About
Cardamine kitaibelii is a low-growing, herbaceous perennial that typically reaches a height of around 30 cm. It features fleshy rhizomes and leaves that are divided and arranged in whorls, emerging in a bronze hue during late winter or early spring. In early to mid-spring, small clusters of four-petaled flowers bloom, ranging in color from white to pale yellow.
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
- SE Europe (mts)
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