Dicentra for identification

[mark smyth]

A few years ago I bought Dicentra King of Hearts and planted it in an almost full shade trough. It gets sun up to 11am. King of Hearts died last year. A couple of weeks ago I noticed leaves coming up and today I noticed there were flowers.

Is this Dicentra cuccularia? I dont know where it came from.

I'll get a better photo later

[Lesley Cox]

I never saw any red on D. cuccularia before.

[Maggi Young]

The red is a new one on me but with those "ears" it must be a D. cuccularia cucullaria form.  Pretty thing.

[Afloden]

In some areas of the Mississippi River floodplain Dicentra cucullaria can have orange-pink noses and the rest of the flower with strong pink coloration. So, yes that must be D. cucullaria. See John Lonsdale's website for some we found years ago. The plants come out a fairly good pink in cool weather.

 Aaron

[ChrisB]

Looks very nice Mark 

[Brian Ellis]

Did you buy a Dicentra cucullaria 'Pink Punk' from somewhere Mark?

[alpines]

From the Flora of North America

"petals white, frequently suffused pink, apex yellow to orange-yellow"

Yes Mark, that's cucullaria (sic)....Note the spelling 1"c", 2 "ls"

[Lesley Cox]

From the Flora of North America

"petals white, frequently suffused pink, apex yellow to orange-yellow"

Yes Mark, that's cucullaria (sic)....Note the spelling 1"c", 2 "ls"

Mea non culpa. I was just following Mark.

[mark smyth]

Thanks Alan

[veteran vet]

I grow one named D cucullaria 'Pittsburgh', came from Kath Dryden years ago...is pink..(to some folks eyes)..is certainly different from the norm...and I know she also had other clones that were deeper in colour that a few folk got hold of so your one is a nice thing.

[annew]

Love the colour gradation.

[mark smyth]

yes definitely a lovely plant