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    Dicentra 'Love Hearts'

    Also Known As

    • Love Hearts Bleeding Heart

    Plant type

    perennial

    size

    • H: 12"-24"
    • W: 12"-24"

    planting zones

    • 3a-9b

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    Dicentra 'Love Hearts' plant details

    Dicentra 'Love Hearts' is a broadleaf deciduous perennial with blue and green foliage. In spring cream and pink flowers emerge. Attracts hummingbirds. Grows well with mostly shade - shade and even moisture water. Does well in average and well-drained soil.

    CHARACTERISTICS OF Dicentra 'Love Hearts'

    Plant type: perennial
    Plant family: papaveraceae
    Foliage: deciduous blue and green
    Mature size: 12 IN - 24 IN - wide, 12 IN - 24 IN - tall
    Flowers: cream and pink blooms in spring

    GROWING CONDITIONS for Dicentra 'Love Hearts'

    USDA Zones: 3a - 9b
    Sun exposure: mostly shade - shade
    Watering frequency: even moisture
    Soil needs: average and well-drained

    Nursery contributed plant descriptions

    This delicate and beautiful Dicentra has ivory white bleeindg hearts with pink tips nodding above the bluish leaves. 'Love Hearts' is slightly fragrant. The Hearts Series offers clusters of large flowers in rich colours set off by lush, fern-like, bluish-green foliage. Compact, mounding plants stay neat and tidy. Blooms for months with a summer rest period.

    By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

    Gardening facts about Dicentra 'Love Hearts' plant

    How to Grow Dicentra 'Love Hearts'

    • Sun Exposure

      • mostly shade - shade

    • Water Needs

      • even moisture

    • Soil Needs

      • average
      • well-drained

    Features

    • Foliage Color

      • green
      • blue

    • Flower Color

      • cream
      • pink

    • Wildlife

      • hummingbirds

    • Flower Season

      • spring

    • Foliage Season

      • deciduous

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