Dicentra spectabilis 'Alba'

Sizes available: True gallon

Basics: zones 3-9, part sun to part shade, 18-24" x 24", white bloom in late spring, little lantern-shaped flowers on arching stems, brightens up the shade, will go summer dormant

Synonym: Lamprocapnos spectabilis

Common names: Bleeding Heart

Family: Papaveraceae

Origin/Distribution: eastern Asia

Habitat: moisture retentive woodland soils in open shade, also moist grasslands, in particular where it is in the shaded understory and may even go dormant in summer

Nursery: Van Berkum

Image credit: Jelitto Staudensamen GmbH