lets put betting aside.. and suggest that with ABSOLUTELY NO IMPACT TO the ROOT MASS ... i doubt it will die.. unless you let him mow it again .. and again.. and again ... it will most likely.. regenerate the top part .. and probably bloom late.. out of cycle ... repeated mowing all summer long could be detrimental ... most root structures are storage units for next year.. so how well it regenerates green .. to store food for next year ... will result in how well it does next year ... but this early in the season ... i doubt there will be a big impact ... if any now.. what we really need to discuss.. is this guys use of power tools ... or in the alternative.. his ability to earn enough money.. to hire out these kinds of jobs.. lol and in his defense.. you need to work on delineating the flower beds from the lawn ... thru edging ... so go easy on him ... he was just trying to help ... [and God help me.. not the plastic edging] ... dont worry about it .... back to betting.. the odds are heavily in its favor ... here.. let me put it this way.. early summer hail storms.. can do EXACTLY the same thing to plants.. and 99% recover.. w/o looking back ... ken

That is ok with me. But you did not reply me on the climbing rose! Do you still have it? Balraj

I like inheriting plants like this... and since its a mature specimen and ready to be transplanted I can put it where it'll be enjoyed more. This is one of the plants that reminds me of childhood. ;-)) I also inherited a hosta (don't know which variety yet but then again I haven't looked it up.. although it's a green leafed variety), two peony plants that also need transplanting as they are in full shade, a bunch of daffodils and one lone tulip that needs moved so it's out of the way when mowing the grass. Most of these I will be moving to better locations once the beds are all ready. I realize that Bleeding Hearts usually do not like being transplanted because of their brittle roots but this one has to be moved. You can't really tell the size from the photo there but when it was in full bloom it was almost 3.5 feet tall and about the same width! That's a big plant for this species! You can see the 'natural' division points in the photo though.. and of course I will be following what mother nature is telling me. :-D This plant is under a mimosa tree so right now it gets dappled shade almost all day... seems to really like it here but I will be moving it under my big maple tree... hopefully I won't have a problem with the roots of that tree. ttfn Mystic.

I put a bleeding heart in the shade under a mulberry tree in April or May. It was a luminous chartreuse green almost all summer. In the past month or so it has gradually turned yellow and now it is almost completely gone. It has all turned brown and died back except for a few very tiny leaves on one stem and that one looks like it's headed in the same direction. Is this normal? It is next to my huge elephant ears. It seems that as they got lusher, my bleeding heart got punier. Could it be the mulberry tree? I also planted a beautiful Siberian bugloss close by which thrived at first. Then quit blooming and then one day I went out and the entire plant was black and dead. All are in total shade. Can anyone help? Thanks.