About
This low-growing, clump-forming perennial reaches a height of up to 20 cm. It generates numerous grey-green leaves that cluster at the base, and in late spring, it produces panicles filled with double lilac-pink 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
- Clay, Loam
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained, Poorly-drained
- Aspect
- North-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H7
Plant details
- Plant type
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Habit
- Clump forming
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- 0-0.1 metre
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- Cottage and informal garden, Rock garden, Wildlife gardens
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in humus-rich moist soil in full or partial shade
- Pruning
- No pruning required
- Propagation
- Divide after flowering or in early autumn. Root leaf-tip cuttings in midsummer. It may also form plantlets in the axils of the leaflets
- Pest resistance
- Aphids and flea beetles may damage the leaves
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free