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Ornamental Plants plus Version 3.0 - 00000520
11/12/99

Dicentra eximia--Fringed Bleeding Heart


Hardiness Zones: 3 to 9
Height: 18 in Spread: 8 in
Type: herbaceous perennial
Flowers: Pink, red

Comments: Fringed Bleeding Heart has fern-like foliage and
blooms (Vis. 1) intermittently through the summer. There
are several varieties with flowers in shades of red or pink.
The plant tolerates full sun if well-watered. This hardy
plant prefers a sandy loam enriched with peat. Fringed
Bleeding Heart self seeds to the point of becoming
overcrowded.

Propagation: The plant may be started from seed or
division. Divide the roots when the foliage dies down in
early autumn. The seed needs to be pre-chilled 3 to 4
weeks before planting and germinates in 6 weeks.

Cultivars: Some of the cultivars listed here are probably
hybrids that involve not only D. eximia but D. formosa and
D. oregona as well.
'Alba' - White flowers.
'Bacchanal' - Dark red flowers are produced by plants
only 10 inches tall.
'King of Hearts' - Dark pink flowers are produced by
plants that form a mound of foliage 8 inches tall.
'Luxuriant' - The flowers are bright red.
'Snowdrift' - Pure white flowers are produced
throughout the summer (Vis. 2).
'Stuart Boothman' - Pink flowers and grayish foliage.
'Zestful' - Pink flowers are produced throughout the
summer.

References for Cultivars: Walters Gardens 1999, White
Flower Farm 1999, Lake County Nursery 1999, Bailey
Nurseries 1999, Wayside Gardens 1999, Monrovia Nursery
Company 1997, Weston Nurseries 1999, Sheridan Nurseries
1999, Berryhill Nurseries 1999, Midwest Groundcovers 1999,
Willoway Nurseries 1999.


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