trefle.io · Taken Jun 14, 2022 by Lars Wingqvist (cc-by-sa)
Brassicaceae
Narrow-leaf bittercress
Cardamine impatiens
Also known as Cardamine impatiens, Cardamine saxatilis, Ghinia impatiens, Cardamine dasycarpa
Native Plants · Bittercress · Wildflower · Shade Tolerant · Self-Seeding · Woodland · Brassicaceae · Pollinator · Wild Garden · Biennial · European Native
Narrow-leaf bittercress is a delicate, shade-tolerant annual or biennial herb that self-seeds freely in moist, woodland-edge conditions. It thrives in partial shade with consistently moist, fertile soil and requires very little intervention once established in a suitable spot. Its small white flowers are attractive to early pollinators, making it a charming addition to naturalistic or wild gardens.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil evenly moist; avoid prolonged dryness but do not allow to become waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–7
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 6 in – 2 ft
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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