Bleeding Hearts
(Lamprocapnos spectabilis -formerly Dicentra spectabilis)

Not all the wonderful flowers are in the wild
These are in our yard 5/4/14

The Bleeding Heart
-- Papaveraceae family includes --

Lamprocapnos spectabilis (garden plant)
Dicentra (grows in the wild)
Ehrendorferia (eardrops)
Dactylicapnos, herbaceous climbers

There is a legend as to how the bleeding heart flower came to be.

According to this story a young woman tried to win the love of a young man. She did this by giving him
(1) a pair of rabbits (which are the first two petals of the flower),
(2) a pair of slippers (which are the next two petals of the flower), and
(3) finally a pair of earrings (which are the last two petals of the flower).

He continued to reject her affections, and, heart-broken, she pierced her heart with a sword (the middle part of the flower) which caused the bleeding heart.

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