Myriad Botanical Gardens - Oklahoma City, USA

Common name: Bleeding Heart

Family: Papaveraceae (Poppy family)

Synonym: Dicentra spectabilis 'Gold Heart'

Distribution: North America

Hardiness: 3a

Life form: Perennial plant

Comments: Bleeding heart enchants woodland visitors in spring whith its pink heart-shaped flowers that hang delicately off its long arhcing stems. The delicate looking foliage on this cultivar is a bright gold color. Plants may die back to the ground in summer but will return again in spring. Bleeding heart is an excellent choice for woodland shade gardens.