arching flower stems above ferny foliage adorned with dangling, heart-shaped, rich scarlet-red flowers with protruding white petals
laprocapnos spectabilis ‘valentine’
Formerly Dicentra Spectabilis
aka Dutchman’s breeches
- recent introduction from USA
- vigorous, plum-coloured shoots in Spring
- dark grey-green ferny foliage
- arching stems scarlet-red, heart shaped flowers
- dies back in summer
H 2-3′
W 2-3′
full sun to part shade
moist soil
Notes:
Nothing conjures a ‘bleeding heart’ so much as this red and white cultivar. Purchased in April 2019 and doing well. Located in a hottish spot of the ‘Salvia Celebrations‘ planter -it dies back in summer as the Salvias come to the fore but I do not let the soil dry out.
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