Dicentra spectabilis is valued in gardens for its heart-shaped pink and white flowers. Dicentra scandens is a climbing vine that attracts hummingbirds. Dicentra 'bacchanal' has one of the deepest red ...

Bleeding heart or Dicentra spectabilis is an old-fashioned early spring perennial which has lovely heart shaped blooms with what looks like a teardrop falling out of the heart, thus the name bleeding ...

The common or old-fashioned bleeding heart (Dicentra spectabilis) produces sprays of deep pink or white heart-shaped flowers. This plant in the Fumariaceae family is hardy in zones 3-9. The ...

“Kind hearts are the garden, kind thoughts are the root, kind words are the blossoms, kind deeds are the fruit.” Those are the Victorian sentiments of John Ruskin as he spoke of the gentle beauty of ...

These elegant perennials with fern-like leaves and heart-shaped blooms on arching stems are extremely easy to grow and flower early, peaking in May. The taller types make good planting companions with ...

Have you ever heard of the lady in the bath flower? That’s just one of the common names for bleeding hearts (Lamprocapnos spectabilis, formerly Dicentra spectabilis). If you’re wondering where that ...

Now that spring has officially arrived and the sun has returned, our gardens are beginning to brim with activity. Bees are buzzing about, visiting early flowers; foliage is emerging everywhere; and ...

AS VALENTINE’S DAY approaches, consider this a botanical love letter filled with horticultural heartthrobs — seasonal or lasting garden companions that slyly wink at our favorite labor of love. With ...

If you love bleeding hearts (Dicentra spectabilis) but lament the main problem with growing these heart-shaped flowers — namely, their sensitivity to summer heat — you will be happy to know there is ...

Last summer I was filming a series about the history of British gardens and gardening to be shown on BBC2 later this year, and that inevitably meant looking at the career of the famous Scottish plant ...