| Description | A fern leaf Bleeding Heart that will not go dormant like the Old Fashion Bleeding Heart if given the proper site. |
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| Pronunciation | (dy-SEN-truh)(for-MOH-suh) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-9 |
| Sunlight | shade, part shade |
| Moisture | average to moist, dislikes dry which can cause dormancy |
| Soil & Site | average, moist, organic, never soggy or poorly drained |
| Temperature | does best in the cooler range of it's hardiness zone |
| Flowers | pendulous red flowers borne on scapes holding the flowers above the foliage |
| Leaves | green to blue green, triangular 3 times pinnately divided |
| Stems | central horizontal running rhyzomes |
| Dimensions | 12-18" tall and spread, mounding |
| Maintenance | deadheading will encourage a longer bloom period |
| Propagation | division |
| Native Site | The species Dicentra formosa is native to the Western part of the United States. |
| Cultivar Origin | A cross between Dicentra formosa × Dicentra peregrina |
| Author's Notes | When I ran a perennial nursery back in the 1980's this was one of the first hybrid fern leaf Bleeding Hearts to appear on the market. |
| Notes & Reference | #115-Bleeding Hearts, Cordylis and Their Relatives (Mark Tebbit, Magnus Liden, Henrik Zetterlund) |
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