| Description | Valentine Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis) has redder flowers than the old-fashioned type. Also, the foliage is darker green with a plum accent color. |
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| Pronunciation | (dy-SEN-tra)(spek-Tah-bi-lis) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-10 |
| Sunlight | prefers the semi-shaded areas, deeper shade the flower production will suffer, full sun it will yellow out and go dormant quicker |
| Moisture | average to moist, will go dormant quicker if allowed to get dry during the early summer |
| Soil & Site | average, moist, humusy |
| Flowers | heart-shaped, pendent, outer petals red, inner white, borne on arching branches on a inflorescent called a raceme |
| Leaves | dark green, accents of plum, |
| Dimensions | 24-30 inches |
| Maintenance | goes dormant in early to mid summer and the foliage disappears |
| Propagation | division |
| Cultivar Origin | Dicentra 'Valentine' was discovered in 2005 as a seedling in the production field of Phyllis and Lyle Sarrazin of British Columbia. |
| Misc Facts | (syn. Lamprocapnos spectabilis) |
| Author's Notes | This Bleeding Heart cultivar seems more compact than the heirloom Bleeding Heart. |
| Notes & Reference | #115-Bleeding Hearts, Corydalis and Their Relatives (Mark Tebbit, Magnus Liden, Henrik Zetterlund), Plant Delights Nursery web site |
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