Beginner Gardening: Common bleeding heart, 1 by

wrote:
weedsfree,
I have several plants of Dicentra spectabilis growing on the north side of my house and another on the north side of my garage along with Hostas. They do great in both places.

If they don't dry out, they will not go dormant and lose foliage after blooming. Since they tend to spread their branches, I usually trim hem back a few weeks aftern blooming.

When I first planted them years ago, I thought I lost them---until I read about their dormant period during the summer.

Mine bloom mid-June in my zone 4, shown below