Hi Beverlymnz4 , Your gardens are beautiful so amazing to know we will be back to them soon! That's part of why I love this family, as soon as the snow melts you can see them no more waiting.

your list o plants is really helpful , this year I;m planning on putting in a lot of coralbells and others in this family , you have a great amount that do well. I have silver scrolls coming this spring so I'm happy it does so well for you, I'm hoping it does that for me. I really love the silver plants too.

I have a problem with the lighter leaves , but Caramel has been outstanding so I have Pretty Perrine coming from the same breeder (as is circus which I would love to have), I hope it's as good.

I've heard a lot about Cracked Ice and it looks beautiful, please let me know how it does this coming season. I will keep my eye out for the ones you had success with. You seem to have a lot of the newer ones that are not in my area yet. Gives me something to be on the lookout for.

I love your hostas! Just between you and me what is one in the bottom photo? That's the kind of leave and colour I love and I do see a very happy Curlt Fries ha ha

The bottom photo is Hosta Saint Paul. There are several that look alike: St. Paul, Pride and Joy, Lakeside Shoremaster, American Glory Be, and
Pete's Passion all very similar, but not exactly identical. Of these I like Saint Paul best, but if you have one of the others you might not want to buy it because it will look the same.

I wish I had taken more heuchera pictures. They fit in to some small spaces and I like to use them in containers as well. I have killed my fair share, squirrels like to dig them up and I find them up to four feet away from where I plant them. Others died a shovel death, just not growing well enough to keep and look terrible. However the ones that work can be multiplied so for me it averages out.

I don't think I ever looked forward to spring as much as I do this year.

beverlymnz4. What I noticed from people that post survival live either in zone 7 they seem to really have good survival and very cold zones. I think the large snow cover in the cold zone keeps a blanket over them and helps with the cold.

My zone 6 I do not get large snow cover and alot of freeze and thaw which I think kill them. I think my reason of success of growing them in pots and laying the pots on their side helps with the freeze and thaw and they do not root because of so much water. We get a lot of freezing rain, then snow, then warm, then rain, then cold then they are in a block of ice.

Be interesting to see what happens this spring. We have had a winter just like that no snow and lot of freeze and thaw.

Beverlymnz4 i have none of those and will have to get some this year.

I wish I had of taken photos before i divided all my heuchera last year ,nice to share them at this time of year.

I do the same with the shovel, remove any that don't thrive Trying to do my reseach soI can avoid this step.

marquest, I agree. I bought heuchera Citronelle after seeing it in Nashville on a garden tour. The gardener/homeowner told me it survived in ground for her well. That one did not grow at all for me and I took it out. I do, however have the freeze thaw problem in spring, albeit much less. Heuchera planted or divided late do not seem to make it, those roots have to be well established.

Highland I thought this might help. It is about a half hour youtube. I do buy the ones developed by the company in Pennsylvania. Stainless Steel has been planted in the garden for 3 yrs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLn-4xUzQYs

Thanks Marquest , it's an excellent video. Lots of great info. I was reading about Primrose path , is this the one in Pennsylvania? Stainless Steel is a great name , I hope to get that.

I have an chance to get Pink Pearls and Heucherella Tapestry I'm leaning towards Pink Pearls orange-pink foliage, extremely floriferous with gorgeous pink flowers on reddish stems , that's sounds pretty unusual, no.

Yes Primrose is the PA developer. His stuff is really hardy. I liked the video because it confirms what I thought when I first started buying these beauties.....they are all not created equal. I now look for villosa and who developed them. I know I do not have luck with Terra Nova creations even when they say they have Villosa in their breeding.

Stainless steel is beautiful growing next to my Japanese Painted fern.

This is an area I have them in pots. Like I said because they are not tall planters and because of the coir they look like they are planted in the garden.

your colours are so beautiful. In the first photo is stainless steel to the right of your amazing fern, what is just below the fern.

Your to right about Terra Nova in my area, most do not make it here. For a while I stopped with coralbells completely and now like you I realize the background is important and having better success. I'm glad I found this forum and people are so helpful.

The one in the front is heuchera green spice. As they said in the youtube it is one that you cannot find anymore. Probably because it lives. I have had that one for 10 yrs. I even moved it when I purchased another house and it was outside all winter unprotected because I moved in January and it did not get planted in the garden until that summer.

Yes Terra Nova is in a rush to get them out and do not trial them in different climates. I think they develop them and grow them in a green house and put them on the market for a high price. I do not purchase any unless they are less than 6.00 anymore. I was paying 20.00 because I thought I was buying perennials. I will not pay that price for a iffy annual plant.

In the 1st photo above from Beverly there are Heuchera and Hosta pictured along with a plant with long linear yellow/green leaves in the bottom right corner, what is this plant? It is very attractive.

I am not Beverly but it looks like Hosta Curly Fries.

Autumn Bride and Purple Palace are bullet proof here. I have Circus and it has done well. I have had trouble with fall plantings of heuchera. Have had a few die or come back really small the next season,so, I avoid the late seasonal sales now.

I really love circus,I will be on the lookout for it.

I am a BIG fan of the Terra Nova heuchies. I have Georgia Peach (spectacular) in its own large pot to showcase it. I have Marmalade, which is huge. I have Paprika, Rio, Midas Touch, Peppermint, Frost, Sugar Berry, Sweet Tart, Ginger Snap, and Carnival Watermelon (a Darwin heuchie). I am in zone 7B and all my heuchies are now sending up new growth.

Yea you are in the right zone for Terra Nova to do well. Nice to hear your plants are sending up new growth , no sign here yet.

I haven't tried all that are on your list, but I have 3 on your list and all have thrived: Obsidian, Caramel, and Cherries Jubilee. That being said, you might want to add "Green Spice" to your list as it does VERY well for me too.

Yes Ester zone 7 is good for TNova. Even their villosa are not good for my gardens. They create their Hercs in a greenhouse and put them on the market at an extremely high price and they do not last even the summer for me.

I resent the cost of garden plants that are put out as Perennials and the nurseries are not showing the gardeners the respect to do the proper testing and the greed to rush to market and slap a Perennial label on the plants.

I'll have to see if I can find Green Spice jmcdmd , sound like I might have to get it from a garden as it doesn't seem to be sold anymore, it's so pretty. I have a few new ones coming that I'll let how they do.

marquest I do agree with you t nova was an expensive lesson.

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I'm in zone 7 and have not had luck with some I've tried. Lemon chiffon (I think) gradually shrunk down to nothingness the first year along with Midnight Rose, one Berry Smoothie and one more that I don't even remember the name of.

My last Berry Smoothie has shrunk in size considerably since last year, but it is still alive. I doubt it will be at the end of summer. I may move it to a sunnier location but I don't know if it help.

Southern Comfort is doing great! I'm going to get another of those for sure this year, as well as Carnival Rose Granita. It has a much more purple hue than Amethyst Rose, for me anyway.

I have a Green Spice that I like alot and may get more of that one. Sweet tea heucherella is doing good but it was almost dead when I bought it so I put it in a pot to baby along for awhile before putting it in the ground.

Sweet tea

Carnival Rose Granita

Southern comfort far right, little purple dot is what's left of Berry smoothie

Southern comfort

You really brought Sweet Tea back from the dead! Love the carnival Rose Granita, I've had great luck with Carnival Fall Festival so this is the go ahead to start looking for more of the series. I have amazing success with Caramel , I know lots of people do well with Southern Comfort but it's a Terra Nova and they just do not work on the whole in my zone,some exception I'm sure but to expensive to keep trialing. Nice to see photos Stephanie.

I don't have the hang of it yet.

Lol - I'm amazed that Sweet Tea survived. All the leaves were crispy dry and I was left with nothing but a root ball for awhile. I probably shouldn't have bought it but on that particular day I was convinced that I would never find another one and just couldn't wait another year. ;)

My dad and step-mom have a Caramel potted up on their front porch that is absolutely huge! I'm getting one this year.

Black-out did ok but it's starting off more green than black. It is still alive though.

Heuchera seem to be a real hit or miss for me. I'm only buying on sale from now on - they're just too expensive for trials or as an annual.

I would like to try some of the silver varieties, maybe Stainless Steel. I also like the blooms on Snow Angel but I haven't seen too many of those locally.

I know what you mean about hit and miss, that's why I love this forum, we don't have heucheras go on sale to often.

I'm on the lookout for Stainless Steel, Marquest posted a photo of it here , very nice. If you can find Venus, it has been very strong and long lived for me, I think it's over 12 years old and still looks fantastic.

Agree on Terra Nova. I think I have so many because that is what the local nurseries have been carrying. In addition I have two large heuchera purchases: 7 little cuties and 3 crisp series, that I bought at auction to support he Midwest Hosta Society and the American Horticultural Society. I consider those donations and any plant that makes it is a prize. BTW who sells the carnival series retail online.

I have never paid $20 for a heuchera, most where $10. One of the best, Amethyst Mist, I purchased for $3. I know prices are going up so I'm expecting to pay more this year. I think small plants are more difficult to establish and plant them in a container with loose soil until they increase in size some, then in the ground they go.

I got my carnival rose granita at Home Depot last year. That was the only the carnival they had but they had tables and tables of purple - it caught my eye!

http://www.riverbendnursery.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/plants.kwsearchpost/variety/Heuchera/index.htm

I know nothing about this nursery but it looks like they have a few varieties.

Never mind, the link I just posted doesn't actually sell them.

This one does.

http://www.ilovehostas.net/coralbells.html

I've never ordered from them but it came up on a google search.

Thanks Stephanie, I forgot about Casita Azul. Someone here has mentioned them for heuchera before.

Amethyst Mist is outstanding for me too, it's my oldest bomb proof plant. It's good to support the Societies Beverly, I hope you have good luck with what you receive. I picked up my Carnival at sobey's grocery store it was the only variety that did not look messed up end of June so I thought I'd try it. I'm in canada so can't help you out on line sales.

Try Santa Rosa. I wait for their sale or when they send 20% off. They are always emailing a sale. I think it is 25% off now.

Santa Rosa

It's interesting to hear which heurcheras do well for people and which do not. I seem to be the opposite of most as none of my dark colours have done very well, with a couple dying altogether. But my greens and lighter colours are doing fairly well (however not as big as some of the ones I've seen on here!).

Very pretty serendipity. It has been trial for me. So far there are very few I have been able to keep alive very long in the garden

For those in the Mid-Atlantic, you may find the 2014 report from the heuchera trial gardens at Mt. Cuba helpful: http://www.mtcubacenter.org/horticultural-research/trial-garden-research/

Marquess, I meant to say what a lovely picture and combination of plants in your first photo (the second one is nice as well). They all compliment each other so well and have grown in so nice together!

sherrygirl, Circus is just gorgeous! I really like the 'veiny' varieties although I don't have many of them, actually none. The closest would be green spice. Hmmm, I think those will be the ones I'll 'invest' in this season.

serendipity, yours are gorgeous! Your apple spice is just lovely. I just wish I had a found a bright green like that did well for me.

Thank you! I just wish I could get a deep purple or red to do well for me. Their leaves seem to always scorch and shrivel up dry for me.

i also find it very interesting that some areas the light colored heuchera do better than the dark. I am in zone 6 and my best Heuchera are the dark colors and the dark reds. I have lost Caramel, my favorite Blessingham and many other light colored ones. I am in a high heat index area, the dark colors seem to thrive in this hot, sunny area!

serendipity, thank you. I plant tight because I do not like to weed.

Dave I think it is the light. I read that the light color do not like as much sun as the darker colors. I have not had much luck with any particular color it seems my survivors depend on the developer.

Serendipity, have you tried Midnight Rose? It fizzled and died fast here so if you see one on sale it might be worth a shot. I'd try it in a pot first though.

Carnival Watermelon is my favorite. Here's a picture taken last July of one of mine. I like it because it grows strong, tall and robust. This picture was taken just as the sun was slipping down - I really should take one when the sun is overhead when the watermelon just glows.

I just moved one a few days ago - I hope I didn't hurt it. It's been cloudy and cool and a bit rainy since then, so I think it will be fine.

I am starting to like "Kassandra" more and more. I just now took this picture - they are not yet cleaned up for the season. The two in the front were planted last spring, and the small one in the rear was transplanted to this spot last September. Today is a dull cloudy day; they are much brighter and prettier when the sun shines! And I think they will eventually be very large. For scale - the golf club and golf ball on that statuary are actual size.

Hey that's a big one , I like it too. You have some very nice clumps, Love when they get established quickly. This is my kind of Heuch. Thanks for the photos littlebug

I like "Kassandra" too. This will be the second year and it has performed pretty good. But it is one I am growing in a pot. I do not how it will do in the garden in my zone.

Kassandra is Bred by Sandrine Delabroye of France , I have amazing luck with this breeder .I don't have this yet but I have most of their plants and love them.

Wow, watermelon is big and robust - very nice!

These are pictures from today. Southern Comfort is growing by leaps and bounds, Amethyst Myst is finally doing something (I thought it was going to die), the Rose Granitas are shooting up and Blackout is putting some size on as well.

Carnival Rose Granita

Amethyst Myst

Blackout

Southern Comfort

Southern Comfort seems to be quite popular. I like it's big leaves. Your plants all seem to be doing well!

Thank you. I'm surprised to be honest. After Midnight Rose and Berry smoothie last year I had my doubts about any of them making it. I even passed on a Caramel because it wasn't on sale and I didn't want to chance it.

When does your season start in zone 5? Are you seeing any growth yet or is too early?

I am close to Windsor, Ontario. I have had great success with Dolce Blackcurrant, Caramel, Silver Scrolls, Dolce Peach Melba, Kassandra, and Sweet Tea. I am on my second Fire Alarm. It just survived our mild winter and is quite small. It is so beautiful during the spring and fall but maybe not worth it. I have had Paprika for a couple of years and it barely survived this year as well. I have had Berry Smoothie for a couple of years and it has done well so far. Georgia Peach was beautiful last year but it didn't look too good over the winter. I lost many leaves but it is coming back. Rootbeer died - I think my only loss this year. Hope this helps.

I'm just starting to see growth here in zone 5, your photos are so nice to see! Black out is so dark, Stephanie.

Hi Barb, I just potted up Silver Scrolls and Pretty Perine . I'm glad to hear an other endorsement for Silver Scrolls. I was Tempted by Fire Alarm, but I did hear it's not very strong, you"ll have to let me know how it does for you. I'm taking notes on what does not make it. In hopes of reducing my losses. Thanks for your info

This was our first real 'spring' weekend and I spent most of it outside cleaning up my gardens and cutting back my Heucheras. They are just starting to sprout out. My dark reds/purples did not do well overwinter but then again, they never do. I might even lose one or two, they are so tiny. But my lighter ones are coming back well. It was so much fun discovering all the little shoots hidden underneath the dead leaves and mulch!