Scientific Name: Heuchera americana cvs.
Common Name: fancy-leaved coral bells
Family Name: Saxifragaceae
Origin: Canada - eastern, Garden origin, U.S. - northeast, U.S. - northwest
Hardiness Zone: Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading
Form: Mounded
Texture: Coarse
Landscape Uses: Alpine, Container planting, Group or mass planting, Perennial border, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Lobed, Basal, Leathery, Heavily veined, Glabrous, Rugose, Ovate, Undulate (wavy)
Flowers: Thyrse, White, Jun-Jul
Fruit: Capsule, Brown, Aug-Sep
Key ID Features:
Leaves rounded, heavily-lobed, palmate, thick and somewhat glossy (cv. Chocolate Ruffles has purple and metallic green leaves; cv. Creme Brulee has lime-green, bronze, and tan leaves).