Bleeding Heart, White Diamonds #1

White Diamonds Bleeding Heart

Dicentra 'White Diamonds'

Height: 14-16in
Spread: 16-20in
Zone: 3-9
Exposure: Full sun to part shade
Bloom Time/Color: Late Spring, early to late summer, & Early Fall; white
Uses: Specimen, rock gardens, cottage gardens
Maintenance: Low
Other: Rabbit resistant, cut flower

Bleeding hearts have long been adored for their spring flowers and most have fond memories of this plant in their mother's or grandmother's gardens. A companion to 'Pink Diamonds', 'White Diamonds' is an alpine version of bleeding heart. It has small, multiple, pure white, heart-shaped flowers arranged in lines on stems, that have small white hanging petals that give the hearts an effect of "bleeding". Glaucous blue-green foliage is finely textured, lending to the common name of 'Fern-leaved Bleeding Heart'. This variety of bleeding heart is a long bloomer with mulitple bloom times; and does best in full sun, unlike most varieties of bleeding heart. Plants tend to be disease, insect, and rabbit resistant and flowering stems make great cut flowers for bouquets.