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Saxifragaceae
Coral Bells (Heuchera)
Heuchera
Loving, comforting, devotion.
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Genus
- Heuchera
- Native to
- North America
- Bloom season
- Late Spring, Summer
- Type
- evergreen perennial
- Height
- 20–60 cm
- Sunlight
- Partial shade
- Soil
- Rich, moist, well-drained
- Water
- Moderate
- Hardiness
- 4–9
- Lifespan
- Perennial
Did you know
- Coral bells are grown as much for their colorful foliage — purple, lime, caramel, peach, silver — as for their delicate flower sprays.
- Heuchera is named after Johann Heinrich von Heucher, an 18th-century German botanist and physician.
- Hummingbirds adore the tiny bell-shaped flowers, which dangle on tall thin stems above mounded foliage.
- Native Americans used the powdered roots medicinally as an astringent for wounds and sore throats — Heuchera americana is sometimes called 'American sanicle' or 'alumroot.'
- Modern Heuchera cultivars have exploded in popularity since the 1990s thanks to breeding programs that produced wildly colorful new leaves.