White Bleeding Hearts

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White Bleeding Hearts

May 5, 2022 by Mike Powell

I am a bit of a romantic, so my eyes are immediately drawn to the heart-shaped blooms of Bleeding Heart flowers whenever they are present in a springtime garden. Most of the time they are reddish in color, as their name suggests, but they also come in other colors. I spotted these beautiful White Bleeding Hearts (Dicentra spectabilis alba) last Saturday at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens.

I was fortunate to be able to get close enough for the first photo to be able to focus on the delicate shape of a single flower. Somehow the little wings on the hearts make me think of angels or maybe the little cherubs that we associate with Valentine’s Day. The second image gives you an idea of the way that these flowers grow in rows, suspended from tiny filaments from a stalk, twisting and turning in the wind.

Posted in Flowers, Gardening, Nature, Photography, spring | Tagged Bleeding Hearts, Canon 50D, Dicentra spectabilis alba, Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Tamron 180mm, Vienna VA, white Bleeding Hearts | 15 Comments

15 Responses

on May 5, 2022 at 7:24 am | Reply Laura Denise

😍😍😍
on May 5, 2022 at 7:25 am | Reply Laura (PA Pict)

I have a soft spot for bleeding hearts because they remind me of my beloved Granddad. He grew ones that ranged from red to purple via shades of pink but I did not even know that a white variety existed. Thanks again for educating me through your beautiful photos.
- on May 5, 2022 at 7:43 am | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks so much for sharing your memories, Laura. I have seen them in various shades or red, pink, and white, but never in purple. There is such a sweetness and purity and that simple heart shape that soothes and satisfies me.
on May 5, 2022 at 7:37 am | Reply K.L. Hale

Beautiful!!
on May 5, 2022 at 7:58 am | Reply Patricia M Osborne

Lovely.
- on May 5, 2022 at 7:52 pm | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, Tricia.
on May 5, 2022 at 10:05 am | Reply kenneturner

Very nice, thanks for sharing.
- on May 5, 2022 at 9:53 pm | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, kenne.
on May 5, 2022 at 1:29 pm | Reply Mitzy Bricker

Lovely captures, Mike. Delicate and lovely.

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- on May 5, 2022 at 9:53 pm | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, Mitzy.
on May 5, 2022 at 2:58 pm | Reply picpholio

So lovely, we only know the red ones with a little white underneat.
on May 5, 2022 at 5:09 pm | Reply Ms. Liz

How well you capture hearts Mike!
on May 6, 2022 at 3:45 pm | Reply Reed Andariese

Very Nice Mike! Beautiful Images!
on May 6, 2022 at 5:58 pm | Reply sv-anui.com

I love these delicate flowers. So dainty and unusual!
on May 6, 2022 at 6:35 pm | Reply susurrus

Beautiful I like heart-shaped flowers too. The striped stem caught my eye in the close up.