My grandmother potted this for me last year and called it a bleeding heart. But it looks just like a columbine bloom, only it’s clumpy and grows much taller than my purple columbines. And the internet returns something much different when I search for “bleeding heart.” So I’m going to call it a columbine, at the risk of inciting grandmotherly rage.
What else is out there?
Snapdragons, I forget what it’s called.
Creeping phlox, little moonflower weed thingies (they are on their last legs)
azaleas (I’ve got several varieties in pink, hot pink, and white), columbine
tulip (last of the petals just fell), armeria, vinca
verbena, purity candytuft
There’s a variety of azaelea that has bronzy leaves and salmon-colored flowers- blooms a bit later than the pinks and whites. Love it!
Those are some beautiful heart shaped petals on the side of that flower, but you’re right it’s a Columbine and not a bleeding heart. You need a gold bleeding heart for the contrast of yellow foliage against the hot pink flowers though, when you get one. I drool thinking of the photos you could take.
http://www.monrovia.com/plant-catalog/plants/1194/gold-heart-bleeding-heart.php