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Appearance
Heucheras offer a wide choice of vibrant leaf colours – green, pewter-grey, deep purple, pink, bronze, apricot or zingy lime, sometimes marbled or veined, often with wavy or scalloped edges. They form compact mounds, usually keeping their leaves all year round. Tiny white, pink or red flowers are a bonus in summer.
Preferences
Partial or dappled shade suits most heucheras. Darker-leaved plants can often take more sun, which may enrich the leaf colours. They grow well in most average soils – not too wet or too dry.
Dislikes
Heucheras dislike permanently wet, heavy or very dry soil and deep shade. Strong summer sun can scorch and crinkle the foliage, especially on paler-leaved plants.
Did you know?
There are several hundred cultivars available. Heucheras have also been crossed with closely related tiarellas to produced heucherellas (× Heucherella), widening your choices even further.
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Heuchera
Heuchera 'Sugar Berry'PBR (Little Cutie Series)
alum root 'Sugar Berry'
- Height
- 0.1–0.5 metres
- Width
- 0.1–0.5 metres
Heuchera 'Blondie'PBR (Little Cutie Series)
alum root 'Blondie'
- Height
- 0.1–0.5 metres
- Width
- 0.1–0.5 metres
Heuchera 'Tangerine Wave' (Fox Series)
alum root 'Tangerine Wave'
- Height
- 0.1–0.5 metres
- Width
- 0.1–0.5 metres
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