Botanical Name: Dicentra formosa
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Common Name: Western Bleeding Heart  
Plant photo of: Dicentra formosa
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Water Saving Tip:

Apply as little fertilizer as possible.

If you use fertilizer make sure it stays on the landscape, and carefully water it in so there is NO runoff.

  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Perennial

 

Height Range

Under 1'

 

Flower Color

Pink

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Green, Blue Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Steve Jacobs

  • Description

  • Notes

Western bleeding heart is a hardy, moderate to low water perennial well suited to shady borders. It has deeply toothed blue-green, ferny foliage that forms mounds that grow 6 to 12 inches tall, but may slowly spread 12 to 18 inches by way of rhizomes. Medium to deep pink heart-shaped flowers hang along arching stems in late spring. This west-coast native is remarkably drought tolerant. Attracts hummingbirds but not deer.