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Dutchman's Breeches

Dicentra cucullaria

A native spring ephemeral with delicate nodding flowers and finely divided foliage for woodland plantings.

  • Flower stalks bear a row of nodding double spurred white flowers with yellow tips
  • Compact clump forming deeply divided blue-gray leaves up to 25 cm long
  • Plants will go dormant in early summer
  • Very similar to Dicentra canadensis
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Plant Characteristics

Sunlight
Partial shade, Shade
Soil Moisture
Moist, Average
Hardiness Zone
4 – 4
Mature Height (meters)
0.2 – 0.3
Mature Spread (meters)
0.25 – 0.4
Growth Rate
Medium
Flower Colour
White
Foliage Colour
Green
Bloom Time
Spring
Habit
Mounding
Deer Resistant
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Rabbit Resistant
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Pollinator Friendly
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Ontario Native
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Growing & Maintenance Tips
Dicentra canadensisgrows best in a moist, fertile, humus-rich, neutral to slightly alkaline soil, in partial to full shade. These plants normally go dormant early to midsummer.
Notes
Native to Ontario Flowers look similar to aman'sclose-fittingbreeches, worn upside down, leading to the common name. All parts of the plants are toxic to human beings, cats, and cattle. Don't eat it; enjoy it.

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