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Dicentra cucullaria - Dutchman's Breeches

Dutchman's Breeches

Dicentra cucullaria

  • Flower stalks bear a row of nodding double spurred white flowers with yellow tips
  • Flowers rise above the leaves
  • 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
  • Bloom Time: Early spring

ZONE:
4

COLOUR:
White

HEIGHT:
20-30 cm

SPREAD:
25-40 cm

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Growing and Maintenance Tips:

Dicentra cucullaria grows 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.

Additional Notes about Dutchman's Breeches:

Native to Ontario

Flowers look similar to a man's close-fitting breeches, worn upside down, leading to the common name.

 All parts of the plants are toxic to human beings, cats, and cattle. 

Early nectar source for insects. Of special interest for bumblebees. 

Seed dispersal occurs via a complicated relationship with ants.

Characteristics & Attributes

Partial Sun/Shade
Partial Sun/Shade
Full Shade
Full Shade
Deer Resistant
Deer Resistant
Native to Ontario
Native to Ontario
Salt Tolerant
Salt Tolerant
Poisonous
Poisonous
SOIL MOISTURE:
Moist to Average
GROWTH RATE:
Medium
FLOWERING TIME:
Spring
Early Spring
HABIT:
Clumping
FOLIAGE COLOR:
Gray
Blue
LANDSCAPE USES:
Naturalizing
Woodland/woods edge

THESE PLANTS ARE

suitable substitutions for Dicentra cucullaria

Dicentra canadensis
Dicentra canadensis
SQUIRREL CORN
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