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bleeding heart

15 years ago

hi there

i got a gorgeous bleeding heart at summerwinds but now it's lost almost all its flowers. it's in a pot on a shady balcony. i water it when the top of the soil feels dry. which hasn't been in a while ;) i haven't fertilized it.

thanks

siri

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on_greenthumb
15 years ago
Not sure about the bloom time for bleeding hearts in your area, but for me it's about a month or so. Eventually the foliage on mine (except the fern leaf kinds) shrinks back for the season too, so I always plant next to hosta to cover the dying foliage for the rest of the season. Sometimes though, they rebloom in the fall....

Mine are only just starting to come up
buyorsell888
15 years ago
Dicentra spectabilis only blooms about a month annually and goes dormant in summer.

Dicentra eximia and formosa and their hybrids can bloom for months and stay green all summer.
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