Unlike other Dicentra species that go dormant in the summer, the Luxuriant Fern Leaf Bleeding Heart, Dicentra eximia 'Luxuriant', is a North American native perennial that keeps its beautiful foliage all season long, and blooms much longer as well. 'Luxuriant' features a low mound of deeply-cut, fern-like, soft-textured grayish green foliage from which rise leafless stems bearing cerise-pink, nodding, heart-shaped flowers. Protruding inner petals of the flower appear to form a drop of blood at the bottom of each heart-shaped flower, hence the common name of bleeding heart. The bloom begins in late spring and continues through summer in cool-summer climates. In hot-summer climates the flowering generally ceases during summer with a rebloom in fall when temperatures cool down. Forming a mound to 15 inches tall and 18 or so inches wide, Luxuriant provides a luxurious accent in shady small garden spaces or groupings or as a border where space allows.