Heuchera villosa ‘Caramel’
coral bells, hairy alumroot
A fantastic French cultivar with leaves of the richest honey-apricot with a pink undertone, keeping its colourful foliage year round in all but the coldest gardens. Looking its best in light shade, it produces slender spires of cream flowers in summer up to 50cm tall.
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Plant Biography
Heuchera are a group of semi-evergreen herbaceous perennials from the woodlands in North America that have become extremely fashionable in recent years due to an almost chameleon-like ability to breed a range of foliage tints from red, through purple into brown, then orange and into yellow. The colour combinations now possible are seemingly endless!
It flowers in summer and early autumn, with tiny creamy florets held above the foliage in loose panicles.
The genus gets its name from the botanist and medicinal plant expert Johann Heinrich von Heucher (1677-1747), while the specific epithet ‘villosa’ means ‘covered with soft hairs’.
Care & Size Guidance
An ideal plant for borders and underplanting larger trees, the Heuchera villosa grows best in moisture retaining, slightly acidic soils. The fibrous roots makes them suitable for rocky soils and shallow throughs where other plants might struggle.
In harsher winters, the plant may lose its foliage completely but it comes back from underground strong the next spring. Cut back hard in late autumn and mulch to provide a layer of protection. Remove tattered winter foliage in early spring before new leaves emerge.
Plants can be divided every 3-4 years to rejuvenate and encourage new growth.
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