![]() ![]() They can be grown in full sun in the coolest part of their range provided the soil is kept consistently moist. They are full shade tolerant but be aware that too much shade will result in few flowers. Easy care, Bleeding Hearts thrive in part shade and are easily grown in fertile, humus-rich, moist, well-drained soils.Great for edging, rock gardens, underplanting shrubs or as a ground cover. Their deeply-cut, fern-like, gray-green foliage persists throughout the growing season unlike common bleeding hearts. ![]() formosa), they usually bloom from mid-late spring through the rest of summer and even into fall, depending on summer temperature and rainfall. Not as impressive but still very handsome, Dicentra eximia (Fringed Bleeding Heart) and Dicentra formosa (Western Bleeding Heart) as well as their related hybrid cultivars are more compact plants, usually 10-15 in.Great for shaded borders or woodland gardens, plant it among other perennials such as hosta, astilbe, pulmonaria or ferns to fill in the space left by its foliage when going dormant. Native to Siberia, northern China, Korea, and Japan, it usually blooms for 4-6 weeks in late spring - early summer and tends to decline or even disappear in mid-summer, leaving a large gap in the border. ![]() tall clumps (60-90 cm), and can make substantial specimens with gracefully arching stems studded with lockets of flowers, whose hearts are no doubt bleeding, in shade of pink, white or red.
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