| Description | A medium height, medium spreading plant for the shaded areas of the garden. This is a white form of the more common pink flowering Bleeding Heart. |
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| Pronunciation | (dy-SEN-tra)(spek-Tah-bi-lis) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | prefers the semi-shaded areas, deeper shade the flower production will suffer, full sun it will yellow out and go dormant quicker |
| Moisture | average to moist, will go dormant quicker if allowed to get dry during the early summer |
| Soil & Site | average, moist, humusy |
| Flowers | heart-shaped, pendent, white, borne on arching branches on a inflorescent called a raceme. |
| Leaves | The leaves are deeply cut and compound. They are a lighter green than the more common pink version. This plant goes dormant in early to mid summer and the foliage disappears. |
| Dimensions | 18" tall by 2'-3' wide |
| Maintenance | Cutting back the dormant plant. Addition of an organic mulch helps to maintain the moisture. |
| Propagation | seeds that need cold stratification, division of the thick roots in the spring or when dormant |
| Native Site | Native to Japan |
| Cultivar Origin | The white form has been cultivated in England since around 1887. |
| Misc Facts | The pink form was introduced to England in around the 1840's by Robert Fortune. The name is Greek and means two spurs, which the flower has. (syn. Lamprocapnos spectabilis) |
| Author's Notes | Always grow the Bleeding Heart with a companion plant that will fill in the spot left when it goes dormant. I have mixed white and pink forms together and I like this combination. Have White Bleeding Hearts in gardens for over 18 years. |
| Notes & Reference | #115-Bleeding Hearts, Corydalis and Their Relatives (Mark Tebbit, Magnus Liden, Henrik Zetterlund) |
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