Heuchera (Coral Bells; Alumroot)
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  • Add splashes of color to the landscape with their colorful foliage
  • Some cultivars have showy flowers, most are insignificant
  • Great companions for other shade plants such as hosta and ferns
  • Excellent container plant
  • Well-drained soil is necessary
  • All varieties: bloom in summer and are deer resistant.

​'Guacamole'
  • Lime green foliage lights up the shade garden
  • No significant bloom
  • ​22" H X 38" W
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​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
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'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
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'Obsidian'
  • Very glossy, almost black leaves!
  • Pair with green foliage for contrast​
  • PP 14836
  • No significant bloom
  • ​12" H x 18" W
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'Paris'
  • Also used for its hot pink flowers
  • 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
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'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
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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
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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
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​villosa 'Georgia Peach'
  • Use instead of flowers for color in the shade.​
  • ​PP 19375
  • No significant bloom
  • 12" H x 18" W
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villosa 'Lemon Love'  PPAF
  • Glowing color lights up the shade
  • Perfect in the garden and in containers
  • Vigorous and heat/humidity tolerant villosa type
  • ​Needs at least part to filtered shade 
  • ​Creamy flowers in early summer
  • 10" H x 28" W
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