cuckoo flower
Cardamine pratensis
RHS Plants for Pollinators
USDA zones3 to 7
WaterHandles moist to wet soil
Size12 to 18 inches tall12 to 18 inches wide
- Habit
- Herb
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- White , pink
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Cuckoo flower (Cardamine pratensis) is a perennial for pollinator gardens and meadows. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes moist to wet soil. It has white or pinkish flowers and pinnately divided leaves. The blooms open in mid to late spring and again in early to late summer. Bees visit the flowers, so it adds food for pollinators to your garden.
Pairs well with Pickerel weed, Smooth aster, and Thalia daffodil.
Native range
North America, Europe, Central Asia, Asia, and 20 more places. See all 24
North America, Europe, Central Asia, Asia, Africa, Arctic, Altay, Amur, Azores, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Manchuria, NW. Balkan Pen., New Hampshire, New Jersey, Primorye, Québec, Tuva, Xinjiang, and Yakutiya.