May Interest Plants

The world's favorite season is the spring. All things seem possible in May Edwin Way Teale

PASSION FLOWER

BLEEDING HEART

APPLE TREE

BERGENIA

FORGET-ME-NOT

FUCHSIA

PASQUE FLOWER

LILAC

DIANTHUS

DAYLILY

RHODODENDRON

MAY WILDFLOWER SELECTION FROM L.B. Johnson's Wildflower Center

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Dicentra spectabilis - Bleeding Heart, Venus' Car, Dutchman's Trousers, Lyre Flower, Squirrel's Corn

Origins Siberia, N. China, Japan, Korea, N. E. Asia.
Type Perennial (herbaceous)
Hardiness Zones 3 - 9
Bloom Spring, early Summer
Height 4 ft (120 cm)

Cultivation
Avoid direct Sun; partial to full shade locations, best. Well drained soils.

Propagation
By seed, or root/shoot division (in early Spring).

Other
Great woodland garden plant.

Mark it clearly, since after blooming, its beautiful fern like foliage will promptly disappear, too. Usually, blooms come in pink, and white color combination. For plain white blooms, try Dicentra spectabilis 'Alba'

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Special Thanks to Town & Country Gardens Contributors: amy mcgibbon, bulabean, dive-angel (Karin), flickr, Jasmine&Roses, Rita Crane Photography. Rita Crane, daughter of LIFE magazine photographer Ralph Crane. Her work can be seen on Flickr at Rita Crane Photography or on her website., TMR Davies, Wikipedia, W.D. Williams