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Hardiness: 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) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
Sun Exposure: Light Shade Partial to Full Shade Full Shade
Bloom Color: White/Near White
Bloom Time: Late Summer/Early Fall Mid Fall
Foliage: Grown for foliage
Other details: Drought-tolerant; suitable for xeriscaping
Soil pH requirements: 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral) 7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)
I love the color in the picts, but for me this heuchera is hard to please. First it was in too much shade and it didn't grow at all. Then last fall I transplanted it to partial sun. At first it liked that -- it grew a bit and turned bright yellow, but now (in July) it is filled with holes and looks raggedy. So I moved it again, back to a shadier spot. My other heucheras are much less picky.
On Jan 27, 2008, saya from Heerlen Netherlands (Zone 8b) wrote:
Hybridizer: Thierry Delabroye, France. Introduced in 2006. H. 'Caramel' was officially launched at Courson (the largest plant exhibition in France) in October 2004.
On Nov 29, 2007, laura10801 from Fairfield County, CT (Zone 6b) wrote:
Non-invasive and not at all demanding, this little beauty was my first Heuchera. It has lovely orangy-golden colored leaves, with a darker underside. I have it growing as ground cover near my giant hosta, and it has done nicely in my mostly shady clay soil. I would estimate that in summer it gets 2-4 hours of direct sun. I don't remember its flowers, it may not have flowered at all (I've had it for about 7 months). I understand that this plant is an evergreen (or in this case, evergold), so far it has held up to light frost.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Benton, Arkansas Fresno, California Cos Cob, Connecticut Oxford, Connecticut Panama City, Florida Boise, Idaho Saint Charles, Illinois Greenville, Indiana Hebron, Kentucky Durham, Maine Rockville, Maryland Minneapolis, Minnesota Silver Lake, Minnesota Marlton, New Jersey Brockport, New York Selden, New York Durham, North Carolina Cleveland, Ohio Coshocton, Ohio Powell, Ohio Eugene, Oregon Ardmore, Pennsylvania Norristown, Pennsylvania Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania Wynnewood, Pennsylvania Arlington, Texas Amelia Court House, Virginia Lexington, Virginia Kalama, Washington Appleton, Wisconsin Watertown, Wisconsin