I LOVE my Bleeding Hearts

[aftermidnight]

"I love My Bleeding Hearts" @Carol Dee I love your Bleeding Hearts too, I don't have any in my garden but after seeing yours THAT is soon to be remedied .

Annette

 

[Nyboy]

i think you guys have the perfect climate or soil for them. I can't seem to grow Columbine, Bleeding Hearts or Lily of the Valley. If I can't even get a plant in a 4" pot to grow, I sure can't imagine anything self seeding. So jealous...

Mary

Mary I am jealous of your outdoor citrus , especially your meyer lemon

 

[ninnymary]

@ninnymary , do you plant columbine where they get too much light? Honestly, I have columbine probably dropped seeds from some bird, and it's spreading where I haven't done anything to amend the soil, so they don't like great soil, BUT, they won't grow for me where they get too much light everyday.

I planted them in full sun.

Mary

 

[ducks4you]

Try again!!! They will slowly spread for you and fill in shaded areas and partially shaded areas. I started with about 5 (when I first noticed them) and now there are at least 30 of them in the last 3 years. Here is the "volunteer" columbine that are growing "wild" in my yard:
http://newfs.s3.amazonaws.com/taxon...nculaceae/aquilegia-vulgaris-fl-ahaines-c.jpg

 

[Smart Red]

Your bleeding hearts, Carol, are ahead of mine for sure. Only one tiny fern leafed plant is getting enough color to call it flowering. I am still waiting to see which bleeding heart spouse missed last fall when he was "weeding" roots out. I'm hoping it is Valentine -- a more red version of the pink bleeding heart. I suspect I'll have to go begging daughter-in-law for another (this will be number 4) white bleeding heart to replace the one I think spouse took out.

Last fall I purchased 20 or so new hosta varieties for a shady space I want to plant beside the woodshop. I put them in the ground temperarily for the winter. This spring I showed spouse where the tiny baby plants were beginning to pop out. The next day, spouse was raking and dug at least four of the hosta out with the leaves. There were also four labels on the ground, but I don't know if they were with the hosta that came out or with others that escaped the rake. Sigh.

At least I did find the tiny roots and replanted them. I've been trying to keep an eye on spouse since he did say something about "digging the tree roots" out of the hosta nursery. That and I've got to get the new bed ready asap so they are (relatively) safe from spouse's over eager endeavors.

 

[thistlebloom]

Red, I have some white fernleaf that are blooming now. I'd be happy to share a few with you.

 

[Smart Red]

Thank you for your offer, thistle, but I know I can get another root from my son and his wife. Close to home and cheaper even than free when postage is added in.

'Sides, it's a nice idea to make D-I-L feel important and needed from time to time. She knows how much I love my garden and understands the problems with spouse. Begging was a hyperbole. "Ask and it shall be given unto" me.

 

[Smart Red]

Thank you for your offer, thistle, but I know I can get another root from my son and his wife. Close to home and cheaper even than free when postage is added in.

'Sides, it's a nice idea to make D-I-L feel important and needed from time to time. She knows how much I love my garden and understands the problems with spouse. Begging was a hyperbole. "Ask and it shall be given unto" me.

 

[Nyboy]

Red the Autumn Frost hosta you sent me last summer is about 3 inches high. I always worry about special to me plants over wintering.

 

[Smart Red]

Should never be a problem overwintering hosta. Those 'guys' are tough little critters.

 

[Smart Red]

Nyboy, thanks for the "special-to-me" status on the hosta. I hoped you would like it.