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BLEEDING HEARTS FULL

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VIDEO created by Andy Pulte for “Landscape Plant Identification, Taxonomy, and Morphology” a plant identification course offered by the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee. The foliage may cause dermatitis therefore, gloves and other protective equipment are suggested when handling this plant. All parts of the plant are poisonous if ingested. It is intolerant to wet soils in the winter and dry soils during the summer. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: No serious insect or disease problems though aphids are occasional visitors.

fruit is an oblong capsule fruit with 2 to 8 seeds.

flowers are raceme-like with 7 to 15 blooms that have heart-shaped petals with a reflexed apical lobe.

green, coarsely lobed or toothed leaflets.

clumping or mounding herbaceous perennial.

Think about the space this plant will leave as it declines in the summer months. Combine the bleeding heart with other plants such as ferns and hostas that will be thriving as the bleeding heart goes dormant.īloom: Spring to Early Summer Foliage: Spring to Early Summer Dicentra formosa or western bleeding heart is native to the northwest United States.Ĭonsider the bleeding heart for a cutting or woodland garden, a shade border, or use it as a filler plant. The native to eastern North America, Dicentra eximia, or fringed bleeding heart, has a longer blooming period and fine-textured leaves. Propagate this plant through seeds or divide them in the fall or spring. The soil needs to be neutral to alkaline, moist, well-drained, and rich humus soil.

BLEEDING HEARTS FULL

It will also tolerate full sun provided that it is in a cool moist climate. This plant grows best in the morning sun with afternoon shade and is tolerant to heavy and partial shade.

This plant is a member of the Papaveraceae family. The specific epithet, spectabilis, means spectacular or showy. The common name is derived from the exerted inner petals "bleeding" from the outer heart-shaped petals. They are typically found in moist grasslands or shady forests. While this plant goes dormant during the summer in warm areas, it can be forced to flower on Valentine's Day by bringing dormant rhizomes into a cool greenhouse in late winter.īleeding hearts are native to Siberia, Japan, Northern China, and Korea. By mid-summer, the leaves decline, turn yellow, and drop after blooming has ended. Adequate water may extend the time the leaves remain on the plant. The green fern-like foliage is divided into 3 leaflets. The bleeding heart is an erect, spring to early summer-blooming, herbaceous perennial that reaches a height and width of 2 to 3 feet. It grows in loose clumps or mounds and has delicate arching branches that are tipped with pink to white heart-shaped flowers. This plant has low severity poison characteristics. Phonetic Spelling lam-pro-KAP-nos spek-TAB-il-iss.