cuckoo flower
Also known as: bread and milk; cuckoo buds; cuckoo spit; lady's smock; meadow bittercress; meadow cress; spinks; spring cress; cuckoo bread; lady's flower; mayflower
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
Scientific classification
- Species
- cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis)
- Genus
- Cardamine
- Family
- Brassicaceae
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- Toxicity
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Plant type
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- Deciduous
- Foliage
- Columnar upright
- Habit
- Spring · Summer · Autumn
- Season of interest
- Full shade · Partial shade
- Sunlight
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- Ideal temperature
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Distribution of cuckoo flower
Distribution map
Europe
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Culture
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Toxicity
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Quick identification of cuckoo flower
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cuckoo flower care guide
- Moderate regular watering, allowing brief slight drying between soakings
- Watering
- Full shade · Partial shade
- Sunlight
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- Ideal temperature
Watering
Moderate regular watering, allowing brief slight drying between soakings
Fertilizing
FertilizingBalanced perennial feed every four weeks from spring through summer
Pruning
PruningNo pruning required
Propagation
PropagationPropagate by seed or division
Growing
GrowingSuitable for growing in a flower border, rock garden or woodland
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Common pests and diseases
Diseases
Generally disease free
Pests
Can get aphids and flea beetles
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