Heuchera 'Marmalade'

ALUMROOT, CORAL BELLS
Family: Saxifragaceae
Pronounced: HOY-ka-ra

 

Quick Jumps

Growing Guide
Rainy Side Notes

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GROWING GUIDE

 

Origin:
Garden.
Plant Group:
Perennial.
Hardiness:
Sunset zones:1-9, 14-24.
USDA zones: 4-8.
Mature size:
Height: 10inches ( 25 cm).
Width: 18 inches ( 45 cm).
Flowering period:
Late spring to early summer.
Flowering attributes:
Panicles of greenish-white flowers.
Leaf attributes:
Amber, peach, yellow hues make up the rich colors of the leaves, with pink undersides and pink stems.
Growth habit:
Mounding.
Light:
Full sun to partial shade.
Soil:
Light, fertile, moist, well-drained soil.
Feeding:
Side dress with compost or manure in fall. Fertilize in spring with a complete organic fertilizer.
Propagation Methods:
Divide in early spring by digging up plant and dividing the clump into pieces.
In autumn pull off rooted offsets from the sides of older crowns. Pot the offsets up and overwinter in cold frame or greenhouse.
Remove offsets in spring and root as a cutting.

 

 

Rainy Side Notes

 

Heuchera 'Marmalade' is a 2004 Terra Nova introduction. The undulating leaves are outstanding with autumn-like hues that give the garden rich fall tones all year round. The underside of the leaves are the same color, but darker then the pink stems. Larger and more vigrous than H. 'Amber Waves', they're a better choice for the garden. In hotter areas, beyond our cool maritime climate, they can take the heat.

Whether they're used as a single plant or stuffed-to-the-nines with other flora, it's a choice plant for containers. H. 'Marmalade' won first place in the Royal Dutch Flower Bulb Association Show in 2008.

Photographed in author's garden.

A Pacific Northwest Plant of the Week (2012)

More reading:
A Passion for Heucheras (Article Archives).
More Heucheras in the Gallery.