Heuchera (Saxifragaceae)
A beautiful perennial known commonly as coral bells or alum root, a reference to the use of some species to stop bleeding. This North American native has been the subject of mountains of breeding dating only back to the 1980’s when tissue culture really took off. Many of the new cultivars emphasize the species penchant for multi colored leaves. I am not a fan. Our emphasis is in some of the older cultivars with bright flowers on long wiry stems that light up a shady garden. They form a mound of rounded, heart shaped leaves, often notched and boldly veined. I also like some of the purple foliaged species for their persistent summer color. Heucheras will do fine with more sun in places with cool summers. They like a rich, but well drained soil as the woody roots tend to lift and can frost heave in damp locations. Divide occasionally.
AVAILABLE THIS YEAR
H. americana ‘Purple Palace’ - A well known cultivar. Great color all season, small white flowers on 12”-16” wiry stems.
H. sanguinea ‘Bressingham Hybrids’ - A mix of coral and pink flowers. Mid-summer. Vigorous.
H. sanguinea ‘Firefly’ - Bright red flowers above a mound of green foliage. Mid-summer.
H. villosa ‘Autumn Bride’ - Hairy alum. Large fuzzy leaves, plumes of white flowers late summer. Shade. Southeastern native. Seems less prone to heaving. Choice!
Sold in small gallons. H. villosa in quarts.
A beautiful perennial known commonly as coral bells or alum root, a reference to the use of some species to stop bleeding. This North American native has been the subject of mountains of breeding dating only back to the 1980’s when tissue culture really took off. Many of the new cultivars emphasize the species penchant for multi colored leaves. I am not a fan. Our emphasis is in some of the older cultivars with bright flowers on long wiry stems that light up a shady garden. They form a mound of rounded, heart shaped leaves, often notched and boldly veined. I also like some of the purple foliaged species for their persistent summer color. Heucheras will do fine with more sun in places with cool summers. They like a rich, but well drained soil as the woody roots tend to lift and can frost heave in damp locations. Divide occasionally.
AVAILABLE THIS YEAR
H. americana ‘Purple Palace’ - A well known cultivar. Great color all season, small white flowers on 12”-16” wiry stems.
H. sanguinea ‘Bressingham Hybrids’ - A mix of coral and pink flowers. Mid-summer. Vigorous.
H. sanguinea ‘Firefly’ - Bright red flowers above a mound of green foliage. Mid-summer.
H. villosa ‘Autumn Bride’ - Hairy alum. Large fuzzy leaves, plumes of white flowers late summer. Shade. Southeastern native. Seems less prone to heaving. Choice!
Sold in small gallons. H. villosa in quarts.
A beautiful perennial known commonly as coral bells or alum root, a reference to the use of some species to stop bleeding. This North American native has been the subject of mountains of breeding dating only back to the 1980’s when tissue culture really took off. Many of the new cultivars emphasize the species penchant for multi colored leaves. I am not a fan. Our emphasis is in some of the older cultivars with bright flowers on long wiry stems that light up a shady garden. They form a mound of rounded, heart shaped leaves, often notched and boldly veined. I also like some of the purple foliaged species for their persistent summer color. Heucheras will do fine with more sun in places with cool summers. They like a rich, but well drained soil as the woody roots tend to lift and can frost heave in damp locations. Divide occasionally.
AVAILABLE THIS YEAR
H. americana ‘Purple Palace’ - A well known cultivar. Great color all season, small white flowers on 12”-16” wiry stems.
H. sanguinea ‘Bressingham Hybrids’ - A mix of coral and pink flowers. Mid-summer. Vigorous.
H. sanguinea ‘Firefly’ - Bright red flowers above a mound of green foliage. Mid-summer.
H. villosa ‘Autumn Bride’ - Hairy alum. Large fuzzy leaves, plumes of white flowers late summer. Shade. Southeastern native. Seems less prone to heaving. Choice!
Sold in small gallons. H. villosa in quarts.