| Scientific Name: | Lamprocapnos spectabilis ( syn. Dicentra spectabilis ) |
| Common Name: | bleeding heart |
| Family Name: | Papaveraceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia, Europe, North America, S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical, Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Cut flower or foliage, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Spring interest, Waterside planting, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Sheltered |
| Soil or Media: | Alkaline, Humus rich |
| Leaves: | Lobed, Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Odd-pinnate, Biternate, Obovate, Ovate, Incised, Palmately lobed |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Pink, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Green, Jun-Jul |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, three-lobed palmate compound leaves (biternate) on fleshy green or pink petioles; flowers heart-shaped with a drop-like protrusion at bottom, usually pink-magenta with white petals, 2-3cm long and wide, 5-20 per raceme, evenly spaced to hang on long arching stems, Apr-May; capsules slender, 15-25mm long x 5-7mm wide but may not fully for in some cvs. | |