Other common names
blodyn y gog, bread and milk, cuckoo bread, cuckoo buds, cuckoo spit, lady's flower, lady's smock, mayflower, meadow bittercress, meadow cress, spinks, spring cress
Herbaceous Perennial
A native perennial to 45cm tall, forming a basal rosette of grey-green to glossy dark green pinnate leaves to 15cm long, with rounded leaflets. Upright, leafy stems produce short, open racemes of 4-petalled, pale pink or white flowers, around 1.5cm across, in April
Position
Full shade, Partial shade
Soil Types
Clay, Loam
Max Height
0.1-0.5 metres
Max Spread
0.1-0.5 metres