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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Other: The plant can be ephemeral and disappear when the weather warms. It regrows in fall or the following spring. The Fringed-leaf varieties will repeat bloom throughout the summer.
Flowers: Showy
Uses: Will Naturalize
Toxicity: Other: may cause skin irritation
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: The seeds need a period of freezing temperatures.
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Other info: To start seeds indoors, place in pot. Put the pot in a plastic bag and place in the freezer for 6-8 weeks. Remove the pot after that time and allow to germinate and grow in regular seedling conditions.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Other: Divide after flowering
Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: PP15,599 (2005)

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Common names
  • Bleeding Heart
  • Dwarf Bleeding Heart

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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-04-28
- These blossoms were so eager, they just leapt out of the ground
Location: Farmer Johns Greenhouse, Farmington Hills, MI
Date: 2010-04-05
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2010-04-05
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2010-04-05
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar BC
Date: 2016-04-18
 1:07 pm.
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar BC
Date: 2016-05-02
 12:15 pm. Blue green foliage sets the backdrop for the white blo
Location: St Louis
Date: 2011-04-18
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