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Dicentra
Also called Bleeding Hearts, Bleedinghearts
Dicentra is a genus of about eight herbaceous perennials with distinctive heart-shaped flowers and finely divided foliage, mostly native to North America and temperate East Asia. The key to growing them is cool, moist conditions with excellent drainage and shade or dappled light.
Dicentra (Greek dís "twice", kéntron "spur"), known collectively as the bleeding-hearts, is a genus containing eight species of herbaceous flowering perennial plants with unique, "heart"-shaped flowers and finely divided foliage. The species are, primarily, native to North America, although several are found in temperate East Asia.
There are several hybrids and cultivars involving Dicentra eximia, Dicentra formosa, and Dicentra peregrina, including (those marked agm have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit):
Dicentra 'Aurora' — Dicentra formosa × Dicentra eximia — white flowers
Squirrel corn · Dutchman's breeches · Turkey corn · Pacific bleeding heart · Komakusa
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
