After going to Fehr’s Nursery in Burtonsville, we stopped for lunch as a Cuban place on the way home. We could have picked a better day for it, as it was jammed for Mothers Day and it took us over an hour to get sandwiches. We’ll probably give them another try on a less busy day, but it was a bit off-putting. We drove to Woodlawn Manor and ate our sandwiches in the shade of one of their lovely trees. Then we walked around and I took a few photos, including a couple of the bleeding heart (Lamprocapnos spectabilis) and Siberian bugloss (Brunnera macrophylla, similar to forget-me-not) growing together under an America holly (Ilex opaca). Quite pretty, don’t you think?
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Bleeding Heart and Siberian Bugloss
Categories: Flowers and Plants
Tags: Bleeding Heart, Brunnera, Brunnera macrophylla, Ephemeral, Hardy Perennial, Herbaceous Perennial, Lamprocapnos, Lamprocapnos spectabilis, Siberian Bugloss, Spring, Spring Ephemerals
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Lamprocapnos spectabilis (Bleeding Heart)
Cathy and I went to the airport this morning to pick up Dorothy and then dropped her off in Bethesda, where she had left her car. Although it’s a little early for most azaleas, we decided to visit McCrillis Gardens, since we were near by. A few azaleas and rhododendrons were in bloom and there were other things to see. Fern fiddleheads were unrolling, there was quite a bit of Solomon seal (Polygonatum species). In the middle of the yard, under a large tree, there is a huge mound of bleeding heart (Lamprocapnos spectabilis). It’s quite pretty and we probably should plant some, if for no other reason than that it would fill in some of the gap between the early bulbs and the later spring blooms.
Categories: Miscellaneous
Tags: Bleeding Heart, Hardy Perennial, Herbaceous Perennial, Lamprocapnos, Lamprocapnos spectabilis, Non-Native Plant, Perennial
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