Companion plants for Bleeding Heart
Bleeding Heart blooms from April through June. It wants part shade and moderate water. The 8 companion pairings below each state why the pairing works.
Blooming before Bleeding Heart opens
Camellia
Shares part shade and moderate water; blooms in midwinter, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter.
Snowdrop
Shares part shade and moderate water; blooms in late winter, before this one opens; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; lower at 5 in, for the front of the border.
Taking over as Bleeding Heart finishes
Cardinal Flower
Takes part sun to part shade and moderate to high water; blooms in midsummer as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Summersweet
Shares part shade and moderate to high water; blooms in midsummer as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; taller at 6 ft, for the layer behind it.
Northern Sea Oats
Shares part shade and moderate water; blooms in midsummer as this one finishes; its seed heads stand through winter, for structure and the birds; taller at 3.5 ft, for the layer behind it.
Ligularia
Shares part shade and moderate to high water; blooms in midsummer as this one finishes; both offer pollinator forage, in different months; taller at 4 ft, for the layer behind it.
Blooming alongside
Hellebore
Shares part shade and moderate water; opens in late winter and overlaps into this one's season; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; echoes the pink.
Rhododendron
Shares part shade and moderate water; evergreen, so the bed keeps its shape through winter; both offer pollinator forage; taller at 6 ft, for the layer behind it.