical berry, 5 to 7 mm in diameter, initially green but later ripens red.

Semele is a genus of flowering plants native to the Canary Islands and Madeira. Three species are recognized.

It is widely distributed occurring in southern Europe most of Africa and the Middle East through to the Indian subcontinent. Species of dipcadi grow from small bulbs. The solitary flower stem (scape) bears a loose raceme of green or brown flowers sometimes with different colours at the tips of the three inner tepals. The black seeds are in the shape of a disc or a flattened globe. As of spring 2013 the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognized 41 species and one hybrid.

Barnardia is a small genus of bulbous flowering plants. Plants of barnardia grow from bulbs. The flowers appear in the autumn and are borne in a dense raceme containing small narrow bracts. Individual flowers are star-shaped, small, and with pink or more rarely white tepals. The elongated seeds are dark brown in colour. The genus has two species, one found in the Balearic Islands and north-west Africa, the other in East Asia.

Bowiea genus contains only one species: Bowiea volubilis, sometimes called the climbing onion. An odd-looking plant, this succulent perennial has a large, onion-like bulb that grows half-buried in the ground. It goes dormant during winter and develops new twining stems. It is often grown as an ornamental plant. In nature, bowiea grow in desert areas of eastern and southern Africa.

Fringe-lily is a genus of perennial herbs in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Lomandroideae. They are mostly native to Australia with 45 of the 50 known species occurring in Western Australia alone, although a few species range northward into New Guinea and Southeast Asia as far north as southern China.