Dicentra 'Luxuriant' (25) plants
a/k/a Bleeding Heart- Fern-leaved; Western Bleeding Heart.
Zones 3 to 9;
Full sun to full shade.
Mature size 12 to 15 inch height, spreads 12 to 18 inches.
Cherry red, heart-shaped blooms dangle above spreading mounds of ferny, blue-green foliage. Dicentra 'Luxuriant' is everblooming, flowering most freely in spring and continuing throughout the summer and into fall. It also seems to tolerate more sun and summer heat than most other varieties. Unlike the Common Bleeding Heart, D. 'Luxuriant' will not go dormant in midsummer as long as the soil is kept moist.
Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit 1993
Though this species is sun tolerant, Dicentra is most at home in woodland settings. It likes rich, loose soil that is evenly moist but also well-drained. At planting time, add lots of compost, humus, or peat moss to the soil to enhance its water retention capabilities. Plants will not grow well in heavy clay soils.
Dicentra should be planted in locations that are protected from high winds and early frosts, such as the edges of woodlands or on the north or east sides of buildings. This species self-seeds readily, and the resulting seedlings are easy to transplant.
Use this long bloomer as border plants, containers, for cut flowers, for edging, and in mass plantings. Attracts hummingbirds. Deer resistant. |
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