Dicentra 'Gold Heart'
Bleedingheart 'Gold Heart'
This is an old fashioned plant. The new foliage is fern like in appearance and in the spring is a lovely golden colour before gradually turning to a light green. Clusters of flowers are a deep pink and white on fleshy stems in the spring.
Contributed by @kathy
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Bleedingheart 'Gold Heart'
Latin name
Dicentra 'Gold Heart'
type
Herbaceous Perennial
family
Papaveraceae
ph
6.5 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
40.00 M
100.00 M
Dicentra 'Gold Heart'
This is an old fashioned plant. The new foliage is fern like in appearance and in the spring is a lovely golden colour before gradually turning to a light green. Clusters of flowers are a deep pink and white on fleshy stems in the spring.
Planting Outdoors Spring
From Mid Spring TO Late Spring
Plant container grown plants in spring. They thrive in moist, humusy rich, well-drained soil in partial to full shade. They will tolerate full sun in cooler climates, provided they are kept moist. These plants will tolerate slightly alkaline soil. When planting, add lots of compost, humus, or peat moss to the soil to enhance its water retention capabilities.
Propagation by cuttings
From Late Autumn TO Late Autumn
Dicentra plants can be propagated by 6-8cm root cuttings which are best taken in late autumn. Carefully lift the plant out of the ground, do not to damage its roots. Rinse the roots in water to remove all soil. With a sharp knife, take off 8cm lengths of pencil thin roots. Fill pots with compost to which grit has been added, lay the cuttings, spaced out, on top. Cover with a thin layer of compost. Water well, label pots and place in a in a cold frame or somewhere cool indoors. Replant the parent plant.
kathy