Climbing Fumitory
Adlumia fungosa
A delicate biennial vine native to damp, cool, shaded woods. First year forms a fern-like leafy rosette; the second year it climbs using leaf tendrils, bearing pendulous clusters of pale pink, tear-shaped flowers resembling bleeding hearts. Prefers wind-sheltered, rich shade.
- Family
- Papaveraceae
- Type
- vine
- Lifespan
- biennial
- Height
- 6–12 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- shade, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- white, pink, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- specimen, naturalizing
- Native states
- CT, MA, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV