{"title":"Cardamine","description":"\u003cp\u003eSome taxonomists have lumped Cardamine with the other Toothwort (Dentaria), or with Rockcress (Arabis), but we have chosen to keep these shade-loving genera separate. Although Cardamine may be best known as a small but annoying garden weed that flings its seeds when you brush by the plants, the genus has friendlier ornamental members as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCardamine was named after the culinary herb Cardamom, but the two plants are unrelated. Cardamine and Cardamom are based on the Greek word for \"cress\" which is a general term for a small, piquant edible leaf. Like its namesake, some Cardamine species have culinary uses as a peppery pot herb or raw garnish.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCardamine is in the cabbage family and displays the small 4-petaled flowers and slender seed pods that define this group. Toothwort plants are generally small woodland plants with attractive lobed leaves and white or pale shades of pink, purple, or lilac flowers. The leaves arise in fall and grow throughout winter, followed by clusters of light colored flowers that emerge for a few weeks in early spring. The Toothwort lifestyle is similar to other woodland species that we grow such as woodland phlox, \u003ca title=\"arum\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/italian-arum-lily\"\u003earum\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca title=\"helleborus\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/helleborus-lenten-rose-christmas-rose\"\u003ehelleborus\u003c\/a\u003e. Toothwort plants thus syncopate with and complement summer blooming plants such as \u003ca title=\"hosta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/hosta-plant-blue-variegated-large-small-miniature-plantain-lily\"\u003ehosta\u003c\/a\u003e, begonia, sternbergia, and tricyrtis.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCardamine plants spread by rhizomes when located in a favorable environment. They prefer partial shade, well-drained soils with lots of compost, and regular watering. Some Toothwort species prefer a wetter environment and in the wild are found near bluffs, floodplains, seepage bogs, and water springs. When you are ready to buy Cardamine for your garden, check out our online list of Cardamine for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"cardamine-douglassii-southern-lady","title":"Cardamine douglassii Southern Lady","description":"\u003cp\u003eCardamine douglassii has become one of our new favorite native spring ephemeral plants. Cardamine douglassii emerges in early November for us and remains as flat rosettes of glaucous leaves until mid-February, when it expands into a 1' tall x 18\" wide clump of foliage, adorned with flower spikes of mauvy-pink...a true showpiece in the winter woodland garden at the same time as hellebores. For us, Cardamine douglassii is completely dormant by late April. Our offering is an exceptional clone that plantswoman Jan Midgley discovered in Alabama.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA nearly fool-proof small woodland ephemeral, rising early and going dormant early. It can be tucked amongst winter-dormant\/summer growing perennials or under deciduous shrubs adding far more floral color than you would imagine considering its small size. It is native to the states bordering the Mississippi River and most of country east of them, It often occurs in wet woodlands. This tiny relative of collards, cabbage and their varied kin is an easy and most worthwhile ornamental member of the Brassicaceae. Clumps can be divided after a number of years, probably best time would be as they are going dormant yet can still be found. It would work nicely with the small winter flowering bulbs such as snowdrops and cyclamen or amongst Hellebores.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eDR\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21028630341,"sku":"8601","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Cardamine-douglassii-Southern-Lady.i-8601.s-62913.r-1.jpg?v=1792005668"},{"product_id":"cardamine-quinquefolia","title":"Cardamine quinquefolia","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Dentaria quinquefolia) Cardamine quinquefolia is a lovely spring ephemeral groundcover that can be found growing wild in slightly moist beech\/oak forests around the Black Sea, stretching from Romania to Iran. In our garden, Cardamine quinquefolia has formed a stunning 3' wide patch in four years. The deeply lobed fresh green foliage emerges in February, and is smothered, starting in late February with 6\" tall stalks of small mauve flowers. By the onset of heat, Cardamine quinquefolia has gone to bed for the summer, as other perennials emerge to take its place...what a true charmer in the late winter garden.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWatch our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0Wn0SbybSuQ\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePlant Spotlight\u003c\/a\u003e video for more information. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":19471624077399,"sku":"10148","price":17.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Cardamine-quinquefolia.i-10148.s-65643.r-1_cba75dd6-5a20-4fa0-8952-3ae5e9a5122b.jpg?v=1790968784"},{"product_id":"cardamine-bulbosa-snow-showers","title":"Cardamine bulbosa Snow Showers","description":"\u003cp\u003eCardamine bulbosa is a little-known US native, and we mean really little-known. Amazingly, it hails from every state east of Colorado...except Maine, yet is completely missing from our winter woodland garden landscape palette. We've made several collections through its range, but the best garden plant is our 2020 Plant Delights\/JLBG introduction of our 2011 collection from Halifax County, NC. After seven years in our garden, Cardamine bulbosa 'Snow Showers' has formed a 10\" tall x 18\" wide patch, that is smothered with stalks of dangling \u003ca title=\"More perennials with white flowers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/white-flowers-cream-flowers\"\u003ewhite flowers\u003c\/a\u003e, topping the green, quarter-sized leaves, starting in early February (NC), and continuing for well over a month. Like all good spring ephemerals, it sleeps through the summer months, returning the following winter.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31387263074391,"sku":"13874","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Cardamine-bulbosa-Snow-Showers.i-13874.s-65971.r-1_f070acd3-17c3-48e8-9322-cb20a77174d6.jpg?v=1789752355"},{"product_id":"cardamine-bulbosa-fairy-lights","title":"Cardamine bulbosa Fairy Lights","description":"\u003cp\u003eCardamine 'Fairy Lights' is a 2022 Plant Delights\/JLBG introduction of our selection of the native woodland spring ephemeral toothwort, Cardamine bulbosa, from Calhoun County, Alabama. Unlike our previous compact pink-flowered introduction Cardamine douglassii 'Southern Lady', which emerges in November, Cardamine bulbosa 'Fairy Lights' emerges from dormancy in October, and by mid-March is topped with 17\" tall stalks, ending in clusters of tiny white bells...a great companion plant for hellebores and other late winter woodland gems.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39536676601943,"sku":"16976","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Cardamine-bulbosa-Fairy-Lights.i-16976.s-66605.r-1.jpg?v=1791832490"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/collections\/Cardamine-bulbosa-Fairy-Lights-1900x350.jpg?v=1682514885","url":"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/cardamine.oembed","provider":"Plant Delights Nursery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}