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By Bjs
- 30 Jul, 2009
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Dicentra Macrocapnos
Climbing Bleeding Heart,Just starting to flower
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Me either TT how lovely....I didnt know they could climb.............
30 Jul, 2009
Yes TT, I grow this one as well. It gets to about six feet in a season on very thin and fragile stems - more of a scrambler than a climber - and dies back completely during the winter. D.scandens looks identical but is supposed to be hardier although I've had D.macrocapnos for several years now and it came through last winter without any problems
30 Jul, 2009
That's lovely.
30 Jul, 2009
BJ, that's gorgeous, what a lovely burst of colour :)
By the way, are you recovered from your Anniversary weekend now ? ! :)
31 Jul, 2009
Just about Louise I am a bit nostalgic at the moment because its not just 50 years we have been married but 50 years in this house and garden and there are 3 things I brought wih me all thoes years ago that i still have .will try and do a blog on them in the next few days
31 Jul, 2009
Great idea BJ :)
31 Jul, 2009
TT Andrew has filled you in pretty well,as for height mine is very shaded and will some years go to 9 or 10 feet ,its when it grown full height it starts to flower
Couple of other things certainly long lived mine is 20 + years,
Each year when it starts to grow its chewed back to the ground by slugs
only to send up further stronger stems within days, and for some reason they are not attacked, its the same every year( strange)
31 Jul, 2009
Aren't these the prettiest yellow heart shaped blooms you've ever seen ! I have the Dicentra scandens and it gets huge. It starts to bloom in late May and continues to grow and bloom heavily until November. It just doesn't get any better than that...:-)
31 Jul, 2009
Very interesting...I thought the white variety was different!
1 Aug, 2009
Just found this, you live and learn. I've never seen a yellow dicentra, isn't it lovely? :-)
9 Jan, 2010
Good news about the slugs not attacking the second growth of stems...:o)
9 Jan, 2010
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Wow, I didn't know about yellow climbing dicentra !
Does it die back in winter ?
How high does it grow ?
Please tell me more... thanks :o)
30 Jul, 2009