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.

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