General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Plant Spread: 3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Inflorescence Height: 6 - 8 feet
Foliage Mound Height: 2 feet
Underground structures: Taproot
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM

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Common names
  • Colewort
  • Flowering Kale
  • Giant Kale
  • Giant Gypsophila
  • Giant Sea Kale

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Location: Alnwick Garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2009-06-24
A real stand out plant!
Location: Work Project Administration Rock Garden, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2016-02-15
Zone 9b.
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2011-04-29
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2008-05-31
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2008-07-05
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2009-06-24
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2008-03-16
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2010-06-30
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2008-05-20
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2011-05-22
Location: Alnwick Garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2008-04-20
Location: Rosemont, Ontario
Date: June
Location: Heathcote Ontario Canada
Date: August
Crambe cordifolia  seedpods

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2003 July
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2003 July
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Comments:
  • Posted by sandnsea2 (Cape Cod, MA, USA - Zone 7a) on Dec 14, 2011 7:26 PM concerning plant:
    Crambe Cordifolia is a magnificent statement plant in the garden. It is well-used in Britain, but rather uncommon in the US. I hope this changes, as this is such a wonderful, fragrant and beautiful specimen plant.

    It has a very long tap root and takes a few years to establish, if it is happy where planted.
    Give this one alot of room and stand back for a show!
    It can get to be 5-6 ft tall and wide and resembles a tree of Babys Breath-like, fragrant flowers.

    It never fails to get positive attention. Once you grow this, you will always want it.
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