Re: moving dicentra

It is normal for D. spectabilis to die back, but not all of them do.  D.
exima remains above ground all year, and there is even a cultivar called
Luxuriant that blooms all year.
D. spectabilis is a lovely plant, and well worth keeping in the garden but
shouldn't be given too prominent a place because of it's habit of dieing
back.

Bob Campbell
USDA 4


>In the Northeast, anyway, dicentras do yellow and die back by midsummer, so
they
>should be planted with that in mind.  They come back fine the next year,
fuller
>than ever - never fear!
>
>Deb
>Zone 6b
>
>kathy miller wrote:
>
>> At 06:18 AM 8/16/98 EDT, you wrote:
>> >In a message dated 8/16/98 4:23:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
elle@europa.com
>> >writes:
>> >
>> ><< The past couple of weeks have scorched this fragile plant and its
down to
>> > a few yellowed and many brown leaves  >>
>> >
>> >I thought that dicentra were supposed to yellow and die back this time
of
>> year.  Mine have yellowed, browned and died back; however some new leaves
>> are starting to emerge.  Are they supposed to stay green all summer?
>>
>> Kathy Miller
>> >
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