Cuckoo Flower Rhs

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Cuckoo flower rhs.

April to june a charming well behaved and informal wildflower. Find help information on cardamine cuckoo flower from the rhs. Pratensis is 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. Cuckoo flower cardamine pratensis is a herbaceous early spring perennial with delicate lilac or violet tinted flowers with obvious dark violet veins and yellow anthers on a sturdy stem varying in size to around 40cm long seen from april to june.

Cuckoo spit is a white frothy liquid secreted by the nymphs of a sap sucking true bug known as a froghoppers. In cheshire where it is the county flower it is traditionally known as milkmaid no doubt harking back to the county s strong dairy heritage. Cuckoo spit spittlebugs rhs gardening cuckoo spit begins to appear in late spring at a time when the familiar call of cuckoos can be heard but otherwise has no connection with the bird. The leaves are a basal rosette with 8 pairs of oval leaflets.

With this characteristic the plant was little used in medicine. Three leaved cuckoo flower rhs plants for pollinators plants this plant will provide nectar and pollen for bees and the many other types of pollinating insects. Buy lady s smock cuckoo flower cardamine pratensis our website uses cookies. To find out what your county s flower is click here.

Cuckooflower is also the county flower of brecknockshire sir frycheiniog.