| Description | The red heart shaped flowers are lined with white creating an interesting contrast to the flower. |
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| Pronunciation | (dy-SEN-truh) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-9 |
| Sunlight | part sun, part shade, shade |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Soil & Site | average, well drained, never dry in the summer or soggy wet in the winter |
| Flowers | red heart shaped flowers edged in white, has a long season of bloom compared to other Dicentra |
| Leaves | fern-like highly dissected glaucous foliage, foliage lasts longer in cool moist conditions |
| Dimensions | 12-15 inches high by 3/4 spread |
| Maintenance | dead heading encourages increase blooms |
| Propagation | PP20797, division |
| Cultivar Origin | Burning Hearts is the result of a planned cross by Akira Shiozaki of Japan, of Dicentra peregrina rubra and Dicentra eximia yielding improved vigor, more flowers, and a longer flowering period (Bluestone Perennials web site. |
| Misc Facts | Dicentra is from dis, twice, and kentron, a spur, which refers to the shape of the corolla |
| Author's Notes | The flowers on this Dicentra as about as red as I have seen on Bleeding Hearts. |
| Notes & Reference | #115-Bleeding Hearts, Corydalis and Their Relatives (Mark Tebbit, Magnus Liden, Henrik Zetterlund) |
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