Re: bleeding heart (dicentra) problem
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] bleeding heart (dicentra) problem
- From: H* J* W*
- Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 07:36:38 -0500
Dicentra 'Luxuriant' is supposed to be a sterile cultivar; it shouldn't be
able to set seeds. Also, because it's an eximia cultivar, it shouldn't need
to go dormant in summer like the spectabilis types. Do you have good soil?
-----Original Message-----
From: Gerry/Bob O'Neill [e*@IBM.NET]
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 6:23 AM
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
Subject: Re: [SG] bleeding heart (dicentra) problem
At 12:58 AM 5/20/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Well, Hank, I don't know the reason, but I have found this a
>relatively short-lived plant in my garden. It does not seed around
>like D. spectabilis, but, as you say, sort of fades away after a few
>seasons.
Well, pooh. Marge, are you telling me that Dicentra seeds around too? I
have several old spectabilis clumps in the yard, and though they bloom
heavily each year, I've never seen them set seed.
Gerry
