| Description | Dolce Cinnamon Curls Heuchera has highly ruffled leaf edges with many colors depending on the age of the leaf and amount of light. Blends of burnt sienna, orange, red and purple all occur. |
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| Pronunciation | (HEW-ker-ah) |
| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy |
| Sunlight | half day morning sun, part sun, may burn in full sun |
| Moisture | average to moist, avoid dry |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | tiny white flowers, borne on 18-24 inch scapes |
| Leaves | glossy dissected, highly ruffled edges , many different colors depending on the age of the leaf and amount of light, blends of burnt sienna, orange, red and purple |
| Roots | Inheuredfu |
| Dimensions | 12 inches tall by 20 inches spread |
| Maintenance | Depending on the species some will produce a prodigious amount of flower scapes and these should be deadheaded. I prefer to gently remove the dead leaves in the spring. Gently is the key word since Heuchera do not produce stout clumps and pieces are easily broken off. Heuchera may frost heave, a mulch will help prevent this. Gently pushing the plants back into the ground in the spring helps. |
| Propagation | Plant Patent PP#25,648 in 2015, division of the clump in the spring |
| Cultivar Origin | Walter Ludwig, Innovaplant Zierpflanzen GmbH & Co. KG |
| Author's Notes | I have grown and observed many different Heuchera over the years. I ran a nursery when "Palace Purple" was the most popular. Now there are so many cultivars its mind boggling. In my opinion the best place to grow them is in an area that gets some full sun but the plant isn't baked, like an east exposure. In the full sun they will need some additional moisture. |
| Notes & Reference | #105-Heuchera and Heucherella (Heims, Grahame), #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens website (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org) |
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