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Brassicaceae
Winter-cress, yellow rocket
Barbarea vulgaris
Also known as Common winter cress, Campe vulgaris, Erysimum barbarea, Herb Barbara
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Winter-Cress · Yellow Rocket · Wildflower · Edible · Pollinator · Brassica · Cool-Season · Native · Ground Cover · Weed
Winter-cress is a hardy, low-maintenance biennial or perennial that thrives in moist, fertile soil with full sun to partial shade. Water regularly during dry spells and allow it to self-seed for a naturalized effect in the garden. It is an excellent early-season nectar source for pollinators and can be grown as an edible green in salads.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- 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
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Argentina South, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, Chile South
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda, aspca
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