Bloodroot — Flowers
Sanguinaria
Sun or part shade, moderate watering — hardy through cold winters.
- Plant out
- Mar
- In flower
- Apr
- Sun
- Part sun
- Water
- Medium
- Difficulty
- Demanding
- Hardiness
- H5
- Season
- spring
- Height
- 10–50 cm
- Spacing
- 50 cm
- Pets
- Toxic to pets
Growing notes
Grows to 0.1-0.5 metres. Space about 10-50cm apart. In flower Apr.
Toxic to pets
The rhizome of bloodroot, the fleshy root that bleeds orange-red sap when cut, is seriously poisonous: eating it can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, dizziness, fainting, dilated pupils and heart failure in a person or a pet, and the sap irritates skin and eyes. Wear gloves when dividing it and keep children and pets away from the roots. Get medical advice straight away if a person has eaten any part, and contact a vet if an animal has.
→ NHS 111 for a person; your vet or the Animal PoisonLine for an animal