General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 5-8 inches
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Tuber
Uses: Will Naturalize
Resistances: Rabbit Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Bees

Image
Common names
  • Fumewort
  • Bird in the Bush
  • Spring Fumewort
Also sold as:
  • G.P. Baker

Photo Gallery
Location: My garden, Skåne, Sweden
Date: April 2016
Location: Halls of Heddon, Newcastle UK
Date: 2021-03-17
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2014-05-03
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2015-04-13
Location: Halls of Heddon, Newcastle UK
Date: 2021-03-17

Date: 2014-02-23
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2016-03-19
Location: Part sun Zone 6
Date: 2012-03-22
Plant Events from our members
treehugger On March 28, 2016 Bloomed
Flowers are fully opened.
» Post your own event for this plant

« Add a new plant to the database

« The Plants Database Front Page

Today's site banner is by Lucius93 and is called "Erysimum cheiri"

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.