Botanical Name: Heuchera
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Common Name: Coral Bells  
Plant photo of: Heuchera
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Ground cover, Perennial

 

Height Range

Under 1', 1-3'

 

Flower Color

Pink, Red, White

 

Flower Season

Spring, Summer, Intermittent

 

Leaf Color

Bronze, Gold, Green, Yellow Green, Purple, Red, Silver, White, Variegated

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

  • Notes

Coral bell are a large collection of perennials, with many species and many more hybrids, and are grown as much for their fabulous foliage as they are the dainty flowers they produce. Plants are generally clumping-mounding, with rounded to heart-shaped leaves, lobed or deeply separated, usually with prominent veining. Leaves may be green, bronze, purple, yellow, copper, or chartreuse, and speckled or zoned, depending on variety. Flowers are bell-shaped and form along an erect stem, and may be white, cream, pinks, reds, or rather insignificant. Generally blooms early to mid summer, though with foliage like this, flowers are almost unnecessary. Size ranges from little heuchera, barely 6 inches tall, to much larger plants growing 24 inches tall and wide, and taller still if you count their flower stems. Wonderful additions to perennial, shrub, or foundation borders, also containers, and along walks.