Dicentra eximia ~ Bleeding Heart
Dicentra eximia ~ Bleeding Heart
Dicentra eximia ~ Bleeding Heart
Dicentra eximia ~ Bleeding Heart
Dicentra eximia ~ Bleeding Heart
Dicentra eximia ~ Bleeding Heart
Dicentra eximia ~ Bleeding Heart
Dicentra eximia ~ Bleeding Heart

Bleeding Heart

Dicentra eximia

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Bleeding Heart is a compact herbaceous perennial with deeply cut grey green leaves resembling ferns.  Nodding pink or purple-red heart shaped flowers bloom on long leaning stems in late spring, and can continue into summer if weather is cool or stop in hot summers and rebloom as the weather cools in late summer into fall.  Flowers best in  part shade with rich, consistently moist, well-drained acidic soils.  Tolerate full shade.

Type: 

Perennial 

Origins:

Appalachian Mountains; GA Native

Height: 

1' - 1.5'

Spread: 

1' - 1.5'

Spacing: 

1.5'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

3 - 9

Culture: 

Part Sun

Bloom Color: 

Pink/Red

Season of Interest: 

Spring, Fall

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance.  Intolerant of wet soils in winter and dry soils in summer.  Some susceptibility to aphids.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Native Gardens, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Garden, Foundational Plantings, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Strawberry Foxglove ,  Lenten Rose,  Foam Flower

IMAGES: Photo by Patrick Standish, Fernleaf Bleeding Heart, (2) Patrick Standish,  Fernelaf Bleeding Heart

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.

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