Dutchman’s Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) 3-pack of pots
Dutchman’s Breeches is woodland flower for shade gardens. It blooms in early spring and goes dormant the rest of the year. Dutchman’s Breeches is perfect for shady borders and sidewalks where a short plant can be seen and appreciated in early spring.
Details
Perennial
Sun: Shade, Part Shade
Moisture: Medium
Height: 12 inches
Blooms: April, May
Color: White
Spacing: 10-12″
Spreads: 3” a year by bulbs
Zones: 3-7
Benefits: Pollinators
Design Tips
Dutchman's Breeches is a tidy plant that goes dormant after blooming. It usually disappears until the next spring, when it re-sprouts bigger and better than before. Dutchman’s Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) is a small plant and prefers to be planted with other small, diminutive native plants that crowd it out such as Jacob’s Ladder, Spring Beauty, and Wild Blue Phlox.
Great native plant choice for the Minnesota Lawns to Legumes grant program!
Companion Plants
Ivory Sedge
Wild Blue Phlox
Jacob's Ladder
Rosy Sedge
Size: 3-pack of pots, each pot is 3" wide x 3" deep
These pots can’t be shipped — pickup only!
Dutchman’s Breeches is woodland flower for shade gardens. It blooms in early spring and goes dormant the rest of the year. Dutchman’s Breeches is perfect for shady borders and sidewalks where a short plant can be seen and appreciated in early spring.
Details
Perennial
Sun: Shade, Part Shade
Moisture: Medium
Height: 12 inches
Blooms: April, May
Color: White
Spacing: 10-12″
Spreads: 3” a year by bulbs
Zones: 3-7
Benefits: Pollinators
Design Tips
Dutchman's Breeches is a tidy plant that goes dormant after blooming. It usually disappears until the next spring, when it re-sprouts bigger and better than before. Dutchman’s Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) is a small plant and prefers to be planted with other small, diminutive native plants that crowd it out such as Jacob’s Ladder, Spring Beauty, and Wild Blue Phlox.
Great native plant choice for the Minnesota Lawns to Legumes grant program!
Companion Plants
Ivory Sedge
Wild Blue Phlox
Jacob's Ladder
Rosy Sedge
Size: 3-pack of pots, each pot is 3" wide x 3" deep
These pots can’t be shipped — pickup only!
Dutchman’s Breeches is woodland flower for shade gardens. It blooms in early spring and goes dormant the rest of the year. Dutchman’s Breeches is perfect for shady borders and sidewalks where a short plant can be seen and appreciated in early spring.
Details
Perennial
Sun: Shade, Part Shade
Moisture: Medium
Height: 12 inches
Blooms: April, May
Color: White
Spacing: 10-12″
Spreads: 3” a year by bulbs
Zones: 3-7
Benefits: Pollinators
Design Tips
Dutchman's Breeches is a tidy plant that goes dormant after blooming. It usually disappears until the next spring, when it re-sprouts bigger and better than before. Dutchman’s Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria) is a small plant and prefers to be planted with other small, diminutive native plants that crowd it out such as Jacob’s Ladder, Spring Beauty, and Wild Blue Phlox.
Great native plant choice for the Minnesota Lawns to Legumes grant program!
Companion Plants
Ivory Sedge
Wild Blue Phlox
Jacob's Ladder
Rosy Sedge
