Product Description
Dicentra eximia
a/k/a Bleeding Heart- Fringed
Zones 3 to 9;
Part shade to full shade.
Mature size 15 inch height, spreads 12 to 18 inches.
Clusters of small rose-pink buds open to reveal pale pink, heart-shaped blossoms above the ferny, grey-green foliage. Foliage does not go summer dormant if given adequate moisture.
Dicentra eximiais everblooming, flowering most freely in spring and continuing throughout the summer and into fall.
Native to Eastern North America, Dicentra eximiais the most heat tolerant member of the Dicentra family, which makes it an excellent choice for southern gardens. Unlike the Common Bleeding Heart, D. eximia will not go dormant in midsummer as long as the soil is kept moist.
Though this species is heat tolerant, Dicentra is most at home in woodland settings.