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Cardamine

 Common name - Lady's Smock or perhaps Cuckoo Flower or Milkmaid. Pretty and graceful plants which, when seen in groups, have a wonderful floating gauzy quality. Perfect for a shady dampish spot and a great for wildlife too. Summer dormant. A great addition to a damp meadow planting.
Cardamine heptaphylla

Cardamine heptaphylla

  • Pot size: 1 Litre
  • Plant ultimate height: 45cm (18in)
  • Growing condition: Partial - full shade
  • Flowering season: March to April

One of the taller white flowered species. Predictably has 7 leaflets as against pentaphylla which has 5.

Price: £8.50


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Cardamine kitaibelii

Cardamine kitaibelii

  • Pot size: 1 Litre
  • Plant ultimate height: 30cm (12in)
  • Growing condition: Partial shade
  • Flowering season: April to May

A tall growing white flowered species with pinnate leaves.

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Cardamine macrophylla

Cardamine macrophylla

  • Pot size: 1 Litre
  • Plant ultimate height: 15cm (6in)
  • Growing condition: Partial - full shade
  • Flowering season: N/A to N/A

Mildly spreading large leaved variety with strong stems topped with large pink flowers in Spring.

Price: £7.50


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Cardamine pentaphyllos AGM
  • Pot size: 1 Litre
  • Plant ultimate height: 30cm (12in)
  • Growing condition: Partial - full shade
  • Flowering season: April to May

Large flowered Cardamine, comes out of the ground white and then turns pink. For a woodland situation.

Price: (2 or fewer plants) £6.95
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Cardamine pratensis 'Flora Pleno'

Cardamine pratensis 'Flora Pleno'
  • Pot size: 9cm
  • Plant ultimate height: 30cm (12in)
  • Growing condition: Partial - full shade
  • Flowering season: April to May

A really old fashioned and lovely plant, the double form of the native wild cuckoo flower. Pink, fully double flowers in Spring. Loves moist ground under deciduous trees, Summer dormant, but combines well with Aquilegia, Digitalis, and hardy geraniums which would follow on.


Price: (2 or fewer plants) £4.80
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Cardamine pratensis 'Alba Flora Plena'

Cardamine pratensis 'Alba Flora Plena'

  • Pot size: 9cm
  • Plant ultimate height: 15cm (6in)
  • Growing condition: Partial - full shade
  • Flowering season: N/A to N/A

The classic white double flowered form of this native plant.

Price: £4.80


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Cardamine trifolia

Cardamine trifolia

  • Pot size: 9cm
  • Plant ultimate height: 15cm (6in)
  • Growing condition: Partial - full shade
  • Flowering season: N/A to N/A

Slowly creeping species with masses of white flowers in Spring.

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