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Title: Dicentra cuccularia rice
Post by: mark smyth on April 02, 2007, 09:15:05 PM

It's amazing what can be forgotten about. This pot of Dicentra cuccularia rice has been tucked away since the late summer and I 'found' it today while clearing pot. It's bin day tomorrow.

How long to flowering size?

Title: Re: Dicentra cuccularia rice
Post by: Maggi Young on April 02, 2007, 09:28:36 PM

Looks pretty healthy, Mark... next year should see you some flowers, if you're lucky. The year after, certainly.

Title: Re: Dicentra cuccularia rice
Post by: Lesley Cox on April 02, 2007, 09:34:25 PM

Just plant it out somewhere and forget it again. won't be long.

Title: Re: Dicentra cuccularia rice
Post by: mark smyth on April 09, 2007, 12:03:09 PM

7 days later there is a forest of leaves

Title: Re: Dicentra cuccularia rice
Post by: Susan Band on April 14, 2007, 08:50:34 AM

Here is a selection of a pink one flowering for the first time with me. It got it from Peter Korn, its name is Dicentra cuccularia Pink Punk.

Title: Re: Dicentra cuccularia rice
Post by: Lesley Cox on April 21, 2007, 11:09:34 AM

That's a LUVERLY selection Susan. Lucky you!

Title: Re: Dicentra cuccularia rice
Post by: mark smyth on April 21, 2007, 12:20:55 PM

I have had some but they didnt appear this year  :'(

Title: Re: Dicentra cuccularia rice
Post by: dan on April 24, 2007, 08:07:38 PM

i accidently planted mine near dicentra stuart bootham which spread everywhere so i was pulling it up and pulled up the pink Dicentra cuccularia Pittsburg! Ooops! ::)

Title: Re: Dicentra cuccularia rice
Post by: mark smyth on April 24, 2007, 08:12:19 PM

I think I'll soon be at that stage due to decreasing amount of room

Title: Re: Dicentra cuccularia rice
Post by: Paddy Tobin on April 24, 2007, 10:59:03 PM

Susan,

'PINK PUNK' !  Who in the love of god thought of that name?

Paddy

Title: Re: Dicentra cuccularia rice
Post by: Maggi Young on April 24, 2007, 11:13:20 PM

Dicentra 'Stuart Boothman' should be sold as a ground cover plant, that's for sure! It is one of those plants whose ambition is to colonise the world, preferably by lunchtime tomorrow if its behaviour in our garden is anything to go by!


Paddy, 'Pink Punk' was named by Henrik Zetterlund......if you knew him, you'd understand!
see this page on the old forum, too: http://www.srgc.org.uk/discus/messages/321/32748.html

Title: Re: Dicentra cuccularia rice
Post by: Paddy Tobin on April 24, 2007, 11:23:27 PM

OK Maggi,

Nice plant but what a name!

Paddy

Title: Re: Dicentra cuccularia rice
Post by: dan on April 25, 2007, 09:12:51 PM

dicentra stuart bootham really is a rampant weed! but a beautiful one!

Title: Re: Dicentra cuccularia rice
Post by: mark smyth on April 03, 2011, 08:50:09 PM

4 years on and no flowers  ???

Title: Re: Dicentra cuccularia rice
Post by: Lesley Cox on April 03, 2011, 10:07:28 PM

Confine it somewhere Mark, a large pot or trough maybe. If it can put all its energy into leaf growth, it will take that easy way and not bother with flowers.

Title: Re: Dicentra cuccularia rice
Post by: mark smyth on April 03, 2011, 10:24:28 PM

still confined to the same pot shown above. Maybe I should repot them