| Description | A Coral Bell with silver leaves having a plum blush. |
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| Pronunciation | (hew-ker-REL-uh) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | (4)5-9 |
| Sunlight | half day morning sun, part sun, filtered shade |
| Moisture | average, moist, never dry |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | light pink, borne on a panicle |
| Leaves | listed as silver with a plum tinge, color will vary with the time of the year amount of light, have seen plants with a heavy plum overtone and others with more of a silvery color |
| Dimensions | 12-18 inches with the flowers, mounded |
| Maintenance | I prefer to gently remove the dead leaves in the spring. Gently is the key word since some Heuchera do not produce stout clumps and pieces are easily broken off. Heuchera may frost heave and a mulch will help prevent this. If they do heaves, gently push the plants back into the ground or digging in to reset the plant. Do this in the spring. Rejuvenation by division may be need as the plants get older and form thick heavy stems at the base of the plant. Depending on the species some will produce a prodigious amount of flower scapes and these should be deadheaded |
| Propagation | PP21857, division |
| Author's Notes | I have grown and observed many different Heuchera over the years. I ran a nursery when "Palace Purple" was the most popular. Now there are so many cultivars it's mind boggling. In my opinion the best place to grow them is in an area that gets some full sun but the plant isn't baked, like an east exposure. In the full sun they will need some additional moisture |
| Notes & Reference | 105-Heuchera and Heucherellas (Dan Heims, Grahame), #119-Heuchera, Tiarella and Heucherella A Gardeners Guide (Charles and Martha Oliver) |
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