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It features graceful, soft green foliage that is less deeply divided than most other Dicentra species, and 1" long, rose pink, nodding, heart-shaped, flowers with protruding white inner petals borne on one side of and hanging in a row from long, arching, stems above the foliage in mid to late spring.
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'Alba' is a white flowered form of the common bleeding heart (Dicentra spectabilis - C480) which has been an old garden favorite for many years.
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Dicentra spectabilis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Browse pictures and read growth / cultivation information about Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis) supplied by member gardeners in the PlantFiles database at Dave's Garden. ... My trick to keeping dicentra spectabilis looking decent year-round (at least in northern climates) is to cut it back hard after it blooms.
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Random stuff about Paghat the Ratgirl's gardens. ... Dicentra spectabilis, the classic Bleeding Heart, is a hardy perennial with extravagant blooms that begin no later than late March, increasing in April, & lasting until the weather gets too hot for it & it grows summer-dormant.
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Random stuff about Paghat the Ratgirl's gardens. ... Dicentra spectabilis 'Alba' has two distinguishing features that set it apart from the regular pink form of the species. The most obvious feature is its white heart-locket flowers, as opposed to the pink of the species.
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Heritage Perennial Profile ... ; Here's the complete description for this Heritage Perennial. Drop in any time to see the rest of our collection. ... Plant Number: 1.187.050 USDA Zone: 2 - 9...
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The Bleeding Heart or Dicentra spectabilis grows two to four feet tall. A herbaceous plant that does well in a shade garden, the Bleeding Heart flowers in late spring to early summer and subsequently dies down to the ground.
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Common Name: Bleeding Heart; Height: 25 in. Color: Pink; Bloom Season: Spring/Late Spring; Conditions: Partial Shade/Full Shade; Type: HP Hardiness Zone: 3-10 ... One of the best spring flowering border plants. Foliage dies back by midsummer. ... Dicentra spectabilis 'White Heart';
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Pink heart shaped flowers for the shade garden. ... Dicentra comes from the Greek words dis–two and kentron–spur, which refers to the flowers having 2 spurs. Spectabilis means spectacular. I like to pronounce spectabilis in the same fashion as Billy Crystal pronounces marvelous.
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