This plant is best known under variety name “Bleeding Heart Vine”. Fowers are usually red and the bracts are white or purple. Feed the Bleeding Heart vine flower plant every 2 weeks. You can also add composted cow manure to the mix to enrich the soil around the vine's rootball. Bleeding heart vine produces quantities of large clusters of uniquely attractive blossoms throughout the summer. Hummingbirds frequent the flowers and I've seen winter straglers (Ruby Throated Hummers) feeding on my Bleeding Heart during mild temperatures in January. Bleeding Heart vines can also propagated from seed in spring. Propagation Propagate from woody stem cuttings. The plant's stems can get 15 ft (5 m) long, climbing without tendrils, suckers or root hairs, but rather by twining through and around its support. Their blooming time is in summer, and flowering time is very short, but they are quite attractive. If you find plants labeled as Bleeding Heart Vine, know that these are Clerodendrum plants that you can grow in your garden. Tips for Propagating Using Root Cuttings. Clerodendrum: Garden Tips For Care And Growing For Bleeding Heart Vine. Plant care. Cut back hard in early spring and again if needed in early fall. If you aren’t able to purchase a bleeding heart vine from a plant nursery, then you can start one from cuttings provided to you by a friend or family member. Bleeding heart vine usually needs a hard pruning to keep it full and bushy and an ideal size. If the growing tips are nipped back, bleeding heart vine can be trained as a small shrub. In nature, this plant is most often found in tropical Africa, South America, and Asia. Amend the soil by adding top soil or organic peat moss to the hole when you plant. Bleeding Heart vine flower needs good sunlight. The name "Bleeding Heart Vine" is descriptive of its flowers which generally look like a drop exteding from the heart shaped bract. Evergreen and deciduous shrubs and trees represent this genus. My Bleeding Heart Vine lives on a sunny balcony in summer and a southwest room in winter. If you want to plant more vines you can use stem cuttings; they will root in approximately two … Bleeding heart vine, Clerodendrum, is a tropical vine that features brilliant red and white flowers.As a houseplant, it can be trained to a trellis or it can spill from a hanging basket. These plants actually do very well when grown from cuttings. They will generally root within 10 to 14 days and can then be planted in the garden or a larger container. The Bleeding Heart Vine will need to be pruned during the winter months for best growth during the warmer months. Assuming we're talking about the same plant (Bleeding Heart Vine, Glory Bower, Clerodendrum thomsoniae), I've had terrific results just sticking cuttings into water. The best time to propagate a bleeding heart from a root cutting is after the flowers have faded in the early part of summer. Plant Clerodendrum, belongs to the family Verbenaceae, of the order of Anadivine. Know-How to Grow and Care Bleeding Hearts plant, Growing Bleeding Heart in the pot to know more about this plant’s propagation, re-pot and problems then read the following article.Flowers of Bleeding Heart are stunning, heart-shaped shade flowers. Make sure to water your plant very deeply (preferably the night before you gather the root divisions) to make certain that the plant is properly hydrated. Bleeding Heart vines is mainly propagated by cuttings in late sunny day and well drained soil for the spring or summer. Melissa April 27, 2019 0. 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