Fringed Bleeding Heart
- Botanical Name
- Dicentra eximia
- Hardiness
- Zones 3 to 9
- Height
- 12 to 18 inches
- Width
- 18 inches
- Flowers
- Late spring to early summer: rose-red, white
- Light
- Part shade (can scorch in full sun)
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, organic
- Planting & Care
- Space plants 15 inches apart
- NOT tolerant of wet feet in winter or dry soils in summer
- Problems
- None serious
- Varieties
- Alba - white flowers
- King of Hearts - blue-green foliage, rosy-pink flowers all summer
- Luxuriant - good season long bloom, blue-green foliage
- Dicentra cucullaria - Dutchman's Breeches, native spring wildflower
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