Cardamine bulbifera
| Cardamine bulbifera | |
| Light: |   |
| Moisture: |  |
| Hardiness: | 4 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Self Pollinated | |
| Height: | 1' |
| Blooms: | Mid Spring-Early Summer |
| Open Woods Forest | |
| Native to: | |
| Edible Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Cardamine bulbifera (common name: coral root)
Propagation: Seed - best sown when ripe, otherwise sow it in the spring. If you have sufficient seed it can be sown in situ, otherwise it is best to sow it in pots in a cold frame. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle and pant out in the summer.
The bulbils can be collected in early summer and potted up. Keep them in a cold frame over the winter and plant out when in active growth in the spring.
Cultivation: Prefers a moist humus rich soil in shade or semi-shade[1].
The flowers are rarely visited by pollinating insects and seed is rarely set, propagation is carried out by means of bulbils formed on the axils of the upper leaf stems[2][K].
Range: Central Europe from Britain and France to Sweden, east to the Balkans, W. Asia and the Caucasus.
Habitat: Very local in woods, usually on calcareous soils, in Devon, S.E. England, the Chilterns and Ayr[2]. A characteristic species of base-rich beech woodlands[2].
Edibility: Leaves - raw or cooked[K]. A hot cress-like flavour.
Bulbils - raw or cooked. They are rather small, about the size ofa lentil, but have a pleasant mild cress-like flavour[K].
Root - raw or cooked[K]. A hot flavour, it is pleasant but rather small[K].
Pollinators: Insects
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Seed Ripens: Late Spring-Mid Summer
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
Also Known As: Dentaria bulbifera
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References
- ↑ Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Clapham, Arthur and Tom Tootin, Edmund Warburg. Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press, 1962.