The bleeding hearts are blooming just in time to showcase for Friday's Flower.
Just a few days ago the buds were appearing but in the last couple of days the blooms have opened.
I have 2 large clumps of pink plus a couple of smaller ones. Last year I added a white one that was an off shoot from a big plant where I worked.
Bleeding hearts or Dicentra are wonderful shade loving plants that grow really well in my north facing shady garden. Another name for this plant is Lady's Locket, and it is easy to see how it got that name from looking at the individual blooms.
The blooms come on long, trailing stems. After blooming the plant will go dormant and I usually cut it down so that other later blooming plants can grow around it.
Along with me, this bee is really enjoying these gorgeous blooms.
I hope you have some Friday flowers to enjoy.
Why not stop over to Tootsie Time and see lots more.
Thanks for visiting. Have a great day.
My friend's grandson keeps asking her if her flowers are still bleeding!
ReplyDeleteLinda; never knew of the ladys locket name.... tis a lovely bloom and thank goodness we finally have some sun..
ReplyDeleteI also did not know of the other common name of Ladies Locket. Makes perfect sense :) Beautiful pictures, Happy Friday!
ReplyDeleteA great post on a wonderful plant. I love mine!
ReplyDeleteI must say I learn something everyday and the "lady's Locket" is it for today. I so love the bleeding hearts and the bumble bee picture.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know the name Lady's Locket either Jenni, but love to find out interesting facts like that about plants.
ReplyDeleteHi Cindy, I love to learn new things too so I'm always using Google to find out little bits of info to include in my posts.
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