Pacific Bleeding Heart
Dicentra formosa
Ferny blue-green foliage hung with nodding pink heart-shaped flowers for months in cool shade. Spreads gently to form a soft woodland groundcover.
- Family
- Papaveraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- pink, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, container, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- CA, ID, OR, WA