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Dicentra eximia - wild bleeding heart

Dicentra eximia - wild bleeding heart

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Height: 12 to 18"
Spread: 18"
Light Needs: part shade
Water: average to moist, well-drained
Flower color: white to pink
Bloom time: April to July

This wildflower is native to South Carolina's mountains. Clusters of hanging pink flowers are produced on stalks above the clump of deeply dissected, gray-green leaves. It is suitable for a formal flower garden and for naturalizing in a woodland. Reports state that the flowers are  pollinated by bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Seeds are dispersed by ants. It is reported to be resistant to deer and rabbit damage.

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