Pink Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis)

Pink Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis)Hardy, deciduous late spring blooming perennial Description: Heart shaped flowers with rosy pink outer petals and white inner ones hang loosely from gracefully arching stems Habit: Grows in clumps 2 to 4 feet high Culture: Prefers partial shade and rich, evenly moist soil. Plants go completely dormant in midsummer. Hardiness: Cold hardy to USDA Zone 3 Origin Eastern Asia Although first described by Carl Linnaeus from dried specimens, this dramatic

and Gray's visit leads to an exchange with Jefferson about how many generations of white interbreeding it takes to clear Negro blood

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Thomas Jefferson wrote to Benjamin Hawkins

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lance-like foliage

and the leaves are an important food source for the caterpillars

the state flower of Virginia

All trees now in cultivation stem from the Bartram collection

In the 580 documents in this volume

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deep magenta pink to crimson colored flowers with darker veins and white eyes

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