Dicentra cucullaria
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Allan Armitage Dicentra cucullaria
Allan Armitage
Dicentra cucullaria
Dicentra cucullaria (click for large image)
Dutchman's Breeches 		Common Names:
  • Dutchman's Breeches
 
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Origin:

  Eastern United States  

Sun/Water Requirements:

  Partial/Full shade.
Moderate to wet conditions.
Armitage says: "Place in a shaded moist area."

Climate / Hardiness Zones:

  Zone 3 to Zone 7

Growth:

  Range: Grows from 6" to 12".

Flowers:

  Color(s): White
Season(s): Spring
 

Foliage:

  Color: Leaves are green and gray.
Armitage says: "Plants arise from a loose cluster of whitish tubers, each eye giving rise to gray-green dissected leaves."  

Other:

  Armitage says: "A well known native plant, found in sunny forest floors from Nova Scotia to Georgia, and west to Missouri."  

Other Dicentra cucullaria References & Articles:
Dicentra cucullaria is hardy in these areas:
Allegan, MIAlsip, ILAthens, MI
Augusta, MIBaltimore, MDBangor, MI
Battle Creek, MIBayside, NYBellmore, NY
Bellport, NYBethpage, NYBlue Point, NY
Bohemia, NYBrentwood, NYBrightwaters, NY
Bronxville, NYBrookhaven, NYCanton, MI
Channahon, ILCharlottesville, VAChicago Heights, IL
Chicago Ridge, ILChicago, ILCicero, IL
Cleveland, OHCoal City, ILCollege Point, NY
Conneaut, OHCorona, NYCrete, IL
Detroit, MIDewitt, MIDimondale, MI
Dolton, ILDorset, OHEagle, MI
East Claridon, OHEast Elmhurst, NYEast Greenville, PA
East Lansing, MIEast Texas, PAEastchester, NY
Easton, PAEaton Rapids, MIEcorse, MI
Edmore, MIElkins Park, PAElmhurst, NY
Elmwood Park, ILElyria, OHEmmaus, PA
Evergreen Park, ILFerndale, MIFlushing, NY
Forest Hills, NYFort Eustis, VAFresh Meadows, NY
Glen Burnie, MDGrand Rapids, MIGreenlawn, NY
Gwynn Oak, MDHamtramck, MIHarper Woods, MI
Harrison Township, MIHastings On hudson, NYHighland Park, MI
Holbrook, NYHoltsville, NYHunt Valley, MD
Huntington Station, NYHuntington, NYIslandia, NY
Jackson Heights, NYKalamazoo, MILakewood, OH
Landisburg, PALawn, PALeasburg, NC
Lebanon, PALemoyne, PALewistown, PA
Lexington, NCLiberty, NCLinwood, NC
Little Neck, NYLittleton, COLiverpool, PA
Loysville, PALykens, PAMacomb, MI
Marysville, MIMaspeth, NYMcalisterville, PA
Melville, NYMemphis, MIMemphis, TN
Mentor, OHMiddle Village, NYMiddlefield, OH
Montville, OH
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