Coral bells
By Mulysa
Coral bells, Alumroot, Heuchera This group of hardy perennials has seen lots of attention from breeders in recent years.
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Coral Bells, Alum Root
Scientific Name: Heuchera sanguinea Engelm.
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Family: Saxifragaceae ...
"Coral Bells" is a compact shrub capable of growing six feet tall and wide. It is evergreen and hardy as far north as zone 6b, thus including all of Arkansas.
Coral Bells, Alum Root, Alumroot
Attractive to hummingbirds, the dainty bell-shaped flowers range from white to pink to red to green. Long-lasting cut flowers.
Coral Bells
Fuzzy, chartreuse to lime green, nearly evergreen foliage erupts in September, with white fountains of pure white flowers, continues until frost. A very easy care plant tolerant of dry shade and a wide variety of conditions.
This coral bells cultivar has silvery leaves with vivid purple veins and spires of white flowers in late spring and early summer.
Heuchera (Coral Bells)
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Depending on whether you want them for foliage or blooms, there is a variety of Coral Bell to suit almost everyone's needs. Submitted by gbttown ...
'Electra' coral bells
Cayenne red veins streaking across saffron yellow leaves. Imagine this spicing up a bland patch of shade. Zones 1-9, 14-24.
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Coral Bells PP #13,340
Description
Heuchera x ‘Raspberry Ice ’ P.P. #13,340 is a beautiful, compact Heuchera with ruffled heart shaped leaves, coming from breeder Charles Oliver in Scottdale, PA.
Heuchera goes by the common names "coral bells" and "alum root". The former name refers to the red flowers seen on the popular garden species Heuchera sanguinea.
( Brandon Pink Coral Bells )
Compact, clumping perennial with scalloped-edged, roundish, dark green leaves with lighter green marbling, 1-3 inch long.
"Firefly" Coral Bells;
aka, Scarlet Alumroot
In medieval Catholic folk belief, bells the color of coral protected a household from evil spirts, apparently adapted from an old Roman belief noted by Paracelsus, ...
Heuchera CORAL BELLS
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Alum Root see Coral Bells
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Native heucheras, also called alumroot or coral bells, have always been high on my list of favorite perennials. I know the ones grown for flowers well from my years in California.
The old-fashioned selections of Coral Bells usually had a marbled character to the leaves, in the form of streaks or flecks of silver among the otherwise green foliage, which could be argued as a subtle and different form of variegation; however, ...
These common, dainty white-to-yellow early summer flowers are cousins of the garden "Red Coral Bells". They especially enjoy rocky areas and are often found there in colonies of several to a dozen or more plants.
Heuchera species Coral Bells
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Light colors -- white, cream or pink -- stand out in the shade like the silver and pink tones of Japanese painted fern and the creamy yellow shades of some hosta varieties. Some red-leaved plants such as Chocolate Ruffles coral bells contrast well ...
 See also: Bells, Heuchera, Green, Pink, Evergreen
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