One morning while Bill and I were driving back from Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, I spotted some little pink flowers on the hillside by the road. After a few U-Turns, I had a chance to take a closer look at the flowers, and realized that they were wild Bleeding Hearts – Dicentra Eximia.
Last spring I’d had the opportunity to photograph three members of the Dicentra family. One was Dicentra Spectabilis – the Bleeding Hearts often found in gardens. The other two were wildflowers – Dutchman’s Breeches (Dicentra Cucullaria) and Squirrel Corn (Dicentra Candadensis) – that I photographed in National Parks.
This was the first time I’d had an opportunity to photograph the wild bleeding hearts. Here are a few of my favorite photos of this beautiful wildflower.
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
(c) 2009 Patty Hankis
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
would like to know where you can buy the purple bleeding heart have seen the red , white and pink but never the purple
Would like to knowwhere you get purple ones too
I photographed these in a National Park. If you are looking to buy some for your garden – I”d recommend searching the web for native plant nurseries in your area. They should know if bleeding hearts are native to your area and where you can purchase the wild ones