Dicentra 'Candy Hearts'
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A clump-forming perennial about 30cm tall, with powdery blue-green, ferny leaves, and bearing sprays of delicate, nodding, heart-shaped, dusky rose flowers in late spring and intermittently through summer
Scientific classification
- Species
- Dicentra 'Candy Hearts' (Dicentra 'Candy Hearts')
- Genus
- Dicentra
- Family
- Papaveraceae
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- Toxicity
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Plant type
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- Height
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- Spread
- Deciduous
- Foliage
- Clump forming
- Habit
- Spring · Summer · Autumn
- Season of interest
- Partial shade
- Sunlight
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- Ideal temperature
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Distribution of Dicentra 'Candy Hearts'
Distribution map
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Culture
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Toxicity
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Quick identification of Dicentra 'Candy Hearts'
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Dicentra 'Candy Hearts' care guide
- Moderate regular watering, avoid prolonged drought and stagnant waterlogging
- Watering
- Partial shade
- Sunlight
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- Ideal temperature
Watering
Moderate regular watering, avoid prolonged drought and stagnant waterlogging
Fertilizing
Balanced perennial feed every four weeks spring through summer growth
Pruning
Pruning is not generally required
Propagation
Propagate by division in early spring or after the leaves have died down
Growing
Plant in moist, fertile, humus-rich soil. Best in neutral or slightly alkaline soil, in part shade in a sheltered position
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Common pests and diseases
Diseases
Generally disease-free
Pests
May be suscceptible to slugs and snails damaging emerging foliage
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