Dicentra eximia
Bleeding Heart
Description
Easy to grow, compact bushy mound of deeply cut, fern-like blue-green foliage featuring long stems of rosy-pink, dangling heart shaped flowers; an excellent addition to borders, rock gardens or garden beds; blooms from mid spring to the middle of summer
Ornamental Features
Bleeding Heart features delicate nodding pink heart-shaped flowers dangling from the stems from mid spring to mid summer. Its ferny compound leaves remain bluish-green in color throughout the season.
Planting & Growing
Bleeding Heart will grow to be about 10 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 18 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 15 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an herbaceous perennial, this plant will usually die back to the crown each winter, and will regrow from the base each spring. Be careful not to disturb the crown in late winter when it may not be readily seen! As this plant tends to go dormant in summer, it is best interplanted with late-season bloomers to hide the dying foliage.
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Fall Color
Deer Resistance:
partial shade to shade
average
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moist
2b
1
ft.
18 inches
rich
true