2nd Year Maturity. Bleeding Heart dicentra seeds grow cool-hardy perennials that thrive in a variety of shaded temperate climates. Bleeding Heart dicentra seeds promise well-branched 24 – 36” tall bushy uprights draped in delicate pink and white “heart-shaped” blooms. Bleeding Heart seeds are an ideal grow indoors for adding accents and excitement to any bedroom, living room, or office. Bleeding Heart is easy to grow from seed and will deliver year-round dicentras to your home or garden when others can not. 100 seeds.
Growing Bleeding Heart Dicentra Garden Seeds
- Taxonomy: Dicentra spectabilis (Recently reclassified as Lamprocapnos spectabilis)
- Other Names: Asian Bleeding Heart, Lyre Flower, Lady-in-a-Bath
- Seed Type: Perennial
- Sow Indoors or Outdoors: Bleeding Heart is recommended to begin indoors 12 – 14 weeks prior to the frost because dicentra seeds are perennials that require 56 – 70 days to germinate with full lighting. Once sprouted, seedlings will require a shaded spot in the garden or indoors. Plants may reseed if grown in optimal shaded gardens.
- Days to Maturity: 2nd Year Maturity
- Hardiness Zone: 3 – 9
- Planting Depth: Plant 4 – 6 seeds ½” deep
- Plant Spacing: 24”
- Growth Habit: 24 – 36” tall leafy upright with an 18 – 30” spread of dangling “heart-shaped” blooms
- Soil Preference: Organically rich, medium moist, well-drained
- Light Preference: Partial Shade – Full Shade
- Diseases/Pests/Troubleshooting: Bleeding Heart is a rare full-shade performer intolerant to dry soils in the summer and moist soils in the winter. Leaves will go dormant in summer and best grown alongside ferns and other late perennials. Dicentra has no serious pests or diseases but monitor for aphids, as some indoor plants are susceptible to infestations.
- Color: Delicate pink and white “hearts” stemmed in rich greens
Bleeding Heart is recommended to begin indoors 12 – 14 weeks prior to the frost because dicentra seeds are perennials that require 56 – 70 days to germinate with full lighting. Once sprouted, seedlings will require a shaded spot in the garden or indoors. Plants may reseed if grown in optimal shaded gardens. Plant 4 – 6 Bleeding Heart dicentra seeds ½” deep into organically rich, medium moist, and well-drained soil in partial shade to full shade. Bleeding Heart is a rare full-shade performer intolerant to dry soils in the summer and moist soils in the winter. Leaves will go dormant in summer and best grown alongside ferns and other late perennials. Dicentra has no serious pests or diseases but monitor for aphids, as some indoor plants are susceptible to infestations. Bleeding Heart dicentra seeds are perennials that mature in their second year as 24 – 36” tall leafy uprights with an 18 – 30” spread of dangling pink and white “heart-shaped” blooms.
Dicentra spectabilis, or more commonly known as Bleeding Heart, is a unique flowering member of the dicentra family Papaveraceae and native to the shaded and temperate regions of Siberia, China, Korea, and Japan. Bleeding Heart’s taxonomical classification was recently changed from Dicentra spectabilis to Lamprocapnos spectabilis, but is still widely referred to and sold by its former name. The first specimens were introduced to the west by 19th century Scottish botanist Robert Fortune.