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…geranium Geranium macrorrhizum Blackberry lily Iris domestica Black eyed susan Rudbeckia fulgida Black hollyhock Alcea rosea nigra Blazing star Liatris spicata Bleeding heart Dicentra spectabilis & ‘Alba’ Bleeding heart vine…

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  • Adlumia fungosa Allegheny vine, Climbing fumitory, Bleeding heart vine Biennial Z 4-8

    OUT OF STOCK Dangling pink to white Bleeding heart-like flowers bloom all summer, June-September. Fern-like foliage on twining stems...

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    Dangling pink to white Bleeding heart-like flowers bloom all summer, June-September. Fern-like foliage on twining stems

    Size: 6-10’ x 12”
    Care: part shade to shade in moist to moist well-drained, acidic soil
    Native: Nova Scotia to No. Carolina west to Minnesota Wisconsin native status-special concern
    Wildlife Value: attracts bumblebees

    1st described in 1789 (Aiton, Vol. 3 Hortus Kewensis).

  • Dicentra spectablis syn Lamprocapnos spectabilis Bleeding Heart Z 3-9

    OUT OF STOCK From May through June legendary dangling, dark pink heart-shaped blossoms. One of the best....

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    From May through June legendary dangling, dark pink heart-shaped blossoms. One of the best.

    Size: 36" x 18"
    Care: Part shade to shade, moist well-drained soil.
    Native: Japan
    Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit

    Dicentra derived from Greek dis meaning “two” and kentros meaning “spurs” because the flowers have two spurs.  Spectabilis means “worthy of notice.” The Bleeding heart was a favorite garden plant in China for centuries before its discovery by Europeans.  Introduced to the West in 1846 after Robert Fortune found it growing on the Island of Chusan and sent it to the Horticultural Society of London.  It became an immediate sensation in England.  By 1866 the Bleeding heart was available in America.

    **LISTED AS OUT OF STOCK BECAUSE WE DO NOT SHIP THIS ITEM.  IT IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT OUR RETAIL LOCATION.

People in Plant History

…His forays were extremely successful introducing many plants, Callicarpa dichtoma, Beauty berry;Pinus bungeanus, Lacebark pine; numerous tree peony cultivars, Dicentra spectabilis, Bleeding heart, Balloon Flower; and Anemone hupehensis var. japonica,…

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…“For sale by Owner,” ninety-three year old widow Anne Patterson was moving 2000 miles to live with her daughter. She beamed as she showed me the Fern-leaved bleeding hearts under…

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  • Dicentra eximia syn Lamprocapnos , Fringed bleeding heart Z 4-8

    OUT OF STOCK May to October dangling rose pink heart-shaped panicles among fern-like, grey-green foliage. They appear delicate but are not....

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    May to October dangling rose pink heart-shaped panicles among fern-like, grey-green foliage.  They appear delicate but are not.

    Size: 8” x 8”
    Care: Part shade, moist to moist well-drained soil
    Native: Mountains from New York to Georgia
    Wildlife Value: Nectar source for hummingbirds & White swallowtail butterfly.

    Dicentra derived from Greek dis meaning two and kentros meaning spurs. Introduced to gardens by Quaker planthunter and nurseryman John Bartram (1699-1777) in mid-1700’s.   Recommended by Gertrude Jekyll, mother of mixed perennial borders, in 1908.

    **LISTED AS OUT OF STOCK BECAUSE WE DO NOT SHIP THIS ITEM.  IT IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT OUR RETAIL LOCATION.

  • Dicentra spectablis Alba syn Lamprocapnos spectabilis White bleeding heart Z 3-9

    May – June Legendary dangling alabaster, heart shaped blossoms. One of the best....

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    May – June Legendary dangling alabaster, heart shaped blossoms. One of the best.

    Size: 36" x 18"
    Care: Part shade to shade in moist well-drained soil.
    Native: Japan

    Dicentra derived from Greek dis meaning “two” and kentros meaning “spurs.” The white form in gardens in the West 1877.

February 23, 2018

Laugh at Walnut Trees

…grayi Gray’s sedge Cercis canadensis Redbud Chasmanthium latifolium Northern sea oats Clematis – all Cornus alternifolia Pagoda dogwood Dicentra – all- Bleeding heart Echinacea purpurea Purple coneflower Eryngium yuccifolium Rattlesnake…

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  • Sanguinaria canadensis Bloodroot, Indian paint, Red Puccoon Z 3-9

    Available for purchase in Spring only Very showy, swan-white anemone-like blooms in spring from the center of glaucus, grey-green, lobed, puckered, rolled leaves. Both the leaves and root contain a...

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    Available for purchase in Spring only

    Very showy, swan-white anemone-like blooms in spring from the center of glaucus, grey-green, lobed, puckered, rolled leaves. Both the leaves and root contain a red liquid. (Bloodroot) Ephemeral, dies back in summer.

    Size: 6” x 12”
    Care: part shade to shade in moist well-drained soil
    Native: Nova Scotia to Manitoba, south to Florida and Arkansas, Wisconsin native
    Wildlife Value: deer resistant. Pollen, but no nectar, makes this attractive to many different bees. Ants distribute the seeds.

    Sanguinaria is Latin meaning “blood,” so named for the red color of the sap.  For Natives red sap used to make dye for skin, clothing, weapons and baskets.  Used to induce abortions, as well as an aphrodisiac and cure sexually transmitted diseases. The root rubbed on the palm of the hand was a love charm for Ponca men.   Iroquois prescribed it for diarrhea and constipation, to draw out slivers, hiccups, and generally as a panacea.  It was administered to those who saw a corpse.  Sioux used a weak solution to cure fever, rheumatism, congestion, and skin cancer, Ojibwa made dried roots into a necklace to prevent bleeding.  1st collected by Rev. John Banister in colonial Virginia c. 1678. According to John Bartram this was “…(C)alled by the Country People, Red Root, or Tumerick  The Root dried and powdered is recommenced by Dr. Colden, as a Cure for jaundice, the Powder has been given to the Weight of a Drachm in Small Beer; and by others, for the Bite of a Rattle Snake.”   Grown at Shadwell, Jefferson’s birthplace and home until it burned in 1770.  Grown at America’s 1st botanic garden, Elgin Botanic Garden 1811, located where Rockefeller Center now stands.  Pressed specimen in Emily Dickinson’s herbarium.