King of Hearts Bleeding Heart

Dicentra x 'King of Hearts'

Sku #0481

An outstanding small but powerful bleeding heart. Produces quaint heart-shaped flowers with more intense rosy pink coloring. Extra long bloom season extends from mid-spring through summer, in some locations into fall. Soft grayish green foliage provides attractive contrast against dark green bleeding hearts and ferns. An herbaceous perennial.

Light Needs

Full to partial shade

Light Needs
Water Needs

Water regularly - weekly, or more often in extreme heat.
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Key Feature

Woodland Garden Plant

Light Needs

Full to partial shade

Landscape Uses

Border, Cutting Garden, Mass Planting, Woodland Garden

Watering Needs:Water regularly - weekly, or more often in extreme heat.

Botanical Pronunciation:dy-SEN-tra

Plant type:Perennial

Deciduous/evergreen:Herbaceous

Growth habit:Mounding

Growth rate:Moderate

Average landscape size:Fast growing; reaches 10 to 12 in. tall, 15 in. wide.

Special features:Easy Care

Foliage color:Green

Blooms:Spring through Summer

Flower color:Pink

Flower attributesFlowers for Cutting, Showy Flowers

Garden styleCottage, Rustic

Companion PlantsHosta (Hosta); Lungwort (Pulmonaria); Fern (Asplenium); Ligularia (Ligularia); Coral Bells (Heuchera)

Care

Care Information

Prefers fertile, humusy, neutral pH, loose, well-drained soils; avoid heavy, soggy soils. Water deeply, regularly in first growing season to establish an extensive root system. May go dormant in hot, dry summer conditions. Apply a low-nitrogen fertilizer in early spring. Remove old, faded foliage before new leaves emerge in spring.

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