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Bleeding heart the plant


            A stream of heart like petals appeal to the eye, but beware it is a deadly beauty. The Bleeding Heart is a plant that originates in British Columbia in the rich moist soil. The Bleeding Heart is a number of plants in the dicentra family, which grow in many woodland regions. The Bleeding Heart demands much of nature to survive to its full potential of four feet. .
             The soil must be drained and humus. For growing reasons a shaded area is the choice of the Bleeding Heart, for it only blooms in the hot months of May and June. When the atmosphere is complete the Bleeding Heart will bloom its red, pink and or its white flowers. Bleeding Heart thrives in moist woods especially in the lowlands and lower slopes of the mountains and may grow in open sites in our wettest regions. You may find it especially in ravines and on stream banks. In British Columbia it occurs along the coast mainly west of the Coast Cascade Mountains with a distant population in southeastern mountains. The range extends southward along the coast to California. .
             Although the Bleeding Heart is a very choosey plant in some regions it is considered a weed. The Bleeding Heart only needing rich moist soil and a shaded area can in reality grow anywhere even in a ditch, rock garden, or where ever it chooses to make its home. .
             The Bleeding Heart is a very beautiful plant and simple to maintain, but come to close it can be deadly. In some rare cases only touching the plant can cause reactions to the epidermis, but that is not what concerns people it is the full ingestion of any part of the plant that has the tremendous reaction. Convulsions, drowsiness, and even death occur with the ingestion of the Bleeding Heart. These symptoms have only occurred in cattle and other rodents. "Postmortem examination of mice showed collapsed lungs, blue extremities, and a distended heart. Death was likely due to respiratory paralysis." .
             Bleeding Heart does have its good medical use, for it has been used to prepare a tonic and diuretic and for chronic skin problems.


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