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Message: Dirt Du Jour: {title} thought you might like this little ditty from Dirt du jour April 13, 2009 Bleeding Heart is so tempting, but… then it doesn’t last long in our Southern California soils. Or so it seems. Dicentra goes dormant in the summer, different than dead, so it’s easy to think the party is over and plant your petunias on top of it. I planted my Bleeding Heart in the ground in a moist and shady spot in the garden. I left the pot on, since I had read that Dicentra dislikes root disturbance. In the ground it went, pot and all and a solid inch above the soil. You know, that Bleeding Heart came back in early spring for about three seasons. Raise your hand if you’ve got…., May 18, 2012. You can do this ..., May 17, 2012. Dr. Huey strikes again, May 16, 2012. Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Editorial and Privacy Policies | Contact 17602 17th Street, Suite 102 #142 Tustin, Ca. 92780-7915 All contents © 2012 Dirt Du Jour
thought you might like this little ditty from Dirt du jour
then it doesn’t last long in our Southern California soils. Or so it seems. Dicentra goes dormant in the summer, different than dead, so it’s easy to think the party is over and plant your petunias on top of it.
I planted my Bleeding Heart in the ground in a moist and shady spot in the garden. I left the pot on, since I had read that Dicentra dislikes root disturbance. In the ground it went, pot and all and a solid inch above the soil. You know, that Bleeding Heart came back in early spring for about three seasons.