I have mine between Hostas and Ferns mostly. Up here, the hostas and ferns leaf out fairly late in the Spring and can take over from the Bleeding Hearts quite nicely. For me, right now in the garden, Bleeding Hearts are in full bloom and hostas/ferns have popped out of the ground but have yet to completely unfurl and stretch out. The timing is almost perfect :) Here is a link that might be useful: Mad Dogs and Englishmen

I like inheriting plants like this... and since its a mature specimen and ready to be transplanted I can put it where it'll be enjoyed more. This is one of the plants that reminds me of childhood. ;-)) I also inherited a hosta (don't know which variety yet but then again I haven't looked it up.. although it's a green leafed variety), two peony plants that also need transplanting as they are in full shade, a bunch of daffodils and one lone tulip that needs moved so it's out of the way when mowing the grass. Most of these I will be moving to better locations once the beds are all ready. I realize that Bleeding Hearts usually do not like being transplanted because of their brittle roots but this one has to be moved. You can't really tell the size from the photo there but when it was in full bloom it was almost 3.5 feet tall and about the same width! That's a big plant for this species! You can see the 'natural' division points in the photo though.. and of course I will be following what mother nature is telling me. :-D This plant is under a mimosa tree so right now it gets dappled shade almost all day... seems to really like it here but I will be moving it under my big maple tree... hopefully I won't have a problem with the roots of that tree. ttfn Mystic.

It looks like what is generically called "leaf stress disorder" where a plant may become stressed from sudden changes in light, temperature, or water, and this may cause its new leaves to emerge ill-formed. Once the environmental conditions stabilize, the later leaves develop and unfurl normally.

"And I also think if someone uses roundup they have to spray it directly on the plant to kill it. To do this they would have to intentionally trespass." Any herbicide that is sprayed on has an ability to drift - that is, move with the breeze/wind to any neighboring plants. And depending on how much wind might be present at the time, the drift can be significant. So absolutely no need for any trespassing to occur. This is a very common occurrence with regards to pesticide damage on plants in a garden that are never sprayed directly. "One other thing you can try is some roundup yourself . Spray a weed in your yard where it is out of the way. Compare the damage to the weed to the damage to the bleeding hearts plant." Well, this approach is not really going to accomplish much of anything.....except a dead plant or two :-)) Direct spraying of a plant with RoundUp/glyphosate is going to produce a much different result than exposing a plant to herbicide drift. Herbicide drift seldom results in the outright death of a plant but can create distorted, stunted or abnormal growth.....much like we see in the OP's bleeding heart. Unfortunately, this is an issue I encounter very frequently as a horticultural consultant visiting client gardens - folks are just not as careful using herbicides, especially ones as common and popular as RoundUp/glyphosate, as they should or need to be.