PlantFiles: Climbing Fumitory, Mountain Fringe
Adlumia fungosa

This plant is on the endangered/threatened list in several states.

This plant started growing next to an unused chimney at my home. It gets to be a very large vining plant with lots of little pink flowers that look like elongated, skinny bleeding hearts. Inside each flower a seed pod develops and tiny little black seeds can be harvested.
I have just let it grow back and self seed each year since it first appeared. It is a beautiful plant with delicate vines and foliage and profuse pink blossoms. I shared seeds with coworkers last year, but am not sure if they were planted or started to grow yet this year.

A biennial scrambling, climber from Korea and East North America.

Has pinnate, light green, fern like leaves. Has tendrils coming from the leaf stalk. Bears locket like (corydalis type), pink or white tinted dark purple or green, two lipped, tubular, small flowers. Plant forms a rosette when young and elongates int he 2nd year.

Flowers July-October

Requires moist, well drained, humus rich soil in a sheltered position, full sun or partial shade. Likes a cool area. Looks great climbing through shrubs.