Coral Bells (Heuchera) [HEW-ker-ah] |
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| Other Names | Alumroot, Coral Flower |
| Description |
If there was a contest for the most versatile plant out there, Heuchera just might win. This plant can tolerate full shade to full sun, although it does best with at least four hours of sun daily, and can grow in almost any soil and moisture conditions (within reason - don’t plant the poor guy in a pond!). Heuchera’s foliage can range from an almost-lemon-yellow to an almost-black-purple, and its dainty bell-shaped flowers dance in the breeze over its dense and mounded crown. Heuchera makes a striking “middle row” plant in the garden but can also be found in a pot. Heuchera overwinters beautifully in the ground (it could be classified as *almost* evergreen) and only needs a light trim-back in the spring to remove winter-damaged foliage. Its flowers will dry on their stalks in late summer and actually look quite pretty, in a steampunk kind of way, but you can snip the stalks and enjoy a freshened-up, foliage-only plant for the rest of the season. A few favorites include ‘Caramel’ (light green to - you guessed it - caramel foliage), ‘Dolce Cherry Truffles’ (cherry red to deep red ruffled foliage), ‘Lime Marmalade’ (yellow-green ruffled foliage), ‘Frosted Violet’ (prominent veins, violet purple foliage with a silver overcast), ‘Green Spice’ (purple veins, bright green foliage with a silver overcast), ‘Obsidian’ (very dark purple foliage), and ‘Palace Purple’ (dark green to purple to burgundy foliage). Heuchera makes a stunning mass planting or you can mix-and-match to achieve bright splashes of contrast throughout the garden. |
| Named Cultivars | Heuchera 'Mahogany Monster', Heuchera 'Amber Waves', Heuchera 'Amethyst Myst', Heuchera 'Apple Crisp', Heuchera 'Apricot', Heuchera 'Autumn Leaves', Heuchera 'Beaujolais', Heuchera 'Berry Smoothie', Heuchera 'Berry Timeless', Heuchera 'Big Top Burgundy', Heuchera 'Binoche', Heuchera 'Black Beauty', Heuchera 'Black Forest Cake', Heuchera 'Black Pearl', Heuchera 'Black Sea', Heuchera 'Black Taffeta', Heuchera 'Blackout', Heuchera 'Blondie in Lime', Heuchera 'Boysenberry', Heuchera 'Brazen Raisin', Heuchera 'Bressingham Hybrids', Heuchera 'Brown Sugar', Heuchera 'Cajun Fire', Heuchera 'Can Can', Heuchera 'Canyon Duet', Heuchera 'Cappuccino', Heuchera 'Caramel', Heuchera 'Carnival Burgundy Blast', Heuchera 'Carnival Candy Apple', Heuchera 'Carnival Coffee Bean', Heuchera 'Carnival Fall Festival', Heuchera 'Carnival Peach Parfait', Heuchera 'Carnival Plum Crazy', Heuchera 'Carnival Rose Granita', Heuchera 'Carnival Silver Streak', Heuchera 'Carnival Watermelon', Heuchera 'Cassandra', Heuchera 'Cathedral Windows', Heuchera 'Champagne', Heuchera 'Cherries Jubilee', Heuchera 'Cherry Cola', Heuchera 'Chocolate Ruffles', Heuchera 'Chocolate Veil', Heuchera 'Christa', Heuchera 'Cinnabar Silver', Heuchera 'Circus', Heuchera 'Citrine', Heuchera 'Citronelle', Heuchera 'Coco', Heuchera 'Color Dream', Heuchera 'Coralberry', Heuchera 'Creole Nights', Heuchera 'Crimson Curls', Heuchera 'Cultus Bay Beauty', Heuchera 'Dark Secret', Heuchera 'Delta Dawn', Heuchera 'Delta Dawn' PPAF, Heuchera 'Dew Drops', Heuchera 'Dolce Apple Twist', Heuchera 'Dolce Appletini', Heuchera 'Dolce Blackcurrant', Heuchera 'Dolce Cherry Truffles', Heuchera 'Dolce Cinnamon Curls', Heuchera 'Dolce Frosted Berry', Heuchera 'Dolce Silver Gumdrop', Heuchera 'Dolce Spearmint', Heuchera 'Dolce Toffee Tart', Heuchera 'Dolce Wildberry', Heuchera 'Dressed Up Ball Gown', Heuchera 'Dressed Up Evening Gown', Heuchera 'Earth Angel', Heuchera 'Electra', Heuchera 'Electric Lime', Heuchera 'Electric Plum', Heuchera 'Encore', Heuchera 'Fire Chief', Heuchera 'Forever Purple', Heuchera 'Forever Red', Heuchera 'Frilly', Heuchera 'Frosted Violet', Heuchera 'Fun and Games Hopscotch', Heuchera 'Galaxy', Heuchera 'Georgia Peach', Heuchera 'Georgia Plum', Heuchera 'Ginger Ale', Heuchera 'Ginger Peach', Heuchera 'Grape Expectations', Heuchera 'Grape Soda', Heuchera 'Grape Timeless', Heuchera 'Green Spice', Heuchera 'Guacamole', Heuchera 'Harmonic Convergence', Heuchera 'Havana', Heuchera 'Hercules', Heuchera 'Heuros' ROSEMARY BLOOM, Heuchera 'High Hopes', Heuchera 'Hollywood', Heuchera 'Jade Gloss', Heuchera 'Kira Green Tea', Heuchera 'Lava Lamp', Heuchera 'Lemon Love', Heuchera 'Lemon Supreme', Heuchera 'Leuchtkafer' FIREFLY, Heuchera 'Lime Marmalade', Heuchera 'Lime Rickey', Heuchera 'Little Cutie Coco', Heuchera 'Little Cutie Frost', Heuchera 'Little Cutie Peppermint', Heuchera 'Little Cutie Sugar Berry', Heuchera 'Lucid Dreams Awakening', Heuchera 'Lucid Dreams Kaleidoscope', Heuchera 'Lucid Dreams Mysterious', Heuchera 'Lucid Dreams Vivid', Heuchera 'Magma', Heuchera 'Mahogany', Heuchera 'Mango', Heuchera 'Marmalade', Heuchera 'Marvelous Marble', Heuchera 'Melting Fire', Heuchera 'Midnight Bayou', Heuchera 'Midnight Rose', Heuchera 'Milan', Heuchera 'Miracle', Heuchera 'Mocha', Heuchera 'Molly Bush', Heuchera 'Montrose Ruby', Heuchera 'Moonlight', Heuchera 'Mt. St. Helens', Heuchera 'Northern Exposure Red', Heuchera 'Northern Exposure Silver', Heuchera 'Oakington Jewel', Heuchera 'Obsidian', Heuchera 'Orange Dream', Heuchera 'Palace Passion', Heuchera 'Paris', Heuchera 'Peach Crisp', Heuchera 'Peach Flambe', Heuchera 'Peach Melba', Heuchera 'Peach Pie' DOLCE PEACH MELBA, Heuchera 'Peachberry Ice', Heuchera 'Peppermint Spice', Heuchera 'Pewter Veil', Heuchera 'Pink Panther', Heuchera 'Pink Pearls', Heuchera 'Pinot Gris', Heuchera 'Pinot Noir', Heuchera 'Pistache', Heuchera 'Pistachio Ambrosia', Heuchera 'Plum Pudding', Heuchera 'Plum Royale', Heuchera 'Precious Gems Topaz', Heuchera 'Pretty Perrine', Heuchera 'Pretty Pistachio', Heuchera 'Purple Majesty', Heuchera 'Purple Petticoats', Heuchera 'Purple Sails', Heuchera 'Pwheu0102' DOLCE MOCHA MINT, Heuchera 'Rachel', Heuchera 'Raspberry Ice', Heuchera 'Raspberry Regal', Heuchera 'Raspberry Sea', Heuchera 'Rave On', Heuchera 'Red Lightning', Heuchera 'Red Sea', Heuchera 'Regina', Heuchera 'Renoir', Heuchera 'Rio', Heuchera 'Root Beer', Heuchera 'Rose Majesty', Heuchera 'Ruby Veil', Heuchera 'Sashay', Heuchera 'Silver Lode', Heuchera 'Silver Scrolls', Heuchera 'Smoke and Mirrors', Heuchera 'Snow Angel', Heuchera 'Southern Comfort', Heuchera 'Sparkling Burgundy', Heuchera 'Spellbound', Heuchera 'Steel City', Heuchera 'Stormy Seas', Heuchera 'Strawberry Candy', Heuchera 'Strawberry Swirl', Heuchera 'Sugar Plum', Heuchera 'Sweet Tart', Heuchera 'Tara', Heuchera 'Timeless Night', Heuchera 'Timeless Treasure', Heuchera 'Tiramisu', Heuchera 'TNHEU041' DOLCE CREME BRULEE, Heuchera 'TNHEU042' DOLCE KEY LIME PIE, Heuchera 'TNHEU044' DOLCE LICORICE, Heuchera 'Twist of Lime', Heuchera 'Van Gogh', Heuchera 'Veil of Passion', Heuchera 'Velvet Night', Heuchera 'Venus', Heuchera 'Vesuvius', Heuchera 'Vienna' PPAF, Heuchera 'Vulcano', Heuchera 'Wild Rose', Heuchera 'Zipper', Heuchera americana, Heuchera cylindrica, Heuchera DOLCE CREME DE MENTHE, Heuchera Little Cuties 'Shimmer', Heuchera micrantha, Heuchera micrantha 'Palace Purple', Heuchera parviflora var. puberula, Heuchera richardsonii, Heuchera sanguinea, Heuchera sp. 'Blondie', Heuchera villosa, Heuchera villosa 'Magnum', Heuchera x 'Bella Notte', Heuchera x 'Carnival Black Olive', Heuchera x brizoides, Heuchera x Heucherella, Heuchera x villosa 'Carnival Cocomint', Heuchera x villosa 'Carnival Limeade', Heuchera x villosa 'Kassandra', Heucherella 'Catching Fire' |
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| Plant Data | |
| I am a... | Evergreen Perennial Mounded |
| Mature Size | 12 - 18 inches tall. 12 - 18 inches wide. |
| Growth Rate | Moderate |
| Sun Exposure | Partial Shade - Full Sun |
| Zones | 3a - 8b |
| Tags | Accent, Alpine Garden, Attractive to Butterflies, Attractive to Hummingbirds, Attracts Hummingbirds, Border, Butterfly Garden, Colorful Foliage, Container, Deer Resistant, Drought Tolerant, Eclectic Garden, Edging, Evergreen, Fall Color, Grown For Attractive Foliage, Hummingbird Garden, Interesting Foliage, Mass, Moist Soil, Most Popular, Native to North America, Non-Allergenic, Normal Soil, Perennial, Rabbit Resistant, Rock Garden, Salt Tolerant, Thornless, Well-Drained Soil, Woodland Garden |
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Caring for Your Heuchera (Garden Crossing) |
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