Japanese Bleeding Heart, Lyre Flower, Old
Fashioned Bleeding
Heart
2-9
Round growth habit
2-3 feet tall
Flowers are arranged in simple secund racemes,
to 9 inches long, flowers pendent to 1˝ long, basally
cordate, outer petals rose-red with tips reflected,
inner ones white and exserted.
Late spring to early summer
Leaves ternately compound or dissected,
segments
obovate or cuneate.
'Alba' - White flowers, not as vigorous as the species.