Heuchera
Coral Bells, Heuchera, Alumroot
Heuchera cv.
Saxifragaceae - Saxifrage Family
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Huechera species/cultivars: Coral Bells, Alum Root, Heuchera
Location near campus: in the Xeriscape Garden at the corner of National and Linwood, south of campus.
- Forms a cluster of rounded, shallowly-lobed leaves about 3 inches wide/long with long petioles
- Leaves may be yellow-green, green, purple-green, purple, reddish with or without silvery or darker green markings on leaves; leaves usually have scattered, long, stiff hairs--leaves can be quite showy on some cultivars
- Prefers partial shade, and fertile, moist, but well-drained soil
- Foliage grows 6-12 inches tall
- Tiny, upside-down urn-shaped flowers are born on slender panicles that may be 2-3 feet tall--some species have brightly-colored, showy flowers
- Heuchera americana: American Alumroot
- Has medium green foliage with long stiff hairs; some cultivars have silvery-tinge
- Has greenish-pink flowers
- Native to Missouri
- Heuchera micrantha: Small-Flowered Alumroot
- Has the more purple and silvery leaved cultivars--mainly grown for foliage
- Flowers are very small, cream-colored--usually not too showy
- Native to Pacific Northwest; cultivars are more heat and drought tolerant
- Heuchera sanguinea: Coral Bells
- Has green leaves, some with silvery tinge
- Flowers are bright red, pink, salmon--this is the more showy-flowered species
- Native to the Rocky Mountains