Family | Saxifragaceae

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Heuchera

Heuchera  is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the Saxifragaceae family , all native to North America. Common names include alumroot and coral bells.

Photo:  Jeanette Hyden

bergenia

Bergenia cordifolia is a ground cover and evergreen perennial for shady areas. This plant  is noted for its beautiful bronze fall foliage. Its leaves are rounded to heart-shaped and sometimes puckered and arranged in a spiral rosette. The pink to red flowers appear in bundles during spring on bald stems. Sometimes these are half-hidden under the leaf. It is planted in woodlands and near ponds or used as a groundcover in shady beds.

This garden plant is originally from China, Burma and Mongolia. The wax in the leaves were used by cobblers to polish shoes.

Family | Saxifragaceae

Bleeding Heart's in the Spring

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Gardening | Plant ID

Lamprocapnos spectabilis

Bleeding heart, Lamprocapnos spectabilis is a garden favorite. Bleeding heart has soft green foliage and 1-inch-long rose pink and white heart-shaped flowers. 

Plants form mounds 3 feet across and almost as tall. Foliage generally goes dormant in summer, so be sure to choose companion plants carefully so there isn't an empty space left in the garden. Beautiful in a border or woodland garden.

Grow in moist, humus rich soil in part shade. Can take full sun in reliably moist soil. Prefers neutral or slightly alkaline pH. Protect from wind and frost. Bleeding heart is a member of the poppy family, Papaveraceae.

                                                                                                                                                                          

Dicentra spectabilis (L.) Lemaire
Botanische wandplaten
Plants Illustrated

               

All material © 2018 by Jeanette Hyden for Grassroots Horticulture

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