Dicentra 'Burning Hearts' PP20797

Dicentra 'Burning Hearts' Fern-leaved Bleeding Heart

Common Name: Fern-leaved Bleeding Heart

Wow! Oooh! That’s fantastic! These are the common responses given when one sees this plant for the first time. It will blow you away!

You’ve never seen flowers so red on a Dicentra until you’ve seen ‘Burning Hearts’. The contrast between the blue-gray, ferny foliage and bright rose red, heart-shaped flowers is striking. This plant forms a compact mound of foliage topped with arched flowering stems from late spring into early fall.

It looks beautiful as a specimen in containers but could also be incorporated into the front of the border or along pathways. According to Paul Pilon of Perennial Solutions, the compact height and early flowering capability makes this plant suitable for production as a spring flowering perennial, containerized plant, or even as an indoor flowering house plant.

Height:

10.0-12.0 Inches

Spread:

12.0 Inches

Hardiness Zones:

3,4,5,6,7,8,9

Flower Color:

Red shades

Foliage Color:

Silver/grey shades

Sunlight:

Full Sun (> 6 hrs. Direct Sun) Part Shade (4-6 hrs. Direct Sun)

Water Requirements:

Average Water Needs

Soil Quality:

Average Soil Quality

Soil Chemistry:

Acidic Soil (pH < 7.0) Neutral Soil (pH = 7.0) Alkaline Soil (pH > 7.0)

Bloomtime:

Late Spring Early Summer Midsummer Late Summer Early Fall Long Blooming

Attracts Wings:

Attracts Hummingbirds

Critter Resistant:

Deer Resistant

Growth Rate:

Slow Medium

Garden Style:

Asian Patio Container Cottage Eclectic Rock Garden

Other Features:

Border Plant Container Cut Flower Cut Foliage

Origin:

Not Native to North America

Dicentra 'Burning Hearts' is different from the other bleeding hearts you may be familiar with in that it is not a woodland plant. It is from high elevations in cool climates and it can grow in full sun there, much like an alpine. It will not grow well in heavy clay soils and does not need deep, moist soils like most Dicentras. Give this one more sun than you would typically give a Dicentra and you will be rewarded with stronger growth and more flowers.

Awards

Plantarium Gold Medal -- 2008

Characteristics