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Old-Fashioned Bleeding Heart

Striking flowers attract hummingbirds to the garden and are excellent cut. Plant in cool, moist sites to prevent summer dormancy, or combine with hosta or ferns to fill in for the dicentra during hot, dry seasons. Attractive ferny leaves.

Companion Plants

False Spirea

Ferns

Hosta

Plant Details

  • Common name

    Old-Fashioned Bleeding Heart

  • Botanical name

    Dicentra spectabilis

  • Variety

    na

  • Zone

    USDA Zone 2 (-50°F) to USDA Zone 9 (20°F).

  • Light

    Part sun

  • Height

    30" (76 cm)

  • Habit

    Arching

  • Feed

    In spring

  • Water

    Weekly during dry spells

  • Bloom Color

    Pink

  • Bloom Time

    Spring-summer

  • Maintenance

    Shear back lightly after bloom

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