Oh those Bleeding Hearts
I believe I took this photo in early June last year. My bleeding hearts, Dicentra spectabilis, aren’t even up yet, and they likely won’t come up until the end of April or beginning of May, but once they begin to grow they will grow fast and should be blooming by the end of May or early June.
I’ve always heard that Bleeding Hearts don’t get very tall but mine often grow close to three feet tall and spread out almost three feet in diameter. I have to stake mine so that they don’t flop - perhaps that’s why mine look taller than most that I see?
So far the only Spring flowers that have bloomed are my crocus’ but I expect that others will follow very soon, perhaps by next weekend if I’m lucky.
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April 15th, 2007 at 6:54 am
Green Thumb Sunday is here once again. And once again it is wet and dreary in my Canadian Garden. I do have lots poking through the ground though … making me an optimist that things are improving.
April 15th, 2007 at 7:05 am
We call them Lieutnants hearts if I translate the Swedish name for them and I’ve also seen them rather tall
They are very popular over here in Sweden, since a very long time back in time and no wonder - they are very pretty!
April 15th, 2007 at 8:09 am
Mine are white with red centers….
They have just started sending out new leaves- can’t wait to start flowering this year!
April 15th, 2007 at 8:20 am
We had a bleeding heart plant back in Canada that got huge. I remember that plant because an escaped Guinea Pig once tried to take refuge in it and I was very worried that it was toxic. If memory serves me correctly they are. The Guinea Pig was with us well beyond his normal life expectancy.
April 15th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
I’m quite taken with the Bleeding Hearts — don’t know that I’ve ever seen any in person, but I keep seeing them on others’ blogs and really like them. Thanks for sharing the photo!
April 15th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
So lovely! My mother used to grow those down south. I don’t know if they’d grow here at all. I don’t know if I could grow anything at if I ever lived in a place that got real winters, lol!
My BlueHost resurrected itself this morning and my GTS is finally up. No photos, but it’s there!
April 15th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
Bleeding hearts are one of my favorite spring flowers. So beautiful. My grandmother had some in her garden and they always remind me of her.
April 15th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
Gorgeous photo! I wish my thumb was as green …
April 15th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
The weather here is doing the usual strange autumn thingy,very wrm one day and cold at night,9′ and the spring bulbs as usual are coming up now just in time to flower during the frosty period!!!
April 15th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
Lovely! I have fern leaf bleeding hearts just starting to pop up on my shade garden. This is the first year I’ve grown them, so I am looking forward to seeing how they do for me.
April 16th, 2007 at 8:28 am
You must have just the right growing conditions for them. Beautiful. Given that we got several cms of snow today, your post gives me hope.
April 16th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
Those are beautiful! I love bleeding hearts.
April 17th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
Your Bleeding Hearts are lovely.
My Bleeding Hearts get quite large also.
April 20th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Pretty! Mine are up and gorgeous! I have a blog post about them but I don’t want to spam you so anyone wants to see will have to just follow my link.
I love Bleeding Hearts!
May 5th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
I bought my mother some Bleeding Hearts for the Mother’s Day; she loved them. I always got her roses, making a change really suprised her