Dicentra formosa is widely grown as a garden plant, and several cultivars have been developed.
Those marked agm have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:
white and green flowers
'Langtrees' (= 'Pearl Drops') – bluish-green leaves
'Margaret Fish' – bluish-gray-green
'Quicksilver' – bluish-gray-green – resentful of hot, humid climates and sun
'Snowflakes' (= 'Fusd') – green
'Sweetheart' – green
pink and red flowers
'Bacchanal' agm – deep red flowers
'Coldham' – deep burgundy
'Luxuriant' agm – red flowers
'Zestful' – deep rose-pink
There are several hybrid cultivars involving D. formosa, the eastern American species D. eximia and the Japanese species D. peregrina:
'Adrian Bloom' (from a seedling of D. 'Bountiful') – dark pink flowers, bluish-green leaves
'Aurora' (D. formosa × D. eximia) – pure white, gray-green – particularly tolerant of hot-humid climates
'Bountiful' (D. formosa subsp.
oregana × D. eximia) – rosy red, bluish-green
'Gothenburg' (D. formosa subsp.
oregana × D. peregrina f. alba) – light pink, compact
'King of Hearts' – D. peregrina × (D. formosa subsp.
oregana × D. eximia) – pink, bluish-gray-green
'Silversmith' (D. formosa subsp.
oregana × D. eximia) – white pink-tinted, green
'Stuart Boothman' agm (D. formosa subsp.
oregana × D. eximia) – deep pink, gray-green
Dicentra formosa is widely grown as a garden plant, and several cultivars have been developed. Those marked agm have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:
white and green flowers
'Langtrees' (= 'Pearl Drops') – bluish-green leaves
'Margaret Fish' – bluish-gray-green
'Quicksilver' – bluish-gray-green – resentful of hot, humid climates and sun
'Snowflakes' (= 'Fusd') – green
'Sweetheart' – green
pink and red flowers
'Bacchanal' agm – deep red flowers
'Coldham' – deep burgundy
'Luxuriant' agm – red flowers
'Zestful' – deep rose-pink
There are several hybrid cultivars involving D. formosa, the eastern American species D. eximia and the Japanese species D. peregrina:
'Adrian Bloom' (from a seedling of D. 'Bountiful') – dark pink flowers, bluish-green leaves
'Aurora' (D. formosa × D. eximia) – pure white, gray-green – particularly tolerant of hot-humid climates
'Bountiful' (D. formosa subsp. oregana × D. eximia) – rosy red, bluish-green
'Gothenburg' (D. formosa subsp. oregana × D. peregrina f. alba) – light pink, compact
'King of Hearts' – D. peregrina × (D. formosa subsp. oregana × D. eximia) – pink, bluish-gray-green
'Silversmith' (D. formosa subsp. oregana × D. eximia) – white pink-tinted, green
'Stuart Boothman' agm (D. formosa subsp. oregana × D. eximia) – deep pink, gray-green
Dicentra formosa