bleeding heart
Dicentra 'King of Hearts'
Overview
The Dicentra 'King of Hearts' is an incredible flowering plant to add to your garden. With its bright pink-and-white flowers shaped like tiny heart-shaped balloons, it's a sight to behold. It blooms all season long, from late spring through early summer, and it's not fussy about conditions, making it easy to care for. An added bonus is that its blooms attract butterflies and hummingbirds for a variety of eye-catching pollinators. With its unique shape and captivating color, the 'King of Hearts' bleeding heart is an amazing addition to any landscape.
Care Guide
Watering
Bleeding Heart (Dicentra 'King of Hearts') should be watered regularly, allowing the soil to dry out a bit between waterings. During the spring and summer, we recommend watering your plant once a week, or every other week. During the fall and winter, watering every 2-3 weeks should suffice. When watering, be sure to avoid getting water directly on the foliage, as this can cause leaf spots and damage.
Light
Bleeding heart prefers part shade to part sun when grown in the garden. It needs at least 4 hours of direct sun each day, preferably in the morning or late afternoon. If grown in too much sunlight it may suffer from sunburn. The ideal amount of sunlight for this species is approximately 6-8 hours per day, in the early morning and late afternoon, with filtered light the rest of the day.
Temperature
Hardiness zone 3–8.
Pruning
Dicentra ‘King of Hearts’ should be pruned after flowering in late spring or early summer.Its long sprays of dainty pink and white flowers usually appear in May and June. They should be lightly pruned after flowering by snipping off the top 1-third to 1-half of the flowering stems. The purpose of pruning is to help plants maintain a healthy shape and encourage more flower buds for the following season. It is important not to prune too much since they are shallow rooted and may get damaged. As the foliage begins to yellow and die back, it should be cut back to the ground level. This will help to keep the plant looking tidy.
Propagation
Division, Layering Propagation, Cutting, Seed Propagation
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