Dicentra spectabilis | Bleeding Heart | Various
Dicentra spectabilis belongs to the plant family PAPAVERACE and Genus Dicentra This plant specimen prefers Wet soil a pH of 7 . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Full sun
We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Dicentra spectabilis does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Dicentra spectabilis so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Dicentra spectabilis bleeding heart is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Typical mix of: 3 parts Nitrogen (N), 2 parts Phosphorous (P) and 3 parts Potassium (K for Latin name Kalium).
Dicentra spectabilis can survive very cold winters with annual averages as low as -40 Fahrenheit. It prefers moist to wet soils.
Dicentra spectabilis will under good growing conditions survive and prosper between 3 and10 years.
Dicentra spectabilis is a perennial. The flowers are typically of a rose color, with an accent in red.
This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 2' feet will have an overall spread somewhere between 1' 6" and 1' 6"
Dicentra spectablis Common Bleeding Heart Flower plant
Dicksonia punctilobula HayScented Fern Fern classification
Dicoria canescens Silver Ragweed Flower plant 3 parts plants
The Complete Botanica published by Crescent Bloom
"Xeriscape Gardening: Water Conservation for the American Landscape", Connie Lockhart Ellefson, Thomas L. Stephens, and Douglas Welsh, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1992.