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> One of the most popular of old-fashioned garden plants [...] with a somewhat ferny appearance. [...] Performs best in a rich, moist soil with partial shade, or at least protection from hot afternoon sun. After flowering, the plants should be sheared back to 6 inches tall, to rejuvenate the foliage. Even still, these often go completely dormant by midsummer, to return again the following spring. ([[http://www.perennials.com/plants/dicentra-spectabilis.html|perennials.com]]) | > One of the most popular of old-fashioned garden plants [...] with a somewhat ferny appearance. [...] Performs best in a rich, moist soil with partial shade, or at least protection from hot afternoon sun. After flowering, the plants should be sheared back to 6 inches tall, to rejuvenate the foliage. Even still, these often go completely dormant by midsummer, to return again the following spring. ([[http://www.perennials.com/plants/dicentra-spectabilis.html|perennials.com]]) | ||
- | > Division in early spring. Root cuttings are a better idea as the plant resents being disturbed because of the brittle roots; roots cuttings have a better chance if the cutting has the beginning of a bud already showing. [[http://www.wildchicken.com/nature/garden/nature_200_080.htm|whildchicken.com]] | + | ---- |
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+ | > Dicentras are happy in any good garden soil that's fertile but not too heavy. Enrich the soil with plenty of leaf mould before planting and apply a mulch in autumn too. A light fertilising in March will help enormously. ([[http://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/perennials/classid.2690/|crocus]]) | ||
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+ | > Division in early spring. Root cuttings are a better idea as the plant resents being disturbed because of the brittle roots; roots cuttings have a better chance if the cutting has the beginning of a bud already showing. ([[http://www.wildchicken.com/nature/garden/nature_200_080.htm|whildchicken.com]]) | ||
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