This was one of my first coral bells, and I really like the look of it. Unfortunately, I found it very temperamental. It just sat when I planted it in a well-tended, mostly shaded, mulched bed on the southwest side of my house, and then after about a year it began to melt away (I had 5 of them planted there, and they all behaved the same way, more or less). I moved the 2 strongest remaining plants to the south east side, in similar soil/mulch, but with a bit more sun. It just sat. I finally dug I them when I moved from that house a year or so later, but they did not survive the transition to their new home. I am still baffled as to what wasn't right for them. Quite unfortunate as they are so beautiful.
I have grown this plant for several years, in nearly full sun (irrigated & with rich soil), on the open s-w side of my lawn. I have found it undemanding and of moderate growth rate, though I recommend extra care when dividing, as I found it pouts.
The speckling adds an extra dimension to this plant that I really like - well worth having in the garden.
I find the blooms on this heuchera to be almost invisible, kind of a tannish white and really tiny. I just snip off the flower stalks as they emerge and end up with a fuller foliage plant.
'Paris' just keeps blooming and will keep on blooming if the faded flower stalks are deadheaded. Its flowers are a pretty rosy-pink color and create a stunning combo with the leaves. I have several plants of it that get morning sun and afternoon shade. It grows well and always looks good. I love it!
I've never had luck with Heuchera before. They never lived long, no matter what I tried.
I was very pleased to find Kassandra, a very strong plant. It kept its foliage all through the harsh winter of 2012-2013.
Its colour is very pleasing and lights up shady parts in the garden.
Mine only gets 1 hour of sun (midday-sun!) in summer and dappled shade in spring. I haven't seen any blooms yet, so maybe it needs more sun for that..
I didn't know anything about Coral Bells when I bought this plant. I was trying to find something that would grow well under a pine tree. Lime Rickey has done very well getting late afternoon sun and competes quite well with the pine tree in a very confined space (I'm an urban gardener). The color is pretty all year round. Older leaves tend to have a reddish tint to them but the new ones are a beautiful shade of green. It has been in this space for 3 years now and every year it just keeps getting better!
The blooms on this heuchera are very showy. They are a deep rose, almost red, and last a long time. The plant is also one of the most sun-tolerant heucheras I have found.
Doesn't mind the sun as long as it receives adequate moisture. Blooms all summer and is attractive to hummingbirds. Turns greenish during the heat of the summer.
Can be a finicky plant, but once it's in a happy spot, it does beautifully. Bright yellow-green in the spring, lime green during the summer. Appreciates compost, shade from the mid-day sun, and no tree root competition, like any other heuchera. Winter wet will kill them.
This is another heuchera that looks different in my garden than it does in photographs. The closest it comes to is NJBob's photo.
Also, one of the plants has new growth in the middle that is just plain green with some variegation in the veins. It's probably reverting back to one of its "parents," but I think this "anomaly" gives it some extra interest.
It really is as pink as it looks in the pictures. The leaves are huge and stayed completely evergreen for me over a mild zone 7 winter. I can't even remember if it bloomed for me last year, but it's the leaves that are the star anyway. Doesn't seem at all bothered by slugs.
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