Common Name: caucasian mountain-cress
Family: Brassicaceae
Distribution/Origin: Northern Europe
Leaf/Bud: herbaceous, green
Flower/Inflorescence: raceme of white 4 petal cruciform flowers with yellow stamens, April to May bloom
Fruit/Seed: silique
Stem/Bark: herbaceous
Size: height .5 - 1ft, spread .5 - 1.5ft
Habit: upright and spreading
Form: creeping, carpeting, mounding
Culture: full sun dry-medium moist soil, need good drainage, zone 4-7
Landscape Use: best when en masse as a ground cover in a rock garden, on slopes/ cascading over a rock wall, border front, good companion with early bulbs like Narcissus
Notes: cut back after flowering to promote denser foliage and to prevent from getting straggly in the summer heat, can be sus. to aphids, mildew and rust