Bleeding heart and foamflower pot display

in : Pots & containers: Spring

You will need

  • Foamflower, Tiarella
  • Bleeding heart, Dicentra spectabilis
  • Brunnera
  • Wide, shallow pot
  • Multi-purpose compost
  • Crocks

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Overview

Before the leafy tree canopy returns in late spring, the woodland floor is alive with colour. If you have a partially shaded spot, plant up a container with pretty flowering perennials such as foamflower, brunnera and bleeding heart, and recreate a little corner of the countryside in your garden.
Plant It any time
At Its Best March - April
Takes Just 20 minutes

How To Do It

1Place a layer of crocks at the bottom of pot, then three-quarters fill it with compost.

2Position the bleeding heart at the back of the pot and the other plants slightly in front of it. Fill with compost to within 5cm of the rim, firming around the plants with your fingers to squeeze out any air pockets. Position the pot in a partially shaded spot.

Adam's tip

If you plant up in cooler weather, keep the pot in a sheltered spot, as the foliage of the bleeding heart is vulnerable to damage from spring frosts.

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Talkback: Bleeding heart and foamflower pot display
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Burly_Elmwood 24/11/2011 at 15:28

Thanks for this, I'm keen to build up a collection of native woodland plants like these. Can anyone suggest any others? I already have foxgloves and cowslips - further suggestions gratefully received! Happy gardening!

tosca1 12/04/2012 at 18:37

Pulmonnaria and Aquilegia will go well with those

rosie plum 12/04/2012 at 19:26

bugle and primroses....and ferns and ivy go well with anything also mixed with hardy geraniums

CELIA ROWSON 16/04/2012 at 20:12

I have just bought Tiarella (foam flower) and I see it is invasive, anybody know just how much, and if it is spread rapidly by the root system or selfseeding,and should I not plant it in the border?