

Native to the West Coast of North America, it is the West's version of the fringed bleeding heart. The Latin word, formosa, translates to "beautiful." It can be grown in zones 4 to 8. 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.
