This & other Dicentra & Corydalis species are sometimes regionally known as "Turkey Corn" or "Squirrel Corn" because the rootstocks originate from a yellow bulb suggestive of a corn kernel. formosa) because the blooms are more slender & sometimes less numerous. It is not quite as showy as the Western Bleeding Heart ( D. "Pink" is essentially the species form, a wildflower native to eastern North America, found throughout the Appalachians from New England to Georgia. The ferny leafage grows a foot to 15 inches high. It is shown in the first photo in a April (2004) portrait.The second photo in May (2003) captures also a few flowers intruding from the nearby Corydalis flexuosa. For lasting-power of its lady-locket flowers, it is an essential perennial for temperate gardens. In our garden it is as beautiful in September as it is in April, with even a few flowers lingering in October. "Auntie Hannah, who had got on to the parsnip wine, sang a song about Bleeding Hearts and Death, & then another in which she said her heart was like a Bird's Nest & then everybody laughed again & then I went to bed."ĭicentra eximia or Fringed Bleeding Heart, aka Wild Bleeding Heart, or Eastern Bleeding Heart, blooms spring through autumn.
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