Is Fringed Bleeding Heart deer resistant?
Dicentra eximia
Plant typePerennialHardinessZones 3–9LightFull shade to part shade
MaintenanceLow, mostly leave it alone
Native range15 US states
About Fringed Bleeding Heart
The native cousin of the common bleeding heart, and the better garden plant: it keeps its ferny foliage all season instead of dying back in July, and flowers on and off until frost.
Soil and care
- Soil pH
- 5.5 to 7
- Drainage
- Consistently moist
- Water
- Moderate
- Spacing
- 12 to 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Maintenance
- Low
Similar to Fringed Bleeding Heart
Other perennials with the same deer rating.
- Anise HyssopAgastache sp.Zones 4–9, genus rangeRarely damaged
- Basket of GoldAurinia saxatilisZones 3–7Rarely damaged
- Bearded IrisIris germanicaZones 3–9Rarely damaged
- Bigleaf GoldenrayLigularia dentataZones 4–8Rarely damaged
- Bleeding HeartLamprocapnos spectabilisZones 3–9Rarely damaged
- Butter and EggsLinaria vulgarisZones 3–9Rarely damaged
Where Fringed Bleeding Heart grows
Hardy across most of these 51 states on zone range alone. Mountain and coastal areas sit outside the ranges used here, so check your own zone before ordering.
- Pennsylvanianative
- New Jerseynative
- New Yorknative
- Connecticut
- Massachusettsnative
- Virginianative
- Marylandnative
- Michigannative
- Wisconsin
- Ohionative
- Indiana
- Illinoisnative
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- North Carolinanative
- Tennesseenative
- Georgianative
- Texas
- Colorado
- California
- Oregon
- Washington
- New Hampshire
- Vermontnative
- Maine
- Rhode Island
- Delaware
- West Virginianative
- Kentucky
- South Carolinanative
- Florida
- Alabama
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
- Arkansas
- Oklahoma
- Kansas
- Nebraska
- Iowa
- North Dakota
- South Dakota
- Montana
- Wyoming
- Idaho
- Utah
- Nevada
- Arizona
- New Mexico
- Alaska
- District of Columbia
- Hawaii
Highlighted states are within its native range according to the USDA PLANTS database, where it is native to 15 US states in total.
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Common questions about Fringed Bleeding Heart
- Is Fringed Bleeding Heart deer resistant?
- Fringed Bleeding Heart (Dicentra eximia) is rated Rarely Damaged on the Rutgers NJAES four-tier scale. Deer almost always leave this alone.
- What hardiness zones does Fringed Bleeding Heart grow in?
- Fringed Bleeding Heart is hardy in USDA zones 3 to 9. Outside that range it will either not survive winter or will struggle with summer heat.
- Does Fringed Bleeding Heart grow in shade?
- Yes. Fringed Bleeding Heart tolerates full shade to part shade, which makes it one of the options for a shaded bed where deer also browse.