Coral Bells – Heuchera spp. (mostly H. sanguinea)

Common Name: Coral Bells, Alum Root

Botanical Name: Heuchera spp. (mostly H. sanguinea), HU-ker-a

Flower Color: Pink, Red, White

Can be harvested with only 2-3% of the flowers open if STS treated and held in a flower food solution, resulting in nearly all of all flowers eventually opening.

• Named for Johann Heinrich Heucher (1677-1747), Professor of Medicine, Wittenberg.
• Most commonly seen growing in partial shade gardens. Can remain evergreen even with winter temperatures in the zero F range.

Yuan et al. (1995) determined that this species needs to have 12 developed leaves before flower initiation can proceed.