| Description | A vigorus green foliage Heuchera with deep red flowers. One of my favorite green leaf Heuchera. |
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| Pronunciation | (HEW-ker-a) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-8 |
| Sunlight | half day morning sun, part sun, filtered shade |
| Moisture | average, moist, never dry |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | small, red flowers borne in open, airy panicles, blooms heavily from early June through the beginning of July, sporatic blooms after (in my garden) |
| Leaves | green maple shaped like leaves leaves |
| Dimensions | 12 inch foliage mound, 16 inches with flower scape |
| 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 | seed, this is a seed strain of Heuchera, also by division |
| Misc Facts | "Genus name honors Johann Heinrich von Heucher (1677-1747), physician, botanist and medicinal plant expert at Wittenberg University, Germany. Common name of coral bells is in reference to the red bell-shaped flowers produced by Heuchera sanguina. Common name of alum root is in reference to the medicinal use of some species plants as an astringent to stop bleeding". (#144) |
| Author's Notes | I have had this plant for a few years. It has been very hardy to zone #5 and blooms over an extended period of time. |
| Notes & Reference | #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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