Heuchera 'Eternal Flame'
alum root 'Eternal Flame'
A clump-forming, evergreen perennial to around 30cm in height. Gorgeous golden, lobed leaves with deep red veining, turns a rich flaming orange as the season progresses. Loose sprays of pink flowers are held on slender stems above the foliage in summer
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Growing conditions
Colour & scent
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Position
Aspect
Exposure
Botanical details
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Genus
Heuchera are more or less evergreen, clump-forming perennials with attractive, rounded, shallowly palmately lobed leaves and racemes or panicles of small, tubular flowers, often with colourful calyces
- Name status
Unresolved
How to grow
Cultivation
Grow in a fertile, moist but well-drained, neutral soil in sun or partial shade. The woody rootstock tends to lift out of the ground so mulch annually or lift and replant ensuring the crown is not buried. See Heuchera cultivation for more detailed advice
Propagation
Remove faded flower spikes and tidy up old foliage in early spring
Suggested planting locations and garden types
Pruning
Remove faded flower spikes and tidy up old foliage in early spring
Pests
May be susceptible to leaf and bud eelworms and vine weevil
Diseases
May be susceptible to heuchera rust
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