Heuchera 'Stormy Seas'

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

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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: 4-9.
Mature size:
Height: 12 inches (30 cm).
Width: 3 feet (1 m).
Flowering period:
May-June.
Flowering attributes:
Panicles of white flowers.
Leaf attributes:
Coffee-hued, wavy leaves.
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 'Stormy Seas' is a 1996 Terra Nova Nurseries introduction. It is a coral bell that doesn't need resetting or mounding every few years, like so many other cultivars. Dan Heims, owner of Terra Nova, considers this cultivar one of his top five heucheras and best landscape plants. No pruning necessary, except to remove flower stalks, which makes this an easy care perennial that can reach nearly 3 feet (1 m) wide.

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