The classic old-fashioned bleeding heart plant has pretty, medium-pink hearts.
The chunk of plant I got from my grandma’s plant many years ago gets nearly 4 feet tall each year and has thrived despite many dry summers.
Last year a bleeding heart plant with little red hearts caught my eye at the garden center. Appropriately, it’s called ‘Valentine’.
‘Valentine’ received the “Award of Garden Merit” from the Royal Horticultural Society. Those red hearts appear on arching flower stems.
The plants grow up to 30 inches tall and prefer part shade and moist, well-drained soil.
Rabbits and deer don’t bother ‘Valentine’, so why the chickenwire? My plant grows in a bed with annuals that rabbits absolutely adore.
‘Valentine’ really stands out from a distance. Like other bleeding hearts, it may disappear entirely during the summer months. I planted some anise hyssop volunteers right next to the plant so something will still be blooming in that spot in mid-summer.
‘Valentine’ bloomed during the entire month of May for me this year.