About
Cardamine heptaphylla is a herbaceous perennial that reaches approximately 45 cm in height, creating spreading clumps through its fleshy rhizomes. The leaves are divided and have serrated edges, and they are adorned with clusters of white, four-petaled flowers that emerge from mid to late spring.
About the genus
Cardamine consists of herbaceous perennials characterized by their straightforward, palmately or pinnately divided foliage. In spring or summer, they produce short racemes bearing flowers with four petals, which can be white, yellow, pink, or purplish in hue.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full shade, Partial shade
- Soil type
- Loam
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- East-facing, North-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H7
Plant details
- Plant type
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- Cottage and informal garden
- Native to
- W & C Europe
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in moist, humus-rich soil in full or partial shade
- Pruning
- No pruning required
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed or division
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to aphids and flea beetles
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free