These elegant perennials with fern-like leaves and heart-shaped blooms on arching stems are extremely easy to grow and flower early, peaking in May. The taller types make good planting companions with ...

Bleeding heart or Dicentra spectabilis is an old-fashioned early spring perennial which has lovely heart shaped blooms with what looks like a teardrop falling out of the heart, thus the name bleeding ...

Dear Master Gardener: I remember my grandmother having bleeding heart plants in her garden and would like to have some in my garden too. Is this a plant for sun or shade? What are some planting tips?

Dicentra spectabilis is valued in gardens for its heart-shaped pink and white flowers. Dicentra scandens is a climbing vine that attracts hummingbirds. Dicentra 'bacchanal' has one of the deepest red ...

Every spring, Dicentra spectabilis, commonly called bleeding hearts, returns to gardens in Redlands. Long sweeping branches filled with dangling bright-pink heart-shaped blooms cover the thick ...

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 bleeding heart is an old-fashioned favourite of many gardeners because it is a reliable, easy-to-grow perennial perfectly hardy in our area. The most popular one grown is Dicentra spectabilis, ...

The common or old-fashioned bleeding heart (Dicentra spectabilis) produces sprays of deep pink or white heart-shaped flowers. This plant in the Fumariaceae family is hardy in zones 3-9. The ...

AS VALENTINE’S DAY approaches, consider this a botanical love letter filled with horticultural heartthrobs — seasonal or lasting garden companions that slyly wink at our favorite labor of love. With ...