Hi all, I love the old fashioned bleeding hearts too. They have a grace in the garden that is lovely & they also make good cut flowers too. My bleeding hearts self sow, but are not invasive. I grow mine in part sun & in shade & they do not go dormant in my 6a garden. They do begin to look a little ratty, so I cut them back to the ground at that point, to no ill-effect.
Dirt, I love your photos, particularly the first with tulips & the third with ? clematis & ? alliums?