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Herbaceous Perennial

Dicentra 'Candy Hearts'PBR

A clump-forming perennial about 30cm tall, with powdery blue-green, ferny leaves, and bearing sprays of delicate, nodding, heart-shaped, dusky rose flowers in late spring and intermittently through summer

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Size
Ultimate height
0.1–0.5 metres
Time to ultimate height
2–5 years
Ultimate spread
0.5–1 metres
Growing conditions
Chalk
Clay
Loam
Moisture
Moist but well–drained
pH
Alkaline, Neutral
Colour & scent
StemFlowerFoliageFruit
Spring Pink Blue Green
Summer Pink Blue Green
Autumn Blue Green
Winter
Position
  • Partial shade
Aspect

East–facing or North–facing or West–facing

Exposure
Sheltered
Hardiness
H5
Botanical details
Family
Papaveraceae
Native to the UK
No
Foliage
Deciduous
Habit
Clump forming
Genus

Dicentra can be rhizomatous or tuberous perennials with attractively divided leaves and pendent, heart-shaped flowers, usually in arching panicles or racemes

Name status

Accepted

How to grow

Cultivation

Plant in moist, fertile, humus-rich soil. Best in neutral or slightly alkaline soil, in part shade in a sheltered position

Propagation

Propagate by division in early spring or after the leaves have died down

Suggested planting locations and garden types
  • City and courtyard gardens
  • Cottage and informal garden
  • Flower borders and beds
  • Underplanting of roses and shrubs
Pruning

Pruning is not generally required

Pests

May be suscceptible to slugs and snails damaging emerging foliage

Diseases

Generally disease-free

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