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| Dicentra spectabilis alba |
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| Old Fashioned Bleeding Heart |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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This is the big showy Old Fashioned Bleeding Heart which your grandmother had. Blue-green and pink sprouts often with visible flower buds poke through the ground in mid-spring and finally unfurl into 2 foot mounds of blue-green succulence with arching stems weighted down by lovely rows of snowy white dangling hearts. Flowering can last for a month or more and is determined by moisture. The sooner the ground becomes dry, the sooner Old Fashioned Bleeding Heart will turn yellow and go dormant until next year. Site this plant in more shade than sun with good soil. It is long lived and will just get bigger and bigger every year. Fantastic with Foamflower, Bluebells, and Golden Ragwort. Cat# 1430
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Available: Currently
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Native Plant |
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Good Fragrance |
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Butterfly Plant |
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Hummingbird Plant |
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Good Fall Color |
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Berries & Fruits |
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Deer resistant |
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| Ease of Culture |
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Easy |
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Not Too Hard |
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Difficult or Tricky |
| Evergreen |
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Yes |
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Semi |
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No |
| Plant Type |
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Wildflower |
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Shrub |
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Grass or grass-like |
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Perennial |
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Tree |
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Ground cover |
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Fern |
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Vine |
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| Light Exposure |
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Full sun |
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Mostly sunny |
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Half and half |
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Full shade |
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Mostly shady |
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| Soil Condition |
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Sandy |
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Organic |
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Clay |
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Average |
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| Moisture Tolerance |
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Dry |
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Wet |
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Moist |
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Moderate |
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| Height |
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12" or less
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24" to 36" |
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12" to 24" |
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36" or taller |
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| Color |
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White/whitish |
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Pink |
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Blue |
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Yellows |
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Rose |
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Green |
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Orange, coral |
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Violet |
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Brown |
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Peach, salmon |
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Lavender |
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Mauve |
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Red, scarlet |
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Purple |
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Tan |
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Early spring |
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Early summer |
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Early fall |
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Mid spring |
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Mid summer |
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Mid fall |
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Late spring |
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Late summer |
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Late fall |
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We welcome your suggestions and comments. Please tell us how we can improve, or if there are other plants you wish we carried.
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