Spring Perennials
Okay - it is getting warmer - we all want to get out and plant… So let’s see what’s doing the blooming…..
There are many spring perennials that add so much to our gardens but perhaps the best loved spring perennial is the bleeding heart or officially - “Dicentra”. It is a part sun/part shade plant - and jumps out of the ground in the spring. Even in this cold spring - my bleeding heart is almost a foot high already at home!
It produces these wonderful little pink and white flowers for several weeks, after which it will provide a nice green foliage plant until mid-summer. After that time, it will begin it’s journey into dormancy and will most likely to brown by mid-August at which time I simply cut mine off and wait again till spring.
The picture here is of our grandson, Tyger, who when this picture was then was 2 years old. A bleeding heart, given good well drained soil and the right light conditions will explode with vigor in the spring.
We have the old fashioned bleeding heart plants which are pictured here, as well as the White Bleeding Heart, the King of Hearts and Luxuriant varieties in this year! Given the head start in the greenhouse - many are already blossoming and are ready to be planted in your garden!
Tags: Perennials
