Cardamine

These woodland perennials understandably do better in light shade, in a soil with a little extra moisture, especially in winter & spring, when in growth. They have a nature which is a mixture of refinement and gutsy. Foliage can be attractively divided, or simple, evergreen or deciduous. The herbaceous species are likely to disappear and go dormant in summer. The evergreens, will need some water in summer. Flowers are very typical of its Brassicaceae family, 4-petalled, arranged in a cross shape, equal in size. Colours normally purple-pink to white, but with some yellow species.