Heuchera (Coral Bells; Alumroot)
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  • Add splashes of color to the landscape
  • Great companion plants for shade plants such as hostas and ferns
  • Some are grown for their showy blooms.
  • Well-drained soil is necessary.
  • All varieties: bloom in summer and are deer resistant.

americana 'Green Spice'
  • Green leaves have a beet-red venation in cool weather 
  • Use in containers, as an edger along a path, or mass as a groundcover.
  • Tall flower scapes with small cream flowers
  • 12" H x 18" W

'Berry Smoothie'
  • Use for color in shady locations
  • Nice in containers
  • Use as an accent or edger plant.
  • Insignificant bloom
  • ​PP 21871
  • ​15" H x 18" W

​micrantha 'Palace Purple'
  • Large, bronze-purple leaves
  • One of the best heuchera for this area
  • More sun tolerant with adequate moisture
  • No significant bloom
  • ​16" H X 18" W

'Midnight Rose'
  • Glossy, nearly-black leaves flecked with cream and hot pink
  • Beautiful in containers!
  • No significant bloom
  • ​PP 18551
  • ​12" H x 12" W

'Obsidian'
  • Very glossy, almost black leaves!
  • Pair with green foliage for contrast​
  • PP 14836
  • No significant bloom
  • ​12" H x 18" W

'Paris'
  • Montale favorite!
  • Long bloom time with repeat  blooms throughout the season
  • Very useful for color in the shade.
  • ​PP 18881
  • Great edger or border plant
  • Bloom time: all summer
  • ​12" H x 18" W

'Plum Pudding'
  • Colorful foliage can be used in shade beds instead of flowers
  • Great in containers!
  • Use and an edger
  • ​No significant bloom
  • 12" H x 18" W

villosa 'Autumn Bride'
  • Larger-leaved all-green cultivar
  • Great massed as a groundcover
  • Use with ferns and hostas in the shade
  • Creamy white flower sprays
  • Bloom time: late summer​
  • 12" H x 24" W

villosa 'Caramel'
  • Vigorous grower
  • Use in place of flowering plants
  • Perfect in containers
  • Caramel to honey-apricot with rosy undersides
  • ​PP 16560
  • 14" H x 18" W

villosa 'Champagne'
  • Tough plant with villosa parentage
  • Subtly colorful foliage in shades of gold and apricot
  • Nice in containers.
  • PPAF
  • ​No significant bloom
  • 10" H x 14" W

villosa 'Citronelle'
  • Color lights up the shade!
  • Nice in containers.
  • More heat and humidity tolerant than other lime-green Heucheras
  • ​May burn in full sun
  • PP 17934
  • ​No significant bloom
  • 10" H x 18" W

​villosa 'Georgia Peach'
  • Use instead of flowers for color in the shade.​
  • ​PP 19375
  • No significant bloom
  • 12" H x 18" W