Scientific name: Heuchera sanguinea
Family: SAXIFRAGACEAE
Common names: “Coral bells” “alum root”
Plant Type: Semi-evergreen perennial
Conditions:
Zone: 3-8
Light: Part shade , will handle full sun with good irrigation but leaves burn
Exposure: Sheltered
Soil: Organically rich
Moisture: Moist well drained
Aesthetic:
Plant Size: 12″ H & W , clump forming
Leaf and Stem shape: attractive, rounded, shallowly palmately lobed leaves, green to deep crimson red with a metallic sheen
Flower: Racemes or panicles of small, tubular flowers, red – white
Maintenance: Low, can cut off flowers if grown just for foliage, pull out dead leaves, can be cut right to ground if too elongated
Landscape use: Groundcover, edging, banks and slopes, shrub underplanting, cottage, informal
Propagate: By division
Pests & Disease: Root rot in wet sites
♥Attracts hummingbirds
Comments: Some cultivars are very week and “are more inclined to be crap”
Cultivars: H. s. ‘Ruby Bells’ – beautiful strong cv.
