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Brassicaceae
Pennsylvania bittercress
Cardamine pensylvanica
Also known as Pennsylvania bitterwort, Sand bittercress, Penn bittercress, Cardamine hirsuta f. pensylvanica
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Native · Brassicaceae · Woodland · Moisture-Loving · Shade · Wildflower · Perennial · Fast-Growing · Stream-Bank · Groundcover
Pennsylvania bittercress is a fast-growing native perennial that prefers moist, shaded environments such as woodland edges, stream banks, and rain gardens. Water regularly to maintain consistently moist soil and plant in a partially shaded location for best results. It spreads readily and requires little intervention once established.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Water regularly to keep soil consistently moist, especially near stream edges or shaded beds · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.8–6.8
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 20 ft – 40 ft
- Spread
- 20 ft
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- White
- Foliage
- Green · Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Arkansas, Bahamas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Cuba, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Florida, Georgia, Haiti, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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