Bleeding Hearts

The wild Spireas? I need to look that up.

 

Trying something else. That WG pic. shouldn't be that narrow.

 

When I read the title of this thread I immediately though of bleeding heart liberals!  I didn't know there was a flower called that.  They're beautiful.

LOL, pll !!!  You've been hanging around politics (or KC)  too long   

 

Hi Catmint, yes I do have some of the wild geraniums.  Your pictures are so pretty!  And what a brave good one you are to go out there in the rain!

Also have perennial geraniums, slightly different, not blooming yet.

I think your Thornless Rose is the same as the Kerria japonica in my Bleeding Heart picture ... aka Kerria Rose, Japanese Yellow Rose, Yamabuki (Japanese).   This is the flower, it's a double -

 

This one has a single flower, maybe like the one you have -

They're beautiful shrubs, I hope your's does well for you (if that's what it is, lol)!

 

Thanks for sharing!  They are beautiful!  I keep looking at the Bleeding Hearts at the nursery but I don't have a lot of shade so I'm not sure where I'd put one but I may HAVE to find a place. ;)  My Granny used to grow them and I think they are so sweet.

 

I haven't seen the Dutchmen's britches before--they are neat! :)

 My bleeding hearts get sun in the morning and all shade from about noon on. 

What you call the wild spirea, looks like spiderwart or also called moses in the bull rushes. That is what it is known in my neck of the woods. Nice pictures of the bleeding hearts. I have several. I am just disappointed my pure white one didn't come back. I also have wild geraniums they are different in color then the ones posted. Also the bears britches, I can't seem to grow where I live. I think they are so awesome to see. I have tried before to grow them and they just won't come back up.

 

Anyone else having qualms on periannuals not coming back up this year? Its the talk of growers around here. 

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LOL, pll !!!  You've been hanging around politics (or KC)  too long   

 

Hi Catmint, yes I do have some of the wild geraniums.  Your pictures are so pretty!  And what a brave good one you are to go out there in the rain!

Also have perennial geraniums, slightly different, not blooming yet.

I think your Thornless Rose is the same as the Kerria japonica in my Bleeding Heart picture ... aka Kerria Rose, Japanese Yellow Rose, Yamabuki (Japanese).   This is the flower, it's a double -

 

This one has a single flower, maybe like the one you have -

They're beautiful shrubs, I hope your's does well for you (if that's what it is, lol)!

 

It looks about the same. Only, is yours on one trunk?  The one I have, there are separate shoots/stems that come up.

Spiderwart!!! Thankyou enjoynature. I don't know why I always have problems remembering the name of it. ThankS!

 

I didnt' know that the Wild Geraniums were other colors. What colors do you have?

 

Most of my perenials have all come back. Not sure about my Bee Balm, but, mind was dwindling down.  *sniff*

 

My Bergamont came back, my tall phlox has really spread out. My dwarf iris' have grown.  I will have some iris's the bigger ones, in bloom soon. Some later ones later.   My Stella's are full, too full, need thinning out.  Out back of the house is bare. My yarrow didn't come back, i think. My striped hostas look really good right now, but, the ducks have eaten one little one. I have problems with that.

Fay, mine are in full sun, but, they aren't as full as those of the others here.

I'm trying to figure out a way to redo my side of the house that is shaded. That is where my green and white hostas are. They are very big now, too big, actually, but i dont' really have time to take them up, to put more dirt in and redo everything.

 

I am thinking of putting something behind the hostas, like timber ties, then adding more dirt to the back behind them. Then planting my bleeding heart, and some more Wild Geraniums, and take up my other wild flowers, which has escaped my mind. lol

 

Replanting them all a bit higher than the hostas, to the backside. I have some funnel ferns, too, there, that needs redoing.

 

edit, not timber ties, but, landscape timbers? is that what they are called? The ones at Walmart.

yes, landscape timbers.... thank you all so much for the pictures.  i had bleeding heart up north and it got full sun all afternoon???  i miss my gardens.  and i think i have that same wild geranium in my yard, it also grows along the roadside.

 

thanks again..very pretty...

Has anyone divided a bleeding heart bush? If so, how did you do it, and what time of year is best to do it? I have a beautiful bush but it looks so thick--I don't know if it is supposed to look this way, or if it would do better divided.

Hi fryer, yes it can be divided easily, the plants here have been divided many times from the original old one, and many divisions shared with others as well.

I find early fall the best time, after the plant has died back.  Cut back the dead foliage, then I just split the plant with a garden fork, gently separating and  lifting out a good sized clump.  Just make sure the clump you're lifting has old foliage or signs of new buds showing, and plenty of healthy roots attached.  Don't forget to add some fresh soil/compost to the original plant and fill in the hole where you've lifted the division.

Then transplant the division into soil that's had fresh compost added, they like soil rich with organic matter, that holds moisture well but is well draining ... in a shady to dappled shade area.  Over here, they do fine and flower well with some indirect morning sun.  I plant them fairly shallow too, only a few inches below the soil surface, because the bud "eyes" need exposure to light, and the roots spread horizontally.

Once divided and established, they'll produce even more lovely plants ... hope this helps!   

oh almost forgot ... Catmint, no the Kerria isn't a single trunk - it's a multi-stemmed shrub, spreads rapidly too