Bleeding Heart

£5.99

Position: full sun or partial shade
Soil: moist, humus-rich, preferably neutral to slightly alkaline
Rate of growth: average
Flowering period: April to May
Hardiness: fully hardy
Arching sprays of dainty, rose-pink, heart-shaped flowers appear in late spring above fern-like, fresh green leaves. Easy to grow, it looks fabulous planted in groups towards the front ofa shady border or as part of a cottage garden scheme. As long as the ground is kept moist, it will thrive infull sun or partial shade. Dicentras are northern hemisphere plants, growing from Asia to North America. In their natural habitat they are found in moist soils in the cool margins of woodlands. This dicentra was first introduced in 1816, then disappeared fromcultivation but was reintroduced by plant collector Robert Fortune in1846. It soon became one of the most popular garden plants
Garden care: Dicentras are happy in any good garden soil that is fertile but not too heavy. Enrich the soil with plenty of leaf mould before planting and apply a mulch in autumn too. A light fertilising in March will help enormously.

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