About
Cardamine pentaphyllos is a herbaceous perennial that develops a clump of finely divided, pinnate foliage. In spring and early summer, it produces upright stems topped with short racemes that feature pale purple or white blooms.
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
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- West-facing, South-facing, North-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H5
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, Rock garden
- Native to
- W Europe
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in full or part shade, in any moist soil that is not waterlogged
- Pruning
- No pruning required
- Propagation
- Propagate by division, but you can also Propagate by seed
- Pest resistance
- Susceptible to aphids
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free