Dicentra spectabilis, which is Latin for the bleeding heart, is a perennial native to Northeast Asia with spectacular flowers, which also give the plant its name. The outer, pink-red petals are heart-shaped, with the white, teardrop-shaped inner flowers hanging underneath. The flowers can be admired almost all summer long.
The Bleeding Heart blooms when it's warm and sunny
Flowering time between May and August
The bleeding heart is traditionally a symbol for unrequited or ephemeral love. The pure white variety "Alba" is also often planted on grave sites as a symbolic plant. The flowers are lined up like pearls on a chain on the up to 120 centimeters high, relatively fleshy stems, which bend gently under the load. The flower-bearing shoots develop in the months of April to May, from around mid-May the Bleeding Heart then shows its blossoms well into August. The "Candy Hearts" hybrid blooms for a particularly long time, tirelessly developing small, pink flowers between March and October.
tips
Cut off spent shoots regularly to stimulate the development of new flowers and thus extend the flowering period.