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.

The old-fashioned bleeding heart is Dicentra spectabilis -- it has larger,
wider leaves that are not as deeply lobed.  The flowers also tend to be
more pinkish with white bottoms (Dicentra exima tends to be more 
pinkish-red without the white).  D. spectabilis also gets *much*
larger; the one at my parent's house is about 6' wide now and
3' high! 

I have a picture of the flowers (and leaves in the top left corner) 
at:

   http://www.mallorn.com/People/lindsey/horticulture/images/dicsp40.jpg

Chris

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