Re: my new plants

Is this what is also called "old-fashioned" bleeding heart?  I have what
sounds like the plant that you just described, and I have moved it from spot
to spot in my yard, but it is not doing very well (hardly blooms and looks
kind of sick).  A friend has the same plant, and it looks very healthy, and
is bushy and full of blooms.

Marie
Z5
Mass.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lisa Roth <rothcrew@compsol.net>
To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: my new plants


>Hi!
>
>It occurs to me that your "French" bleeding heart could actually be
>*fringed* bleeding heart---Dicentra eximia .  This bleeding heart is
>smaller than the common Dicentra, and blooms all summer long.  I had one
>in my garden in Michigan with mostly shade, and what sun it did get was
>sporadic.  I didn't provide it with supplemental water, except in
>draught situations.  It grew about 1 foot high and around, and bloomed
>constantly from spring until frost.  As the name suggests, the leaves
>are fringed, making the plant look like a delicate blooming fern.  I
>think some of the perennial catalogs refer to it as "Fernleaf" Bleeding
>Heart.
>
>Anyhow, it's a lovely plant, so enjoy!!!!
>
>Lisa
>(now in Connecticut, where we may get our first frost tonight)
>
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