BLEEDING HEART Flower
Dicentra or dielytra, popularly termed Bleeding Heart, is a herbaceous perennial, hardy except in the most exposed situations, and makes a bush nearly 3 ft. high. The pink flowers are borne on long arching stems, and are nearly an inch across, heart shaped, and particularly graceful in effect. Propagation is by division when dormant. It is frequently grown in pots and forced in the greenhouse. It is almost impossible to give the plants too much water while they are in full growth. After flowering the plants can be divided, watered for a few weeks, and then allowed to rest until the autumn.
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BOCCONIA Flower
October 2, 2014 by maximios • Plants
The plume poppy or bocconia is a fine herbaceous perennial plant, growing 6 to 8 ft. high, with glaucous leaves and long plumes of buff-colored flowers. It loves a deep, moist, substantial soil, and thrives in well-tilled clay. It is effective if a small clump of it is grown in an isolated position as a form of lawn decoration. Propagation is by division in autumn or spring under glass, and by pieces of root laid in shallow boxes of gritty soil in a frame in spring. Pron. Bok-coney-er.
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