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Coral Bells – Heuchera : Beautiful Blooms, Stunning Foliage

red coral bells perennial

Coral Bell’s real Botanic name is Heuchera and its real garden talent is adding both pretty flowers and colorful foliage to a partial shade garden. Heuchera’s native status is All American ranging over all of the United States, and is even native to the Rocky Mountains. They grow as attractive rosette tufts of small winsome rounded plants with lobed or divided leaves that have a tendency to stay evergreen through winter. In late-spring single stems open in a dainty array of tiny, ruby, coral, pink or white, bell-like flower clusters. The lovely little bells are inviting to hummingbirds and pollinators and Heuchera’s long, six-week blooming period provides rich nectar lasting...