General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Partial or Dappled Shade
Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Other: The plant can be ephemeral and disappear when the weather warms. It regrows in fall or the following spring. The Fringed-leaf varieties will repeat bloom throughout the summer.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Will Naturalize
Resistances: Tolerates dry shade
Toxicity: Other: may cause skin irritation
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: The seeds need a period of freezing temperatures.
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Other info: To start seeds indoors, place in pot. Put the pot in a plastic bag and place in the freezer for 6-8 weeks. Remove the pot after that time and allow to germinate and grow in regular seedling conditions.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Other: Divide after flowering

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Common names
  • Bleeding Heart
  • Lyre Flower
  • Lady in a Bath
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Lamprocapnos spectabilis
  • Synonym: Dicentra spectabilis

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Date: 2020-05-29
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Comments:
  • Posted by TheMainer (Maine - Zone 4b) on Dec 3, 2022 3:12 PM concerning plant:
    The flower of the Bleeding Heart gives it the nickname of Lady in a Bath because if you pick a flower and hold the white center pointing up, then gently pull the two narrow pink pieces away from the white center, the lower pink lobes form a pink "bathtub" and reveals the form of the head, arms and body of the "lady".

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