General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 24 - 30 inches
Plant Spread: 18 - 30 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Tolerates dry shade
Toxicity: Other: may cause skin irritation
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: The seeds need a period of cold temperature to germinate.
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 fridge or cold room 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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Trade name information:
Trade Name: Valentine™
Cultivar name: 'Hordival'
Common names
  • Bleeding Heart
  • Old-Fashioned Bleeding Heart
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Lamprocapnos spectabilis
  • Synonym: Dicentra spectabilis

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Location: Medina, TN
Date: 2014-04-13
Dicentra 'Valentine' blooms here around the 2nd week of April. I
Location: Apple Valley MN
Date: 2019-05-14
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2019-04-20
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Location: St Louis
Date: 2016-04-15
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-05-07
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-05-07

Date: 2015-04-15
Location: Prescott, AZ
Date: 2017-04-29
Two Month Old Valentine Bleeding Heart in Bloom
Uploaded by Donnerville
Location: From my collection. Poland.
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2012-04-04
Planted 2011

Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-05-07
Location: My Garden in PA
Date: 2018-05-03
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date: 2016-06-02
Uploaded by kylaluaz
Location: Alley border
Date: May 2015
Location: West shade garden
Date: 2016-05-08
Location: My garden in Kentucky
Date: 2012-03-27
Planted in 2011
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-04-22
Pretty in purple
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Plant Events from our members
aspenhill On April 11, 2017 Obtained plant
Black Creek Greenhouse - qty 4; HSG Area 6, X-HSG Area 6
aspenhill On October 24, 2015 Obtained plant
picked up April 11, 2015 ADR - qty 6;HSG Area 5, HSG Area 6, X-HSG Area 5, X-HSGArea 6
flowerpower35 On April 8, 2018 Bloomed
lovesblooms On March 1, 2020 Seeds sown
winter sow
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