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CARDAMINE QUINQUEFOLIA
CARDAMINE QUINQUEFOLIA
Cardamine quinquefolia is a hardy, spring-flowering perennial producing mauve-pink flowers from February to May, reaching around 20cm tall. It’s a vigorous ground cover, perfect for shade and even dry shade, and is summer dormant, allowing space for other plants to emerge.
Extremely tolerant and effective, it weaves naturally through borders and woodland gardens. There are two forms - this is the more floriferous. A must have for early colour and effortless ground coverage.
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