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Heuchera hybrids |
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| | Dale's strain |
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| | The best-colored seedling from 'Ebony and Ivory' |
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| | Palace Purple |
| Common name |
alum root |
| Family |
saxifragaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
white (summer) |
| Size |
12" |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
We've grown 'Dale's Strain' a few times, which is a good foliage plant - the flowers aren't much to look at. It doesn't seem to last very long, though. Our other bona fide named hybrid is the commonly grown 'Palace Purple', which is nicest in spring, when the deep burgundy foliage really shines. Other hybrids have come in through seed trades - although they usually came labeled with a cultivar name, the progeny generally has mixed colors and patterning. Recent attempts are named 'Velvet Night' and 'Ebony and Ivory'.
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| | Flowers of 'Ebony and 'Ivory' |
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| | Frost-tipped leaves of a seedling from 'Velvet Night', still chipper the day after Christmas |
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| | and here's the same plant, in a colorful duet in early May |
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| | 'Citronelle', a more recently purchased cultivar |
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. One or more images of this plant are included in my stock photo catalog About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Mary Lach | Jul 02, 2009 | I have three of these plants ad I have to say I love them! I have the golden brown ones, I wanted to know if I can replant them without a problem? One ofthem is getting so big but it's growing underneith another plant and you can't really see it??
I'd wait to transplant till early spring. That way they are safest from drought during transplant shock and frost-heaving. |
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