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Brassicaceae
Creeping yellow cress
Rorippa sylvestris
Also known as Nasturtium sylvestre var. incisum, Creeping yellowcress, Nasturtium erythrospermum, Cardamine sylvestris
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Creeping · Yellow Cress · Brassicaceae · Wildflower · Ground Cover · Perennial · Moist Soil · Rorippa · Weed · Meadow
Creeping yellow cress is a hardy, low-maintenance perennial that thrives in moist soils with full sun to partial shade. Water regularly to keep the soil from drying out, especially during dry spells. It spreads readily via creeping stems, so monitor its growth if you want to keep it contained in your garden.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately to keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–8
- Temperature
- -30°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yellow
- Foliage
- Green · Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Argentina South, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Chile Central, Chile South, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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