I would love to try some of your dicentra eximia/ formosa mix pink- red, dicentra eximia white, and thalictrum rochebrunianum. Also if you have any extras of these from your list, I would love to try some, also. clematis speciosa/ stans mix Aquilegia White Towers Nicotiana Marshmellow Let me know, and I will get a sASBE in the mail right away. Thanks for sharing, Deb

Advise store seed at 40F for 6 weeks then sow within 6 months Lightly cover seed soil temperature for germination 68-72F Numberoof days to germination: 12-15 growing time germination to transplant 4-8 weeks

According to what I found on Google, the cultivar you're asking about is a cultivar of the spectabilis type so I'm guessing at this time of year in Zone 5 it's either dormant or soon will be. D. spectabilis is a reliable spring blooming perennial in my zone that goes yellow & dormant not long after flowering. If the roots were well-established when you planted it, I'd expect it to show up again next spring. It's been a tough old bird in my garden beds for many years. I doubt it will survive winter if you're growing it in a container altho' the WFF website says it's hardy to Z3. A plant needs to be hardy to at least two zones colder than its range in order to come through winter in a container. You can sink the container into the ground to increase your chance of seeing it survive the winter. An added note--I've never fertilized or fed any of my bleeding hearts over the past 30 years. As with most perennials, they simply don't need it if they're growing in healthy soil. If your soil is healthy & rich in organic material, your perennials will thrive without fertilizer, especially chemicals. Below is a link I found to information on your plant at White Flower Farms. Here is a link that might be useful: D. spectabilis Valentine at White Flower Farm

Mine self-seeds prolifically. Happily, it's easy to rip out or I would be totally overrun. It's the main plant that has seeded itself into a rock wall. I started from just one plant that I got at a swap, and now have more than I want. I even found a white one this year for the first time. I had D. spectabilis in another garden (not great soil) where it self-sowed some, but nothing like what D eximia is doing in this current garden. It doesn't seem to sow into the adjacent lawn, for which I am grateful since some of my other more prolific perennials do. From June 2010