Wild Oats spreads by underground roots and makes a nice groundcover for a woodland garden.
 
     It is easy to grow with elegant, spring, bell-like flowers that droop among the slender green leaves attracting bees, bumblebees and a host of other pollinators.
 
     The top of the stem forks into two branches, each leafing out.  The stem turns reddish as the plant flowers.
 
     By flowering time, it can turn a reddish-purple along the upper portion. 
 
     Wild Oats spreads quickly but rarely overtakes plants in its path. It's best in dappled sun and moist soil where it has room to meander.