Bleeding Heart, Flaming Heart, Bleeding Heart - Dicentra spectabilis (sometimes also called Lamprocapnos spectabilis) is a long-established perennial in cottage and ornamental gardens with very showy, bicolored flowers. Although the plant, which originates from Northeast Asia, is very sensitive to frost, it can still overwinter outdoors without any problems.
The bleeding heart can be overwintered in the bed in winter
Perennial retires in summer
Although the Bleeding Heart is not directly hardy, it still does not need to be dug out of the garden in autumn and overwintered under protected conditions. The reason for this lies in the peculiarity of the perennial that after the flowering period it withdraws almost completely into the subterranean rhizome and survives the winter there - protected by the layer of earth. Only the tender shoots in spring require additional protection so that they do not freeze to death in the late frosts.
Overwinter the Bleeding Heart in a bucket
The situation is different with the specimens cultivated in planters. These should either overwinter under cold house conditions (i.e. in a cool but frost-free place) or wrapped with an insulating material (e.g. bast mats or fleece) outdoors.
tips
Since the plant retires in good time, pruning to prepare for winter is not necessary.