Lamprocapnos spectabilis 'Alba'
bleeding heart (syn. Dicentra spectabilis Alba)
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: moist, humus-rich, preferably neutral to slightly alkaline
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: April to May
- Hardiness: fully hardy
Arching sprays of dainty, pure white, heart-shaped flowers appear in late spring above fern-like, fresh green leaves. Easy to grow, this elegant dicentra is ideal for illuminating a woodland garden or as part of a cottage garden scheme. As long as the ground is kept moist, it will thrive in full sun or partial shade.
Dicentras are northern hemisphere plants, growing from Asia to North America. In their natural habitat they are found in moist soils in the cool margins of woodlands. This dicentra was first introduced in 1816, then disappeared from cultivation but was reintroduced by plant collector Robert Fortune in 1846. It soon became one of the most popular garden plants. - Garden care: Dicentras are happy in any good garden soil that's fertile but not too heavy. Enrich the soil with plenty of leaf mould before planting and apply a mulch in autumn too. A light fertilising in March will help enormously.
Polystichum setiferum (Divisilobum Group) 'Herrenhausen'
soft shield fern
Evergreen fern with fine, filegree fronds.
£8.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Pulmonaria saccharata 'Mrs Moon'
lungwort
Blue-lilac flowers green leaves with white spots
£8.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Pulmonaria 'Sissinghurst White'
lungwort
Pure white flowers green leaves with white spots
£7.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Asplenium scolopendrium
hart's tongue fern / horse tongue
A handsome evergreen fern for a shady spot
£8.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Acer platanoides 'Drummondii'
Norway maple
Outstanding cultivar with variegated leaves
£49.99
10lt pot (1.5-1.8m)
within 2 weeks
Polygonatum × hybridum
common Solomon's seal (Syn. Polygonatum multiflorum)
Creamy white flowers blue-black berries
£8.99
2 litre pot
available to order from late summer 2013
Narcissus 'Actaea'
poeticus daffodil bulbs
An old fashioned scented variety
£3.49
10 bulbs
available to order from late summer 2013
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Dicentra
I have two beautiful, huge Dicentras - one white, one pink - next to each other in a border. The problem is that they kill everything that I plant near them, just because of their size. By this time of year, now that they have both died back, I have a big empty patch in the border. Can you suggest anything that will not mind being climbed all over in the summer and that will be coming into its own at this time of year?Asked on 8/29/2006 by Jo Fantozzi1 answer
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This is tricky, but you could underplant them with Cyclamen hederifolium. These pop up in autumn and flower through to January before dying back again for the summer. Just click on the following link to go straight to them. http://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/perennials/alpines/cyclamen-hederifolium-/classid.1075/Answered on 2/9/2011 by helen.derrin
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The gleaming white form, with large, heart-shaped lockets suspended on arching green stems -framed by light-green foliage
Val Bourne - Garden Writer