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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

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

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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
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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
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