This herbaceous rhizomatous perennial has upright leafy reddish, angled stems and forms a clump. It has pale-green divided fern-like leaves and the pink-white pendant bell-shaped flowers appear in a long arching raceme above the foliage from late spring to summer.

Hardiness zones 3 to 9 

Lamprocapnos spectabilis is naturally found from Siberia to northern China and Korea growing in moist woodlands in mountainous regions. It prefers a semi-shade to shade protected moist position and grows in well-drained moderately fertile moist soils that a neutral tending alkaline and is frost tolerant but drought tender. 

Bleeding Heart is grown for its colourful flowers and clumping habit. This planted small or large garden borders or beds as a specimen or used in a shaded courtyard and planter boxes. It is suitable for coastal and mountainous regions establishing in 3-4 years and is long-lived. ID 3363

Lamprocapnos (LAM-proh-KAP-nos)   spectabilis (spek-TAH-bee-lis)

Fumariaceae (foo-mar-ee-AY-see-ee)