trefle.io · Taken Apr 17, 2018 by Roland Rothmund (cc-by-sa)
Brassicaceae
Meadow cress
Cardamine pratensis
Also known as Crucifera pratensis, Ghinia pratensis, Bittercress, Dracamine pratensis
Native Plants · Wildflower · Spring Blooms · Pink Flowers · Moist Soil · Shade Tolerant · Early Pollinator · Meadow · Perennial
Cuckoo flower thrives in moist, partially shaded locations and requires minimal maintenance once established. Keep soil consistently moist as this plant naturally grows in wet meadows and stream banks. The delicate pink or white spring flowers provide early nectar for pollinators when few other plants are blooming.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Regular watering to keep soil consistently moist · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 16 in
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Chita, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Ethiopia, Finland, France
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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