About Bleeding Heart Potted Asian Bleeding Heart Plant

Dicentra spectabilis  - Asian Bleeding Heart

Asian Bleeding Heart is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial with medium green compound leaves.  Nodding puffed rose-pink heart shaped flowers with protruding white inner petals bloom on long leaning stems in spring before the foliage emerges.  Flowers best in part shade and consistently moist rich well-drained acidic soils.  Foliage goes dormant in summer.

Type:	Perennial
Origins:	East Asia
Height:	2' - 3'
Spread:	1.5' - 2.5'
Spacing:	2'
USDA Hardiness Zone:	3 - 9
Culture:	Part Sun, Full Shade
Bloom Color:	Pink
Season of Interest:	Spring

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance.  Intolerant of wet soils in winter and dry soils in summer.  Some susceptibility to aphids.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Garden, Foundational Plantings, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Strawberry Foxglove, Lenten Rose, Foam Flower

IMAGES: H. Zell, Lamprocapnos spectabilis 001, CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) liz west, bleeding hearts and foliage, (3) Hanna Zelenko, Dicentra spectabilis4, CC BY-SA 3.0, (4) H. Zell, Lamprocapnos spectabilis 002, CC BY-SA 3.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.