BLEEDING HEART (DICENTRA SPECTABILIS)
Color: Pink Shades, White Shades
Height: 24-36 Inches
Spread: 18-36 Inches
Zone: 2-8
- Also known as Lamprocapnos spectabilis
- Delicate pink and white flowers in spring
Old-fashioned bleeding heart. Largest flowers of the group, pleasantly pink. Round growth habit brings the plant to 30" tall and wide. Blooms May through June. Potential mid-summer dormancy, yet will reflourish with sufficient moisture and shade.
Container
Low Maintenance
Border or Bed
Ground Cover
Cut Flower/Foliage
Partial Sun
Full Shade
Deer Resistant
Moist, Well-Drained
Average Water
Characteristics and Attributes
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Attributes:
- Naturalizing
- Container
- Low Maintenance
- Border or Bed
- Ground Cover
- Cut Flower/Foliage
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Flower Color:
- Pink
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Foliage Color:
- Green
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Season of Interest (Flowering):
- Late Spring
- Spring
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Exposure:
- Partial Sun
- Full Shade
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Critter Resistance:
- Deer Resistant
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Habit:
- Mounding
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Soil Moisture:
- Moist, Well-Drained
- Average Water