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Brassicaceae
Coralroot bittercress
Cardamine bulbifera
Also known as Coralroot toothwort, Coral toothwort, Cutleaf toothwort, Dentaria bulbifera
Native Plants · Woodland · Shade · Brassicaceae · Perennial · Ground Cover · European Native · Bulbils · Moist Soil · Bittercress
Coralroot bittercress thrives in shaded woodland conditions with consistently moist, humus-rich soil. It spreads naturally via small bulbils along its stems and requires little intervention once established. It is best suited to a shaded garden border or woodland garden where it can naturalize quietly.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 2 hours
- Watering
- Water thoroughly to keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Division, Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kriti
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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