Plants > Perennials

cuckoo flower [3]

Cardamine pratensis

Genus: Cardamine
Family: Brassicaceae
Common Names: bread and milk, cuckoo buds, cuckoo spit, lady's smock, meadow bittercress, meadow cress, spinks, spring cress, cuckoo bread [2], lady's flower [3], mayflower

About this plant

C. pratensis is a perennial to 40cm, forming a basal rosette of pinnate leaves with rounded leaflets, with erect leafy stems bearing short open racemes of 4-petalled, pale pink or white flowers 1.5cm across in late spring

Growing Information

Height

0.1-0.5 Metres

Spread

0.1-0.5 Metres

Hardiness

H7

Foliage

Deciduous

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full ShadePartial Shade

Soil

ClayChalkLoamSandy

pH

Acid

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Alkaline

Neutral

Moisture

Poorly Drained

Aspect

East FacingNorth FacingSouth Facing

Exposure

Exposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Suitable for growing in a flower border, rock garden or woodland

Pruning

No pruning required

Propagation

Propagate by seed or division

Pests

Can get aphids and flea beetles

Diseases

Generally disease free

Garden Uses

Uses

Wildflower MeadowGround CoverBanks Slopes

Planting Places

Outdoor

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumn

Size & Characteristics

Height

0.1-0.5 Metres

Spread

0.1-0.5 Metres

Habit

Climbing

Time to Full Height

Five To Ten Years