Since it’s Valentine’s Day, I went searching for hearts in my garden. The only one I could think of without looking was the Bleeding Heart vine, but that’s too obvious and despite having heart in its name not that appropriate for Valentine’s Day. The connotation is more antagonistic than loving. So I moved past the Bleeding Heart, checking every leaf, petal and stem in the garden and nothing. On my way back inside, completely resigned to go with the off-message but vaguely related Bleeding Heart, the tip of my toe brushed the planter nearest to the door – my sweet potato seedling! There are only two leaves and two teeny sprouts on the whole thing, but the leaves…
…are perfect hearts! Happy Valentine’s Day!
Bleeding Heart Vine
I love them both! Though the sweet potato vine leaf is certainly sweet, the bleeding heart vine captures the imagination. Thanks for showing both pictures.
I originally wasn’t going to post the picture of the Bleeding Heart, but it was too pretty not to.