Bleeding Heart in The Language of Flowers
Bleeding Hearts have grown in Asia for centuries but
didn't arrive in the west until the 1800s.
In the Victorian Language of Flowers they have a few meanings:
expressing emotions, unconditional love, and compassion.
The name comes from the appearance
of a drop of blood dripping down from the heart.
It is also known as "lady in the bath" because if you turn the flower upside down and move the petals apart a bit the flower looks just like that.
There are some superstitious folklore stories associated with this flower,
and one is if you have it planted in your yard, someone will die
a premature death.
The scientific name is Lamprocapnos spectabilis and they grow happily in shaded woodland areas. They can be different shades of pink and there is a lovely
white variety.
Modern symbolism of the flowers represent passion and true love.
The pink varieties represent romance and the white variety
represents purity and innocence.
Some of this information was taken from
my book Victorian Flora: A Language of Flowers Handbook
now available on Amazon.
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