Cardamine pratensis

Delightful naturalized in a shaded cottage garden or informal planting, this wide-ranging Northern Hemisphere native produces sprays of relatively large pale pink flowers over cushions of maidenhair-like leaves.  It self-sows, but not alarmingly.

Shade; moist to average soil; 10"x8"; spring; Zone 3

Propagated from seed; deep 3.5-inch pots

Photo: Jac. Janssen