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.
