Origin of "love lies bleeding"

Posted by 3saintjoan7 January 25, 2003In reply to Origin of "love lies bleeding" posted by Bob on January 12, 2003

Not the herb, not the Elton John song-

Anyone got any ideas?

Many thanks-

see shop.store.yahoo.com/ twinleafcatalogue/600081.html
It's an annual with a name derived from its appearance, with red flowers flowing down to the ground.. Question: is love an annual, or a perennial?

BOB:

Thanks! and, Answer: it's a perennial, darling.