Hi, I have been searching for a plant that I remember from childhood hanging in grandmas kitchen window.. I will do my best to discribe it. It was "vine" like, I want to say the leaves were smaller and dark green, heart shapped? It had round white flowers that would open and a red bud would pop out of the middle. I have been told Fuchsia a million times but I have yet to find a Fuchsia that looks like what I remember though it is very close to it, my Grandma refered to it as "Drop of Blood" but for some reason the I remember the scientific name for it starting with a C. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Lamprocapnos spectabilis, Bleeding Heart? (Formerly known as Dicentra spectabilis.) http://www.plantdelights.com/Dicent...ld-Fashioned-Bleeding-Heart/productinfo/1134/ Clerodendrum thomsoniae, Bleeding Heart Vine? http://www.plantoftheweek.org/week006.shtml
WOW! Thats IT, you are wonderful! Thank you so much! Clerodendrum! I have been looking for this for years and everyone just looked at me like I was crazy! Thank you so much, now I am gonna go see if I can find a seller.
Oh, lol, I see you found it. That's good, I would never have though of it if you hadn't added the name that your grandmother had called it. What a spectacular and poetic name. Bleeding Heart. I really like drop of blood too! Very much, especially for the vine version with the white flower with the red "drop" in the middle. Beautiful!