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Heuchera sanguinea |
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Coralbells, Alumroot, Crimson Bells |
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 3-8 |
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Seventy species are native to the Rocky Mountains -
United States and
Canada |
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Perennial of moist, shaded areas. |
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12-20 inches tall and 12 inches wide |
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Flowers ¼-½ inches long, bell shaped, in cymose
panicles on stems 10-20 inches long.
Flower colors are red, pink, or white. |
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Late spring to early summer |
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Mostly basal, reniform to ovate-orbicular, ¾-2 inches wide, base cordate, lobed and dentate,
glandular-pubescent, borne on hairy petioles 1½-5 inches
long. |
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Plants are shallow rooted and subject to frost
heaving. To help alleviate heaving, crowns
should be set 1 inch below soil level and
mulched. |
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'Bressingham Blaze' - Fiery red flowers with marbled
leaves.
- 'Bressingham Hybrids' - Hybrid of mixed colors in shades
of white, pink and coral-red. This cultivar is usually
seed propagated.
- 'Chatterbox' - Rose-pink flowers, June-September
flowering period.
- 'Cherry Splash' - Cherry red flowers over
leaves with white and gold splashes.
- 'Firebird' - Deep scarlet flowers, 15-18 inches tall.
- 'Frosty' - Very heavy silvered foliage and bright red
flowers.
- 'Green lvory' - White flowers, 24-30 inches tall.
- 'June Bride' - White flowers on 15 inches stems.
- 'Matin Bells' - Coral-red flowers, June-September
flowering period.
- 'Rain of Fire' - Cherry-red flowers, 18 inches.
- 'Pretty Polly' - Pale pink flowers, 10-12 inches tall.
- 'Red Spangles' - Deep red flowers and dark green foliage.
- 'Scarlet Sentinel' - Red flowers, 30 inches tall.
- 'Scintillation' - Red flowers, 24-30 inches tall.
- 'Silver Veii' - Foliage of this new cultivar has a silver
overlay. The silver color is more solid than that found on 'Snow Storm'.
- 'Snowflakes' - White flowers.
- 'Snow Storm' - The foliage of this cultivar
is variegated with dense white speckling and
the flowers are Cercise colored.
- 'White Cloud' - White to cream colored flowers, 18 inches.
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This species has hairy foliage like
Tellima,
Tiarella and Tolmiea, however, it differs
from them by having petals that are shorter than the
sepals and by consistently having 5 stamens.
Dan Heims, Terra-Nova Nursery, Portland, Oregon,
has selected several hybrid Heucheras which are being produced by
tissue culture.
Heuchera
honors a German botanist ,
J. H. von Heucher. |
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