Plant Care Tips : How to Grow Bleeding Heart (Dicentra)

In order to grow Bleeding Hearts, they must be put in the shade and planted about 3 inches above the roots. Grow Dicentra flowers by keeping the roots moist with tips from a gardening specialist in this free video on plant and flower care.

Expert: Yolanda Vanveen
Contact: www.vanveenbulbs.com
Bio: Yolanda Vanveen is sustainable gardener who lives in Kalama, Wash.
Filmmaker: Daron Stetner

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Howto & Style

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• plants
• flowers
• gardens
• compost
• sunlight
• water

[00k83n00]

im currently looking for bleeding heart bulbs... the first bleeding heart i didnt know it perennial... TT_TT it was my favorite then it started to lose leaves and flowers, my dad threw it out augh!

[deewiskow]

I have a huge bleeding heart that came with my new house. How do I care for it and how do I share with friends? When in full bloom, it's about 5 feet wide and 3 feet tall. I want to share but I don't want to end up killing it. I live in Minnesota and need to know what time of year is best to do this and anything else that I should know. Fyi, I'm a bit of a novice gardener so anything helps :)

[akwolfsong]

These are hardy plants! My neighbor had her foundation worked on and the company ripped all her flower beds up. They hacked the beautiful huge bleeding heart plant to peices :( I asked if I could salvage it. THey said "sure if you can". I dug a hole on the Swest side of my apartment complext, planted her and prayed it would work. Shockingly it survived and every year gets prettier. I live in Alaska so our sumer is short, wet, and cold but this plant is amazingly strong! :D

[RavishingRedheadd]

i just bought a small seedling root of a bleeding heart and i live in the north east.should i plant them in april? or wait till after the first frost till mid may?please let me know of some tips.i never had one and looking forward to adding it to my garden!

[Boygasm]

Can you show us how to cut them back properly? I've ordered a bulb of Bleeding Heart and they rotted as soon I planted them. But then I noticed they started spouting and I kept watering them. Right now they are leafy and pretty. So upon reading about cutting them back, I was wondering if you could demonstrate that. Thanks!

[TarahKatherine]

Hello i just got my bleeding hearts about 5 in a bag all that i had was the root, was kinda orangy in color and a little bit of white im assuming that is the top of it, i hope they do okay , lastyear i planted in pure shade and they did not do very well i am assuming i didnt water enough =( Thanks for your video i hope my plants turn out!!