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Bleeding Heart

Tagged as: Plants for Shady Sites

Botanical name: Lamprocapnos spectabilis
(Dicentra spectabilis)

Common Name: Bleeding Heart

Updated 3/2012


*Native to Midwest


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Height : 1.5 feet  Spread: 2.5 feet  Habit/form:  Mounded with arching stems  Zone: 3-9

Cultural Requirements:  Part shade in moist, organic soils.  Leaves will die down to the ground in the heat of summer.

Ornamental Characteristics:  Pink, heart shaped flowers on arching stems in spring.

Uses in the Landscape:  Shade gardens and woodland settings,

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