perennials - Natives Coming in 2010
perennials - Natives Coming in 2010
perennials - Natives Coming in 2010
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HEUCHERA, cont.<br />
Parents of Many.<br />
Out of the huge number of new Heuchera <strong>in</strong>troductions, Heuchera americana is<br />
often one of the parents. The eastern Heucheras add silver color, heat and<br />
humidity, and drought tolerance to hybrids. Their mottled green leaves with<br />
greenish white to purplish flowers are attractive but their claim to fame is be<strong>in</strong>g<br />
one of the parents of the popular cultivars that create such <strong>in</strong>terest.<br />
Heuchera americana (a-me-ri-kah-na)<br />
‘Green Spice’<br />
Common Name: American Alumroot Eastern North America<br />
Zones: 3 – 8 Flower Color: White Height: 8 – 10” Spac<strong>in</strong>g: 15”<br />
This will spice up your garden with foliage of green, a silvery overlay, darker<br />
green edges and burgundy ve<strong>in</strong>s. Blooms of creamy white <strong>in</strong> late spr<strong>in</strong>g to early<br />
summer stand above the 8-10" mound. In the fall, ‘Green Spice’ has an added<br />
bonus- the leaves turn pumpk<strong>in</strong> orange. It will grow at its best when given<br />
morn<strong>in</strong>g sun and afternoon shade with organic matter and good dra<strong>in</strong>age.<br />
Heuchera sangu<strong>in</strong>ea (sang-gu<strong>in</strong>-ee-a) mean<strong>in</strong>g blood-red, the flowers.<br />
Common Name: Coral Bells<br />
Hybrid:<br />
x ‘Snow Angel’<br />
Common Name: Coral Bells New Mexico, Arizona<br />
Zones: 3 – 8 Flower Color: P<strong>in</strong>k Height: 12” Spac<strong>in</strong>g: 18”<br />
Throughout the doughty summer our trial crops of ‘Snow Angel’ looked fat and<br />
happy. The bright variegated light green and cream mottled leaves are smallish,<br />
mak<strong>in</strong>g tidy clumps at 12" <strong>in</strong> the part-shade garden. P<strong>in</strong>k blooms <strong>in</strong> June above<br />
the arrest<strong>in</strong>g foliage are an added bonus.<br />
Heuchera villosa (vil-lo-sa) from the Lat<strong>in</strong> for covered with soft hairs.<br />
Common Name: Hairy Alumroot Southeastern United States<br />
Zones: 4 – 9 Flower Color: see cultivar Height: see cultivar<br />
The foliage on Heuchera villosa is light green, softly hairy, oval or rounded and<br />
about 4-6 <strong>in</strong>ches long. The softly hairy stems form a mound 1-2 feet tall with<br />
large, airy, long last<strong>in</strong>g flower stalks that rise to 3 feet high. The small creamcolored<br />
flowers will bloom <strong>in</strong> August and September. This is the last Heuchera<br />
to bloom. Native to the southeastern part of the United States, they have more<br />
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