Plant care:

Plant fringed bleedinghearts about 18” apart, in locations with light to mid-shade. It performs best in well-drained, evenly moist, slightly acid soil of moderate fertility. This plant provides constant show from late spring through early fall if faded flowers are removed from time to time.

Planting ideas:

• Plant masses of fringed bleedinghearts in shade gardens for low-maintenance color.
• Plant fringed bleedinghearts in front of the larger Japanese bleedinghearts, to complement the larger species’ flowers in May, and to camouflage its foliage in late summer as it dies back.
• The many named hybrids of this plant and its west coast counterpart (Dicentra formosa) allow the collector to build a shade garden of a dozen or more fringed bleedinghearts.