Forum home› Problem solving
This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.

What is wrong with my Bleeding Heart?

cazzyfallercazzyfaller Posts: 2
in Problem solving
I bought 2 Bleeding hearts and planted them early summer. They seemed to settle really well and had lots of lush growth and flowers. A few weeks ago one of them (on the right in photo) started to get yellowing leaves and from then it just looks like it's dying and has really thinned out. The other one however is still OK although just starting to show signs of a few yellowing leaves. Is it just dying back or has it got some sort of disease....I thought they were fairly hardy?? Any advice appreciated.
«1

Posts

  • ZeroZero1ZeroZero1 Posts: 577
    They do die back at the end of the year, though this is a little early

  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Mine are just starting to go.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Mine have almost gone, I’ve chopped them back now. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,355
    Mine have been chopped back since the end of June. Really short display this year - they didn’t start until late because of the cold spring and they finished really early because from the end of May we had no rain and temps well into the 30’s. They don’t really like it hot and dry.
    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    They are nearly dead here too. They are returning all the energy produced this year back to the roots, so next year will be a bigger plant. It has been a hard year on all plants.
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Deciduous does NOT mean dead, fortunately!
  • Mary370Mary370 Posts: 2,003
    They had probably flowered by the time you bought them in June.........they will disappear into the ground for the Winter and grow again come Spring........nothing to worry about
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    If they've been very dry over summer, they'll have shut down earlier too. They really need reliably damp soil to do their best. They'll be fine next year.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Mine didn't flower at all this year, but have grown massive. Fingers crossed for next year.
  • Paul B3Paul B3 Posts: 3,154
    A good idea is to put a couple of marker sticks in where they are ; so easy to forget and dig them up or trample on early-Spring growth .
Sign In or Register to comment.