Heuchera to convince a Heuchera "fence sitter"?
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Comments (32)Idabean - The cranberry I grow is Vaccinium macrocarpon, the regular commercial cranberry. It doesn't like dry soil, but grows just fine in ordinary garden soil. I have it in gardens that range from full sun to only about 3 hours of sun. I find that it spreads, with the stems rooting as it goes, but so far it hasn't interfered with any other plants' survival. The pink and white flowers are tiny (much smaller than the berries) but a beautiful shape, and are followed by the cranberries which start out pale green and slowly blush until the whole berry is bright red. After a freeze the berries become translucent. The leaves stay evergreen, though like other evergreens they can get winter burned if it is too cold and dry without snow cover. The leaves are quite small, perhaps 3/8" long and a bit glossy. Another positive for me is that the voles don't seem to like it....See MoreHeuchera fall colors
Comments (7)Heuchera or Coral Bells genus of Saxifragea family. I have 65 species of Heuchera's as well as many of the Hybrids including the Tiarella's. I started collecting them 2 1/2 years ago, it's getting harder to find ones, I don't have... I have gone as far as revamping a big flower bed just to include additional Heuchera's! We also have have a big display of them in Flower pots just as you enter our back yard many differant colors, people are surprised to see how many colors they have. I like them because of the foliage color almost all season long! Dividing them in the early spring gives you more plant to share with other people. I like to share them with friends and family. Happy Heuchera Hunting! Fellow HeucheraAlochollics! If you like you can e-mail me on questions about Heuchera's....See MoreHeucheras in the South
Comments (19)Hedge your bet & go with a pot for now. Those Sweet Teas in the porch boxes doubled their root mass over the Winter, so thinking a pot twice the size it came in would do well. You could always use one of those bowls - wider than tall - and sit it on the ground in the garden. The leaves will hide the bowl & perhaps give you the best of both options. Really liking the Sweet Teas for the way they looked good through the unusually cold prolonged Winter & delayed cool Spring here. Made it through heavy snow & ice storms, laying down & straightening up again numerous times. The last time they decided not to bother to stand again, but the leaves still looked colorful. As Spring is slowly getting underway (dogwoods & azaleas just coming into bloom a month behind norm), they've bulked up daily & sent up bloomstalks. Notice them every day on the porch, and they never looked ratty nor needed a trim. They've put out fresh growth while their old foliage looks like a petticoat spread low around the edges. Seemed as if a child under a blanket of leaves slowly sat up & gave the blanket form. Gradual & graceful - very well behaved without awkward moments. The cold foliage gave a cinnamon appearance & the new growth shows more distinct shadings of amber & sienna with glints of dull ruby & olive green. Thinking I'll just add small trailing annuals at the ends & call it a permanent planting. Like them that much! Never did get those typical warm spells over Winter, so the heuchs in their original gallon pots set out in the garden were neither repotted nor planted. They lost their leaves late into this difficult Winter, taking the full brunt of the weather unlike their kin on the more protected porch, but all are leafing out quickly now in this cool Spring. The Southern Comforts releafed first, the Sweet Teas second & Caramel last over the course of two weeks & chilly nights. Really giving them credit for their endurance & rebound, considering some well-established broadleaf evergreens & various shrubs took a deep hit. This post was edited by vasue on Tue, Apr 29, 14 at 11:29...See MoreLimey Lisa, Peanut, Blue Mouse Ears. Feedback?
Comments (19)I am in zone 5, and my 5 GEs are doing wonderfully. I mix a small bucket of leaf mold into the hole, plant them high, give them water, fertilize annually and they grow. On the other hand, h.'Earth Angel' (3 of them) are doing poorly here. In respect to h. 'Blue Mouse Ears', they are growing nicely here. Bernd...See More
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agorouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a) thanked peren.all Zone 5a Ontario CanadaDelphinium zone5
6 years agoHere's one of my Georgia Peach from a couple years ago. The quality of the pic is not great, taken on my tablet.
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6 years agoHow about a Caramel Huechera? This is good for a somewhat shady location. Too much sun, the leaves get scorched. See my Caramel in company of Clematis Dr. Ruppel.
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