Heuchera Marmalade
£12.00
notes
Heuchera Marmalade has delicately attractive tawny coloured flowers in late spring, early summer, which are held in panicles on fine stems above the clump of foliage. But it is the extraordinarily beautiful foliage that makes this Heuchera so appealing. Deeply lobed leaves from pink and bronze to yellow and brown, add a splash of colour to a dappled spot.
Dimensions
- Pot size: 2L
- Height and Spread: 10-50cm (4-20in) x 10-50cm (4-20in) after 1-2 years
Features
notes
Heuchera Marmalade has delicately attractive tawny coloured flowers in late spring, early summer, which are held in panicles on fine stems above the clump of foliage. But it is the extraordinarily beautiful foliage that makes this Heuchera so appealing. Deeply lobed leaves from pink and bronze to yellow and brown, add a splash of colour to a dappled spot.
Insights
Heuchera is native to North America, where it is given the common name ‘alumroot’. It is named after an 18th-century professor at Wittenberg University, Joahann Heinrich von Heucher. Heuchera is useful as a companion plant to Hostas and Ferns or beneath shrubs. A recipient of the RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit), for all round excellence in the garden.
Details
From June to August, delicate pink flowers held on fine stems above foliage.
Planting
- Moist, well drained soil
- All aspects
- Full sun, partial shade
- Sheltered
Care
Position to the front of a sunny or dappled border or in a container. Being semi-evergreen in colder areas most of the foliage may die back, otherwise, remove damaged foliage in the autumn.
Glossary
Cottage Garden
