Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Native Plant Perennial Poisonous Wildflower Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Deciduous Growth Rate: Medium Maintenance: Low Texture: Fine.to NC & TN in mountains Distribution: GA, IL, MA, MD, MI, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV Wildlife Value: Attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds Play Value: Wildlife Food Source Dimensions: Height: 0 ft. Attributes: Genus: Dicentra Species: eximia Family: Papaveraceae Life Cycle: Perennial Recommended Propagation Strategy: Division Seed Country Or Region Of Origin: PA & WV, s.Tags: #hummingbird friendly #showy flowers #poisonous #pink flowers #nectar plant #low maintenance #rabbit resistant #NC native #blue-green leaves #native garden #cascading flowers #small flowers #naturalizes #fern-like #cutting garden #pollinator plant #native wildflower #fantz #larval host plant #food source herbage #food source nectar #food source pollen #bird friendly #food source hard mast fruit #butterfly friendly #hot pink flowers #HS302 #bee friendly #Audubon #woodland garden #perennial #wildlife friendly See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties:īluish green leaves and deep pink, small flowers Prefers moist, partial shade with good drainage tolerates full sun if given plenty of water pest/disease problems. Herbaceous perennial to 1.5', arching habit.īlooms late spring to fall lacy foliage are fern-like in appearance flower scapes bear numerous 'hearts' used in perennial garden, rock gardens, shade garden. Inflorescence erect-spreading, flowers pendulous.Fernlike, finely dissected, ternately decompound leaves.This plant is classified as a NC Significantly Rare species.įamily name Papaveraceae (formerly Fumariaceae) All parts of this plant are toxic if consumed in large quantities. It can naturalize by seed dispersal by ants if happy so it does well in naturalized areas, native, rock and shade gardens. In hot climates, it may stop blooming in summer and rebloom in fall. The fern-like foliage and blooms appear in spring and bloom time can continue into summer. It prefers rich, moist, well-drained soil and does not like wet winter soil. See below Descriptionįringed bleeding heart is a beautiful, native perennial plant occurring on forest floors, rocky woods and ledges in the Appalachian Mountains. Phonetic Spelling dy-SEN-trah eks-IH-mee-ah This plant has low severity poison characteristics.

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