Bleeding Heart
- Botanical Name
- Dicentra spectabilis
- Hardiness
- Zones 3 to 9
- Height
- 2 to 3 feet
- Width
- 2 to 3 feet
- Flowers
- Late spring to early summer: rose-pink, white; white inner petals that 'bleed' from the tip
- Light
- Full to part shade (will go dormant earlier in full sun)
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Space plants 24 inches apart
- Deadhead for extended bloom
- Plant dies down midsummer - use among summer perennials to cover void left by dormant plant
- Problems
- None serious, rot (especially on white cultivars)
- Varieties
- Alba - white, not as vigorous
- Pantaloons - white flowers
- Gold Heart - golden yellow to chartreuse foliage, pink flowers
- Valentine - red flowers with white tip
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