Dicentra Formosa - Cultivars

Cultivars

Dicentra formosa is widely grown as a garden plant, and several cultivars have been developed. Those marked agm have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:-

• white and green flowers
  • 'Langtrees' (= 'Pearl Drops') — bluish-green leaves
  • 'Margaret Fish' — bluish-gray-green
  • 'Quicksilver' — bluish-gray-green — resentful of hot, humid climates and sun
  • 'Snowflakes' (= 'Fusd') — green
  • 'Sweetheart' — green
• pink and red flowers
  • 'Bacchanal' agm — deep red flowers
  • 'Coldham' — deep burgundy
  • 'Luxuriant' agm — red flowers
  • 'Zestful' — deep rose-pink

There are several hybrid cultivars involving D. formosa, D. eximia and D. peregrina:-

• 'Adrian Bloom' (from a seedling of D. 'Bountiful') — dark pink flowers, bluish-green leaves
• 'Aurora' (D. formosa × D. eximia) — pure white, gray-green — particularly tolerant of hot-humid climates
• 'Bountiful' (D. formosa subsp. oregana × D. eximia) — rosy red, bluish-green
• 'Gothenburg' (D. formosa subsp. oregana × D. peregrina f. alba) — light pink, compact
• 'King of Hearts' — D. peregrina × (D. formosa subsp. oregana × D. eximia) — pink, bluish-gray-green
• 'Silversmith' (D. formosa subsp. oregana × D. eximia) — white pink-tinted, green
• 'Stuart Boothman' agm (D. formosa subsp. oregana × D. eximia) — deep pink, gray-green