Gold Heart Bleeding Heart is a shade-loving herbaceous perennial with bright golden yellow to chartreuse compound leaves on reddish stems. Nodding puffed pink heart shaped flowers with protruding white inner petals bloom on long leaning stems in spring before the foliage emerges. Flowers best in part shade and consistently moist rich well-drained acidic soils. Foliage goes dormant in summer.
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Origins: |
East Asia |
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Height: |
1.5' - 2' |
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Spread: |
2' - 2.5' |
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Spacing: |
1' |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
3 - 9 |
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Bloom Color: |
Pink |
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance. Intolerant of wet soils in winter and dry soils in summer. Some susceptibility to aphids.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Garden, Foundational Plantings, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Strawberry Foxglove, Lenten Rose, Foam Flower
IMAGES: Photo by David J. Stang, Dicentra spectabilis Gold Heart 4zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) AnitaBeimert, Tränendes Herz, CC BY-SA 3.0, (3) Photo by David J. Stang, Dicentra spectabilis Gold Heart 1zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (4) Photo by David J. Stang, Dicentra spectabilis Gold Heart 3zz, CC BY-SA 4.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
