A woman with a bucket crouching in a garden, weeding a garden bed. - Golero/Getty Images Bleeding heart (Dicentra spectabilis) is a harbinger of the summer to come. In late spring, they fill gardens ...

Keep your plant in a lightly shaded area, make sure the soil is consistently moist, and apply a light application of fertilizer at the beginning of the growing season. Give your bleeding heart some ...

All I can say is “Wow” when it comes to this new Bleeding Heart that is now available to gardeners in the Pacific Northwest. But first, a little background on Bleeding Hearts in general. Bleeding ...

Question: I have a bleeding heart that was given to me by my mother-in-law. My daughter would like to have a piece of the plant, but I’m not sure how to divide it since it has died back for the season ...

Have you ever heard of the lady in the bath flower? That’s just one of the common names for bleeding hearts (Lamprocapnos spectabilis, formerly Dicentra spectabilis). If you’re wondering where that ...

The common Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis) is an herbaceous perennial flower with dangling, dainty pink, red, or white heart-shaped blooms. The Latin name is as descriptive as the English name.

Perennial plants can live for years, even decades, adding beauty to your garden with very little care. Flowering perennials typically produce blooms by the second year, though some will burst with ...