Cuckoo Flower Rhs

Large 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.

Cuckoo flower rhs. Buy lady s smock cuckoo flower cardamine pratensis our website uses cookies. Cuckooflower is also the county flower of brecknockshire sir frycheiniog. If you continue to use this website then we will assume you consent to the use of cookies for this purpose. 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.

The single lilac pink flowers are softly coloured and dainty clustered at the top of compact plants 20cm 8in. 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. The leaves are a basal rosette with 8 pairs of oval leaflets.

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. 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. April to june a charming well behaved and informal wildflower. 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.

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