General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Other: The plant can be ephemeral and disappear when the weather warms. It regrows in fall or the following spring. The Fringed-leaf varieties will repeat bloom throughout the summer.
Flowers: Showy
Uses: Will Naturalize
Toxicity: Other: may cause skin irritation
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: The seeds need a period of freezing temperatures.
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Other info: To start seeds indoors, place in pot. Put the pot in a plastic bag and place in the freezer for 6-8 weeks. Remove the pot after that time and allow to germinate and grow in regular seedling conditions.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Other: Divide after flowering

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Common names
  • Bleeding Heart
Also sold as:
  • Boothman's Variety
  • Bootman

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Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-04-27
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-04-27
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-04-27
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-05-02
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-05-10

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-05-10
Dicentra Stuart Boothman on the left side of the container in com
Comments:
  • Posted by Cyclaminist (Minneapolis, Minnesota - Zone 5a) on May 30, 2016 9:48 PM concerning plant:
    According to Bleeding Hearts, Corydalis, and Their Relatives, this is probably a hybrid of and Wild Bleedingheart (Dicentra eximia) . I think they mean that the parentage isn't documented, but they are guessing based on what it looks like (flower and leaf characteristics).

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