What's eating my dicentra formosa 'luxuriant'?

Dicentra formosa 'Luxuriant' is a spreading groundcover bleeding heart. Slugs and snails are the chief pest, targeting its soft ferny foliage especially in spring. Aphids occasionally colonise flower stems. As a low-growing plant in moist shade, it is highly attractive to molluscs throughout the growing season.

Large irregular holes through the delicate compound leaves; severe infestations can consume entire clumps of new growth. Iron phosphate pellets applied around the spreading mat; encourage ground beetles and frogs; hand-pick after dark.

Small green or black aphids on flower scapes and new leaf tips; distorted flowers and honeydew deposits. Knock off with a water spray; apply insecticidal soap or neem oil as needed.

Clean-cut damage to foliage and flower stems, particularly at woodland edges where rabbits forage. Low wire mesh barriers around plantings; rabbit repellent sprays applied to emerging growth.