Bleeding Heart Seed Pods?

Hi SnuggleBunnies, I have never noticed pods forming on my bleeding heart plant but it is flowering just now and I will watch for them forming. If you want to try planting the seeds I would leave them on the plant to fully develop and wait until the plant starts to die back before removing them. Keep an eye on them in case they fall off before then. Good luck!.

Do you want to grow more bleeding hearts in another location or do you want to increase the plant density in the current spot? Bleeding hearts self-seed so, if you just want more of the same, leave the pods to dry and open and the seeds will fall to the ground and should produce some new plants for you next season. If you want to collect the seeds for planting elsewhere, wait until the pods dry out and turn brown. Once this happens, the seeds are black inside the pods (when the pods are still green, I think the seeds are white). As I understand it, bleeding heart seeds need some cold before they start growing so you should plant the seeds in the fall. In any case, if you don't want the plant to self-seed, make sure you get rid of the seed pods your current plant has produced. You're really lucky, though... not all bleeding hearts produce much in the way of seed pods. My ex mother in law was a huge fan of the plant (which is how I learned a bit about them) and she waited and waited for hers to produce pods.