Hearts On A String
by Deena Stoddard
Title
Hearts On A String
Artist
Deena Stoddard
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
One of our most beloved flowering plants is the spring-flowering Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis). What is more enchanting than long slender sprays of delicate pink hearts arching gracefully in a springtime garden?
As is the common name, the botanical name of this plant is aptly descriptive - Dicentra, from Greek, meaning "two spurs," and spectabilis, meaning "worthy of notice," or "spectacular," which this plant certainly is. No other plant bears perfect heart-shaped flowers like those of the Bleeding Heart. If you press the flowers between the pages of a heavy book, you'll have papery-thin little hearts to adorn letters or valentines. If you turn a flower upside down and pull the two halves apart, you'll see a lady in a pink bathtub, or perhaps you'll see a white lyre with strings of silk. This particular beauty was captured at Nathanael Greene Park in Springfield, MO.
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July 16th, 2013
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