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DICENTRA SPECTABILIS

Common Name: bleeding heart

Type: Herbaceous perennial

Family: Papaveraceae

Native Range: Siberia, Japan, northern China, Korea

Zone: 3 to 9

Height: 2.00 to 3.00 feet

Spread: 1.50 to 2.50 feet

Bloom Time: April to May

Bloom Description: White/pink

Sun: Part shade to full shade

Water: Medium

Maintenance: Low

Flower: Showy, Good Cut

Tolerate: Rabbit, Heavy Shade, Black Walnut

Culture

Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in part shade to full shade. Prefers moist, humusy soils in part shade. Intolerant of wet soils in winter and dry soils in summer. The foliage usually goes dormant by mid-summer in the St. Louis area, but may die back earlier if soils are allowed to dry out. May self-seed in optimum growing conditions.

Noteworthy Characteristics

Lamprocapnos spectabilis has been a common, old garden favorite for many years. It is native to Japan. This is a late spring blooming perennial which typically grows to 24-36" tall and to 18-24" wide. Nodding, puffy, heart-shaped, rose-pink flowers with protruding white inner petals begin bloom in spring before the leaves emerge. Flowers dangle downward at regular intervals beneath long arching stems. Compound, biternate green leaves.

Synonymous with and formerly known as Dicentra spectabilis.

Specific epithet means spectacular or showy.

The common name is in reference to the protruding white inner petal on each heart-shaped flower which purportedly gives the flower the appearance of a "bleeding heart".

Problems

No serious insect or disease problems. Good soil drainage is essential for plant survival. Foliage goes dormant in summer.

Uses

Best for the shaded border or woodland garden. Because foliage goes dormant, it is best to plant this bleeding heart through a loose ground cover or among later developing perennials such as hostas and ferns which will fill in as the bleeding heart foliage begins to die back.