Cardamine trifolia

Also Known As

Cardamine trifoliata
Trifoliate Bittercress

Plant type

perennial, groundcover

size

H: 2"-6"
W: 8"-18"

planting zones

5a-9b

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Cardamine trifolia plant details

Cardamine trifolia is a broadleaf evergreen perennial groundcover with green foliage. In spring white flowers emerge. Attracts bees and butterflies making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with mostly sun - shade and even moisture - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Does well in average, rich and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Cardamine trifolia

Plant type: perennial groundcover
Plant family: brassicaceae
Foliage: evergreen green
Mature size: 8 IN - 18 IN - wide, 2 IN - 6 IN - tall
Flowers: white blooms in spring
Uses: easy-to-grow, woodland garden, year round interest

GROWING CONDITIONS for Cardamine trifolia

USDA Zones: 5a - 9b
Sun exposure: mostly sun - shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - low

Soil needs: average, rich and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

A neat and tidy little evergreen ground cover for the woodland, 6” tall stems with dark green trifoliate leaves, spread to a near perfect circle 12” wide. White flowers flutter over the top in spring. Dense, polite, easy! Prefers rich moist soil but takes dry shade, deer and critter resistant, dainty...

By: Secret Garden Growers

One of our favorite small-scale ground covers, first given to us by Jane Platt. To only about 4" in height by 18" wide, the evergreen, fine textured leaves support (winter through spring) delicate white flowers. Slowly spreading, in the light woodland or in container. Excellent for holding soil. Does not re-seed, we promise. Cold hardy to USDA Zone 6, if not colder.

By: Cistus Nursery

Leaves in threes are dark green and evergreen, forming an attractive mound with clusters of frilly-looking white flowers hovering above in spring. This is an easy and adaptable plant, and doesn't even mind sandy or clay soil. After it's established it's a good dry shade plant suitable beneath trees. 6" T x 1' W Minimum temperature: -20°F

By: Dancing Oaks Nursery

A really good restrained and refined evergreen groundcover with substantial dark green dense leaves which are the perfect foil for the short sprays of the purest white flowers in early summer. We've a nice patch in our old shade garden under one of big leaf Rhododendrons.

By: Far Reaches Farm

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Photo of Cardamine trifolia foliage, form by Franz Xaver