My grandiflorums and sessile trilliums are about done. This was last week, they are fading now.

Trillium flore pleno, being swallowed by narcissus foliage. I will move it once it goes dormant.

Still waiting on luteum to grace me with it’s presence. Here it is last year.

Dave, T. undulatum looks right. Thanks!

Like davidrt28, mulberry was the first thing that came to mind for me. Lindera obtusiloba (same family as sassafras) also has variably shaped leaves. Photo below is a Morus australis at the Morton Arboretum

Broussonetia papyrifera is also a champ at producing socks, mittens, and gloves (botanical foliar morphological descriptions)...

Post another picture already, @maackia...

I’m not all that familiar with this tree, but I’ve been impressed with those I have seen in arboreta. And yes, I was referring to foliar form. The pic I posted was of a very small seedling that had five leaves and at least three different shapes. Hopefully this one works.

mxk3, that is indeed early for a monarch to arrive in Michigan, but it has been an early spring this year, so maybe there will be a few milkweeds beginning to emerge. I saw a monarch on May 8 two years ago. Based on the small overwintering population, monarch numbers are expected to be down this year.

Jay, that's an impressive list of butterfly food plants, you must have a lot of space! "I have a few milkweed species for Monarchs and Gypsy Moths"- do you mean the milkweed tussock moth rather than gypsy (spongy) moth? Have you ever grown one of the Matelea species? I was able to find Matelea decipiens from an online supplier, not sure if the monarchs will use it, we will see. Pipevine STs are uncommon here, but I've planted Aristolochia contorta (which should be somewhat less aggressive) to see if they might show up. There is wild ginger here, but I've heard that Pipevine STs do not use wild ginger as a food plant. There is plenty of prickly ash here for the Giant STs, and spicebush and sassafras for the Spicebush STs. I allow a couple patches of nettles to grow in my yard for the Red Admirals (see photo of 1st instar 5-2-24). I believe Painted Ladies will also use nettles as a food plant.

@mxk3 z5b_MI, in www.plantmaps.com/en/us/f/hz/state/michigan/plant-hardiness-zones we see that, as of 2023, the areas colored celeste remain in 5b. You in there?

"...the areas colored celeste remain in 5b. You in there?"

Technically, no. Practically, yes due to microclimate. For now, anyway.

Keep it well watered and it should be OK. IME spicebush is relatively easy to transplant.

Agree with gardengal's comments above (I was posting concurrently).

I have put a patio umbrella up to shade the direct sun for a few days.

It is fine now, it was just a little sad from being transplanted😅. Just a dramatic plant that just needed some love and water.

Nice tree, where in MI is it located?. Black maples are relatively common here. The one below is in the woods across the road from my house (photo Jan 2023)

Dave, the location in MI wasn't given. Understandably, some people don't want to give away exact locations.

Enormous!

Photo (4/25/24) of Cardamine diphylla in my backyard. Though admittedly the flowers are "underwhelming", I'd still consider it an interesting native worthy of preserving if you have it on your property. IIRC, the leaves on mine don't emerge until April each year.

Eastern Poison Oak, Toxicodendron pubescens can have both rounded or sharp cut leaflet lobes. The terminal petiolule is much longer, and the leaves and stems are puberulant giving it a felty appearance.

Toxicodendron pubescens.

Toxicodendron pubescens.

I knew the petiole didn't look right from the start, but thought maybe it was a Rhus, because it also resembles Rhus aromatica Lol. Brassicaceae didn't jump into my mind. Looks like it could be something in Vitaceae also. Cardamine has such a wide diversity of leaf shapes and variations. The local species hirsuta and concatennata are instantly recognizable, but I've never encountered diphylla.

Johnson's Nursery's (WI) website usually has reliable information, and they rate DR to z4. Their plant profile on Dawn Redwood includes photos of relatively mature DRs in Wisconsin that appear to be doing well.

BC is a North American Native, not DR, which is Asian. Asian climates tend to be more predictable overall. At mid latitude, winters are cold to very cold, summers ae hot to very hot. North American is more subject to extreme climatic variability (especially the middle of the country), and THAT is what DR's do not appreciate if they have started active growth. You can blame both Canada, and the Gulf of Mexico for our crazy weather swings.

Yeah, from what I've seen up here I'd probably give BC a slight hardiness edge over DR. My Shawnee Brave BC has been going along fine without any damage for about 5 years.

Henry, it may not happen most winters at your location, but Erica could have hardiness issues when the temp dips much below 0F if it's on an exposed site. See this old thread from the Heaths and Heathers forum: Winter damage in the northeast

It is against a rock on the south side of the house

Also, I have no problem protecting it with frost cloth if the temp gets below -5 to -10