CARDAMINE quinquefolia
Small
Part shade
Pink
Reasonable soil
Spring
Pollinator friendly
100% Peat Free
Description
Cardamine quinquefolia
Height x Spread: 20cm x 50cm.
During spring masses of light pink flowers appear held above a carpet of green - its five-lobed leaves with toothed margins spread slowly.
This plant is ideal for a border in dappled shade or a woodland situation where the soil is reasonably good and moderately moisture-retentive. It is often used to under plant late flowering shrubs. Cardamine quinquefolia is summer deciduous i.e. it dies away completely after flowering and reappears the following spring.
Read more about summer deciduous perennials and how you can use them in your garden.
Available for Mail Order from February - June
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