

formosa) has pink flowers and leaves that are bluish-green and shaped like ferns. It, too, has leaves that remind you of ferns and that disappear in the heat of the summer both are suited to zones 3 to 7. eximia and D. spectabilis than those on D.

canadensis), like Dutchman's breeches, has white flowers, but the flowers assume a shape more like those on D. The fern-like foliage dies back in summer, but the plant lives on, underground, in a state of dormancy. Dutchman's breeches plant ( Dicentra cucullaria) bears white flowers on leafless stems that truly do remind one of the pairs of pants hung out to dry on a clothesline.Other Kinds of Dicentra, Plus a Similar Genus: The Spruce Home Improvement Review Board.
