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Spring has finally arrived!

17 years ago

Hello Friends!

I don't consider it Spring in my Gardens until the Bleeding Heart is in bloom. Here is one plant I have next to one of my Glass Totem Bird Baths, and an old rusty shovel hanging behind them. Enjoy! Kathy

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  • 17 years ago

    LOVE IT!!!

  • 17 years ago

    I love bleeding heart. I don't know why I can not grow it. I need to try again. The last few I planted died)-:
    The totem is pretty there in that setting too(-: Love the rusty shovel as well(-:

  • 17 years ago

    So beautiful - both the plant and the totem!

    I just planted some new BH's so they are not up yet. Haven't had success with them here but worth another try, it's such a lovely plant.

  • 17 years ago

    That is so lovely with the showy bleeding heart. Makes me want to put some glass with mine, but they are out front so Im not sure I should.
    Mine grow like weeds self seeding all over. But I'm z4 maybe you are too cold lucky. My mom got a seedling off her pink one and it is white! And its HUGE! The biggest I've ever seen. Mine are on the west side and hers are on the north (but she is z5).

  • 17 years ago

    It's wonderful!!!

  • 17 years ago

    Really beautiful!
    I have tried to grow bleeding heart but it won't
    grow for me here in the Florida Panhandle. It is
    such a pretty plant! The glass just sets it off!

  • 17 years ago

    Very pretty. Glad spring is here.

  • 17 years ago

    Beautiful, tasymo...perfect setting for your bleeding heart! Love it! Jeanne S.

  • 17 years ago

    What a lovely litlle section of your garden . I love that photo, I would frame it, it's just adorable.

  • 17 years ago

    Beautiful!!!!!!!! I just can't get it to grow that well!

  • 17 years ago

    Really stunning. One of my favorite plants. it looks so nice with the totem. I had 1 3 yrs ago bloomed so nicely & then died. Either too much heat or water, I suppose. Jan

  • 17 years ago

    I think Bleeding Heart tends to bloom for a few years, then reseed itself one year and die the next. I won't be surprised if I lose this one soon, since there are about a ba-jillion babies coming up this Spring. It's too bad, 'cuz this is the biggest and prettiest this particular plant has gotten. Only time will tell. In the meantime, I'll enjoy it!

  • 17 years ago

    Gorgeous!! I forgot all about that plant. I've never seen one here in Oz though I had it in NY. DH said he's never seen it, either. Oh boy, now I'm going to hunt that one down! I looks SO BEAUTIFUL against the glass!

  • 17 years ago

    Let me know if you can't find it, Cait, and I'll send you some seed pods from this one. I think they need a good chill to get them to germinate- my Michigan Winters take care of that, but a freezer works too... Maybe that's why they don't do so well in the Southern States. Kathy

  • 17 years ago

    Really gorgeous pic, Kathy! The rusty object, the beautiful totem, the huge bleeding heart!

    I'm like Cindee, have started 2 or 3, but they didn't make it either. I have a friend who has a great one planted next to his brick house, under the overhang part. It is like yours, beautiful, and just gets bigger every year.

    I'm thinking that they're hardy, IF you can ever get them through the first or second season. Maybe more petting at first, never letting it dry out at all maybe, which might have happened to mine. I might try one in a container next time.

    In fact, bleeding hearts are one of the reasons I've been planting mainly succulents now lol. ~T

  • 17 years ago

    Mine is on the North side of my shed, in really gravelly soil. I have never done anything special for it. I've got a few others, in various spots in my yard, but this is the one that does the best...

  • 17 years ago

    It is just georgous and so is the glass. i had to go back to see the rusty shovel, I was drooling over your pic.I think its too hot here for them to come back, like tulips are annuals around here. Doesnt get cold enough in winter for them to "chill out" for the next season. Yours is soooo beautiful

  • 17 years ago

    How wonderful. No way they would grow here. Such a pretty area, and SPRING sounds wonderful. Its 103 here and going up this weekend.

    hugs, Karen {{gwi:141627}}

  • 17 years ago

    Yes, Karen, I thought about you when I saw the weather in your area. Gosh, what's it gonna be like in July? Good thing the air is dry out there, that would be like a melting pot in high humidity. Anything over about 88F here gets so uncomfortable. I don't see how roofers, paving people, etc handle it when it gets above 90. ~T