Bleeding Hearts

[Sebastian J Mesonge]

Aren't these the cutest plants you've ever seen?
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/define-bleeding-heart-1.jpg
They're called Bleeding Hearts. I may get one. heart  

[osozaki girl]

probably my favorite flower since i was a little girl.
my grandmother owned a plant nursery and showed me all the plants when i was a child...i was particularly fond of this flower smile  

[The S k u t t l e b u t t]

Same here. I love it. ^.^  

[Icy-Determination_020]

Thats awesome, I agree I think I shall have to go find myself one.  

[Henneth Annun]

My grandmother used to have a bunch of them growing on the side of one of her apartments. They were so pretty. 3nodding  

[-Resurrected Writer-]

Dunno about them. They're pretty, but the only plants that I buy are cacti (little need for watering).  

[Zandratic]

Awwww....how beautiful.  

[Henneth Annun]

-Resurrected Writer-

Dunno about them. They're pretty, but the only plants that I buy are cacti (little need for watering).

I have a bunch of mini cacti that I stick along the walkway to my house. They're so cute, and deadly if you fall on them. 3nodding  

[Jkiller00]

I Would Love one.  

[The Goth Apple]

My mother raised those ever since I was little. Apparently there's a fairy tale associated with them, but I can't really remember all of it. I'll bug her about it.

There was a poor woman with a beautiful daughter who had just reached a marriageable age at the time that the local lord was searching for a bride. While the girl was lovely, and she managed to get herself clean; the girl was still dressed in rags and was in no way presentable to a lord, much less a lord she was hoping to marry.
So her mother took a needle and stabbed herself in the heart, drawing out the blood and spinning it in her fingers like yarn. The thread of blood swelled like a seedpod and burst out a beautiful gown. The mother repeated this process for a veil, and shoes, and petticoats, and the entire trappings of a lady of the court. The mother gave these to her daughter and her to go to meet the lord, while she went out and sat in the garden for a moment.
Thus clothed, the daughter went and met with the lord, and this being a fairytale, they fell in love and got married straightaway.
The mother, meanwhile, having lost alot of blood, curled up in the garden and died. It wasn't until years later, when the lady of the lands was traveling, she noticed a small hovel with a beautiful garden. Then she remembered that she had grown up there, and of her mother's sacrifice.
Filled with shame and regret, the lady ran into the garden, finding it completely covered in bleeding hearts.

I'm rather fuzzy on the details, but that's the gist of it.  

[the_underworks]

love the fairy tale.  

[Obeydontstray]

Wow I never knew about the fairy tale, very interesting! My Grandmother grew these when I was a child I believe. These and giant elephant ears.  

[Oterys]

They're pretty, they remind me of fuchsia...especially the Chang variety...but I prefer hostas and ferns.  

[Gothic Muffin of Doom]

They're so pretty I wolud like to have some of them.  

[Creta the Otaku]

I love them. They are so cute! The fairy tale was nice too.