Hi, I like all the helleborus, Virginia Bluebells, white bleeding heart seeds. I have candy tuft, Clarkia Godeta salmon pink color, pink catchfly, pink baby's breath, feverfew, white yarrow, lemon mint, and arugula seeds up for trade. Let me know, thanks! My

Susan, the seed pods will vary a little with different types bleeding heart. My native d. formosa is packed with full seed pods right now - absolutely no mistaking those or when they are ripe. The ripeness of what most of us think of first when we hear bleeding heart is a little more subtile to the eye... Here you go - photo of dicentra spectabilis with ripe seed (borrowed, not my own) Here is a link that might be useful:

Nancy, I think sowing by early fall at latest is recommended, they are said to not do well dried and stored. What I do: keep a prepared pot, labeled, on my deck and when I find seeds of spectabilis or climbing scandens, I walk back to my deck with them in my hand and sow them. I sow in little rows like a tiny corn field so I know where I've left off - Heaven help the person who ever turns my pot. :) That's the only way I've ever achieved germination with the climbing bleeding heart. Seedlings from both don't usually appear until late winter in my cool Z8.

I have seeds from:Pride of Barbados,Firebush,Cassia,Brazilian flame vine,Westeria ( dark Purple ).I'm waiting for my four Bauhinias to seed out-Galpinni,Monandra,Variegata,Aculeata.I would like to trade seeds,please email me if you are interested.Thank You.