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Hardiness: USDA Zone 3a: to -39.9 °C (-40 °F) USDA Zone 3b: to -37.2 °C (-35 °F) USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade
Bloom Color: Pink Red White/Near White
Bloom Time: Late Spring/Early Summer Mid Summer
Foliage: Grown for foliage Evergreen Smooth-Textured
Other details: This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater
Soil pH requirements: 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral) 7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline) 7.9 to 8.5 (alkaline)
On Feb 23, 2008, Malus2006 from Coon Rapids, MN (Zone 4a) wrote:
This is one of the most fickle of all heucheras - also used in hybrids and varieties too often. Many hard to grow varieties of heucheras can be blamed on this as the parent plant. It and its hybrids are mainly grown for flowers even thought there may be either variegation or once in a while maroon leaf or golden leaf variety. Prefers sun to light shade so any hybrids made with this as the parent plant also strongly tend to be sun to light shade. I have planted at least six to seven plants - variety I can't remember but definitely releate to this species and of all of those, only one have survived and it have taken 3- 5 hours of sun, mostly noon. Early morning and afternoon it is shady.
I love this plant! It's flower stalks are so long and thin that the little pink blooms appear to float in the air. And as for clay soil, they thrive in my clay soil. I live in northern Alabama and my soil is like a big red clay pot. My heucheras grow so huge I have to keep dividing them.
On Dec 2, 2002, perennialguy from Knoxville, TN (Zone 7a) wrote:
I have had rotten luck with heucheras in my garden. Just finished researching possible reasons and found out the heucheras do not like clay soil. Guess what I have? Yep, red clay soil with very little organic matter unless amended. I think if I try these beautiful plants in raised flower beds so that the roots stay above and out of the red clay base soil that they'll do just fine.
On Mar 9, 2001, Terry from Murfreesboro, TN (Zone 7a) wrote:
Plant has reddish-green leaves (some varieties have variegated foliage.) In early summer clusters of nodding pink, coral, white or red bell-shaped flowers atop wiry stems appear; attractive to bees and hummingbirds.
Plant in well-drained moist soil, provide afternoon shade in hottest climates. Seed heads are brown and unimportant.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Seward, Alaska Carrollton, Georgia Bensenville, Illinois Jeffersonville, Indiana Marshalltown, Iowa Lutherville Timonium, Maryland Jamesburg, New Jersey Little Falls, New Jersey Farmington, New Mexico Bend, Oregon Fort Worth, Texas Seattle, Washington Spokane, Washington Lewisburg, West Virginia
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