Am I Taking Good Care Of My Bleeding Heart Flowers?

Are your bleeding heart flowers planted in a shade?

Are your bleeding hearts planted in a soil rich in organic matter?

Are you making sure that the soil is constantly moist?

Have you been fertilizing your bleeding hearts regularly during vegetation season?

Have you been pruning leaves and stems when they start to wither and fade?

Are you keeping pests away from your plants?

Bleeding hearts do best in a shady or part shade area. To much sun will scorch them. Try making protection from the sun for your flowers. If you have no other option but to move your flowers to a new location, do so as early as possible, as soon as you see the first leaves poking out in early spring because bleeding hearts dislike being moved.

The bleeding heart plant likes to be planted in organic soil. You should work compost into the area before planting the bleeding heart plant in fall or spring. Add organic mulch around your bleeding hearts.

Bleeding hearts love constantly moist soil. Make sure you water them often but do not make soil soggy or flooded. Add organic mulch around your plants because it will help retain soil moisture.

Bleeding heart flower care includes regular fertilization of the growing plant. When foliage emerges in spring, time-release plant food may be worked into the soil around the plant, as may additional compost. This is an important step in growing bleeding heart, as it encourages more and longer-lasting blooms.

Cut back the leaves and stems when they begin to yellow and wither away. Do not remove the foliage before it turns yellow or brown. This is the time when your bleeding heart plant is storing food reserves for next year.

Good job! You are taking good care of your bleeding heart flower.

Not many pests will attack bleeding hearts, but you should be wary of aphids, scales, slugs, and snails as they are the most common pests on bleeding hearts.