Dicentra Canadensis

Dicentra Canadensis Care

Dicentra Canadensis

What is the plant

Dicentra canadensis, the squirrel corn, is a flowering plant from eastern North America with oddly shaped white flowers and finely divided leaves. Squirrel corn has small yellow clustered bulblets (looking roughly like kernels of corn), finely dissected leaves, and white heart-shaped flowers. It is a spring ephemeral, leafing out and flowering in spring and going dormant in summer.

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Humidity

High

Lighting

Shade

Temperature

min -6°C

Hardiness zone

4 - 7

Difficulty

Medium

Hibernation

Cold Period

Toxicity

Poisonous

How to Care for the Plant

Water
Keep plants well-watered throughout the summer, especially in warmer weather. Even then, they may be ephemeral and disappear until the fall or next spring.
Pruning
If desired, remove faded or dead foliage.
Fertilizer
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 hearts, as it encourages more and longer-lasting blooms.

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Soil
Rich, evenly moist, and well-drained
Temperature
USDA hardiness zone 3a to 8b: from −40 °F (−40 °C) to 20 °F (−6.7 °C).
Additional
This plant has low severity poison characteristics. Squirrel Corn lives primarily in deciduous moist woods or among rock outcrops often in mountainous areas. It is a perennial forb.