Coral Bells
- Botanical Name
- Heuchera spp.
- Hardiness
- Zones 3 to 8
- Height
- 12 to 20 inches
- Width
- 12 inches
- Flowers
- Late spring to early summer: red, pink, white
- Light
- Full sun to full shade (scorch on purple leaves in sun, poor flowering in shade)
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Space plants 12 inches apart with the crown 1 inch deep
- No wet feet in winter
- Divide every 3 years to prevent woody stems
- Winter mulch to prevent frost heaving
- Heuchera villosa is more heat and humidity tolerant than other Heuchera species
- Problems
- None serious, stem rot, frost heaving
- Varieties
- Heurchera micrantha var. diversifolia 'Palace Purple' - Perennial Plant of the Year 1991, 12" mound of red-purple foliage, off white flowers
- Lime Rickey - 18", chartreuse leaves, white flowers
- Marmalade - umber to deep sienna leaves with hot pink undersides, will take full sun
- Peach Flambe - peach colored spring and fall foliage, white flowers
- Heuchera sanguinea 'Firefly' - scalloped green leaves, bright red flowers
- Molly Bush - dark purple leaves maturing to green, greenish-white flowers from mid summer to fall
- Montrose Ruby - purple green foliage with a silver cast, white flowers
- Red Prince - green foliage and bright red flowers
- Coral Cloud - light green leaves with silver overtones, purple pink flowers
- Citronelle - yellow-green foliage with rosy red petioles, creamy white flowers
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