Cardamine kitaibelii
(Kitaibel's bittercress)
Family - Brassicaceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - SE Europe
Season of Interest - Spring
Hardiness - H7
Height - 20cm
Width - 30cm
Location - The Spring Garden, The Woodland Walk
Description: A clump-forming, herbaceous Perennial with upright stems. Mid to dark green, pinnate leaves have long, lanceolate leaflets with heavily toothed margins. The leaves are held in whorls at the tips of the stems, just below the flowers. The funnel-shaped flowers are a very pale shade of primrose yellow. The Blooms are held in clusters and are produced from early to mid spring. Attractive to pollinating insects.
Synonym - Cardamine polyphylla
Flower:
Funnel-shaped flowers with four petals are a very pale shade of primrose yellow. The flowers are held in clusters at the tips of the stems and are produced in March and April.
Flower colour: Yellow
Flower shape: Funnel-shaped flowers held in clusters
Flowering time: March, April
Foliage:
Mid to dark green, pinnate leaves have lanceolate leaflets with Dentate margins. The leaves are held in whorls at the tips of the stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Pinnate with lanceolate leaflets
Propagation:
Division, seed.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.