Bleeding Heart

Bleeding Heart (Dicentra) - Graceful plants of the Fumitory order, including about half a dozen cultivated species, of which the finest are:-

Dicentra canadensis (Goldie) Walp.squirrel corn

Dicentra canadensis (Goldie) Walp. squirrel corn

Dicentra canadensis (Goldie) Walp. squirrel corn

Dicentra cucullaria (L.) Bernh.dutchman's breeches

Dicentra cucullaria (L.) Bernh. dutchman's breeches

Dicentra cucullaria (L.) Bernh. dutchman's breeches

Dicentra Chrysantha - This handsome plant forms a spreading tuft of rigid glaucous foliage, from which arises a stiff leafy stem, 3 to 4 feet high, with long branching panicles of bright golden-yellow blossoms, about 1 inch long in August and September. It seems hardy in light rich soil if warm and sheltered. Seed. California.

Dicentra Cucullaria - utchmans-breeches) and D. thalictrifolia are less important, and rather belong to the curious garden.

Dicentra Eximia - mbines a Fern-like grace with the flowering qualities of a good hardy perennial. From 1 to 1 1/2 feet high, with numerous reddish-purple blossoms in long drooping racemes. It is useful for the rock garden and the mixed border, or for naturalising by woodland walks; thriving in rich sandy soil. Division. N. America.

Dicentra Formosa - similar to the preceding, having also Fern-like foliage, but is dwarfer in growth, its racemes shorter and more crowded, and its flowers lighter. Suitable for same positions as D. eximia. California.

Dicentra Spectabilis - A beautiful plant, bearing singular flowers, resembling rosy hearts, and in strings of a dozen or more gracefully borne on slender stalks. It succeeds best in warm, light, rich soils, if in sheltered positions, being liable to be cut down by late spring frosts. It is, moreover, suited for the mixed border, but is of such remarkable beauty and grace that it may be used with the best effect near the lower flanks of rockwork, in bushy places near it. It is excellent for mixed borders, and for snug corners on the fringes of choice shrubs in peat. Division in autumn.

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