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How to plant and care for Heuchera (Coral Bells)
Heuchera micrantha 'Palace Purple'
🌸 Flower
🔁 Perennial
Evergreen mounds of glossy bronze-purple leaves with airy sprays of tiny flowers in summer. Brightens shady pots all year.
Growing Heuchera (Coral Bells): what it needs
- Light
- Part shade · 6+ hours a day
- Watering
- Water well until established, then in dry spells
- Soil
- Fertile, well-drained soil
- Spacing
- 40 cm
- Height
- 30 cm
- In pots
- Grows well in containers
- Feeding
- Balanced feed in spring
- Hardiness
- USDA zones 4–9
Step by step
- On planting day
Plant
Plant at the same depth as it was in its pot, 40 cm apart, and firm in.
- 0–1 days after “Plant”
Water In Well
Give a full can of water, then keep moist for the first few weeks while roots establish.
- 7–14 days after “Water In Well”
Mulch Around the Base
Spread 5 cm of compost or bark around the plant, keeping it off the stems.
Every year
- MarchTidy Old Leaves
Snip off tatty old leaves and mulch around the crown.
- AprilCheck for Vine Weevil
In pots, look for C-shaped white grubs in the compost if plants wilt; use a nematode drench.
- AugustRemove Faded Flower Stems
Cut faded flower stems at the base.
