Bleeding Heart is a compact herbaceous perennial with deeply cut grey green leaves resembling ferns.  Nodding pink or purple-red heart shaped flowers bloom on long leaning stems in late spring, and can continue into summer if weather is cool or stop in hot summers and rebloom as the weather cools in late summer into fall.  Flowers best in part shade and consistently moist rich well-drained acidic soils.  

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, Native Gardens, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Garden, Foundational Plantings, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Strawberry Foxglove, Lenten Rose, Foam Flower

IMAGE: Photo by Patrick Standish, Fernleaf Bleeding Heart