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Dicentra- (Bleeding Heart)
Dicentra eximia |
The common Bleeding Heart (D. spectabilis) belongs in the bed or
border- there are smaller, feathery-leaved species for the rock garden. The
popular dwarfs are easy to grow provided soil is reasonably fertile and is
kept moist in dry weather. In early summer the flowering sprays appear -
arching stems bearing pendant locket-like flowers in white, pink or red.
VARIETIES:
D.
cucullaria (Dutchman's Breeches) is a popular 6 in. high rockery type.
The flowers are white with yellow tips and appear in April and May above
mounds of ferny foliage. As with all the Dicentras, the leaves die down shortly
after flowering.
D.
canadensis is quite similar, but the flowers are all-white with just a touch
of green.
D.
eximia (1 ft.) is a taller plant with pink-purple flowers from May to
midsummer.
D. formosa
(1-1/2 ft.) produces pink blooms in early summer.
D.
peregrina is a difficult beauty- popular in the text books but rare in the
catalogues.
SITE
& SOIL:
Any well-drained garden soil will do - thrives best in light
shade.
PROPAGATION:
Divide clumps after flowering.
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