Cardamine photos
Mary Sue Ittner (Sun, 29 Feb 2004 07:50:40 PST)

Dear All,

I've talked before about my variegated Cardamine californica var. sinuata
(tuberous) grown from seed a friend shared she had saved from a local
population. Jane asked me to write something about it for NARGS. I've
struggled to get good pictures and this year it has been looking especially
nice. One of my hiking friends who visits from Oregon was interested in
seeing them and he took pictures for me and Jane using a tripod and I have
added them to the wiki.

They are growing in an area I try to keep native and also don't water in
summer growing under redwoods which is always a challenge. But this patch
has been doing well. Companions: Oxalis oregana, Viola sempervirens,
Chlorogalum pomeridianum, Lilium maritimum, Dicentra formosa, Vancouveria
planipetala. I think the Lilium would like more light and the Dicentra in
these conditions merely hangs on and does not spread and I've been
unsuccessful getting any of the Trillium ovatum seed I've added there to
come up and grow even though there are a few growing in our neighborhood in
undeveloped areas. This year the Cardamine has really been floriferous
making me give second thoughts about my sometimes saying that I grow this
just for the leaves.
It has been very delicate and beautiful.

http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

I've sometimes said that this plant is my Northern California version of
Cyclamen. It goes dormant late summer and reappears in December.

Mary Sue