Dicentra formosa 'Luxuriant' ~ Luxuriant Bleeding Heart sustainable-garden Vanilla Strawberry Hydrangea is a

Vanilla Strawberry Hydrangea is a deciduous shrub that gains a cascading habit under the weight of its flowers that persist until frost

The dense carpet of soft purple flowers with dark purple centers bloom in spring attracting butterflies

Thrives best in wet

This cultivar is adaptable to a variety of soil types

causing the chicks to roll away and root

Dicentra formosa 'Luxuriant' ~ Luxuriant Bleeding Heart sustainable-garden Vanilla Strawberry Hydrangea is aLuxuriant Bleeding Heart is a compact herbaceous perennial with deeply cut blue green leaves resembling ferns. Nodding cherry red buds that open to dark reddish pink heart shaped flowers with protruding inner petals bloom on long leaning stems in late spring and continues into summer if the summer is cool or stops and rebloom from late summer into fall. Flowers best in part shade and consistently moist rich well drained acidic soils. Type: Perennial