Common Name: Bleeding Heart
Botanical name: Dicentra spectabilis
Height: 1-3'
Width: 1-3'
Exposure: Prefers Dappled Shade
Soil: Fertile
Water: Moist
Flower Color: Pink heart-shaped blooms
Bloom Time: Early Spring-Early summer
Zone: 2-10
Ship Form: 2-3 eye-Bare-root/Dormant
Description: HEIRLOOM; Dicentra bleeding heart has been a common, old-fashioned garden favorite for many years. It features graceful, soft green foliage that is less deeply divided than most other Dicentra species, and 1" long, rose pink, nodding, heart-shaped, flowers with protruding white inner petals borne on one side of and hanging in a row from long, arching, stems above the foliage in mid to late spring. The common name 'Bleeding heart' is in reference to the protruding inner petals of the heart-shaped flower which purportedly give the appearance of a "bleeding heart." Plant typically grows 2-3' tall. Except in the far northern part of its range, the foliage usually goes dormant no later than mid-summer.
