| Scientific Name: | Heuchera sanguinea (incl. hybrid cvs.) |
| Common Name: | coral bells, red coral bells |
| Family Name: | Saxifragaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, Mexico, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial, Semi-evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Alpine, Attract birds, Container planting, Group or mass planting, Perennial border, Small garden/space, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Basal, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Palmate venation, Pubescent, Orbicular, Ovate, Ciliate, Crenate, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Thyrse, Pink, Red, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal, most blades ovate-orbicular, 5-8cm long x 3-7cm wide, 7 rounded lobes that are toothed or scalloped, pubescent, petioles up to 13cm long; flowers showy, bell-shaped, 10-12mm wide, petals shorter than the pink to dark red sepals, sweetly fragrant, in open panicles 30-50cm tall. | |