Shade Perennials

Old Fashioned Bleeding Heart

Botanical Name: Dicentra spectabilis, Dicentra spectabilis 'Alba'
Height: 2-3'
Spread: 2-3'+
Exposure: Sun to Part shade
Care: Cut to ground when foliage yellows in early summer
Deer Resistant
A garden favorite forever, this old fashioned perennial bears masses of beautiful heart shaped pink (or white) flowers on drooping stems. Stunning in bloom in the semi-shaded garden with 'Spring Bulbs', 'Lungwort' or 'Pansies'. It goes dormant after bloom, so interplant it with some later arriving perennials, such as 'Hardy Begonias', 'Hostas' or 'Ferns (deciduous types)'