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Dicentra Spectablis - Description
- Pack of Dicentra Spectablis Roots
- Variety: Spectabilis
- AKA Bleeding Hearts
- Qty Per Pack: 1 Root
- Dicentra Growing Habit: Clump Forming with Drooping Stems
- Final Height: 35cm
- Flower: Drooping, Heart Shaped Blooms on Long Arching Stems
- Flower Colour: Pink Flower Petals with Cream Centre
- Flowering: April - May
- Foliage: Delicate, Fern-like leaves. Herbaceous
- Spacing 50cm Apart
Dicentra Spectablis - Uses
- Shade tolerant Dicentra is suited to a range of planting schemes
- Add to shaded borders for added colour
- Grows well under trees, shrubs & hedging
- Ideal for woodland settings
- Plant a number of clumps throughout your border
- Suitable for cut flower gardens
- Dicentra Companion Plants: Arums, Lily of the Valley, Epimedium, Ferns, Hosta & Bluebells
Dicentra Spectablis - How to Grow
- Handle roots with care
- Soak roots in lukewarm water before planting
- It is always best to start your bulbs indoors, in a greenhouse or polytunnel
- Grow in large pots (5L or bigger)
- Once shoots are 10cm in height you can move out into the garden
- Plant in Spring
- Prepare soil by adding well rotted farm yard manure
- Dicentra grows in shade or partial shade
- Keep moist & feed at time of planting
- Likes humus rich soils
