Common Name | Heucherella |
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Family | Saxifragaceae |
Genus | Heucherella |
species | hybrid |
Plant Type | Perennial |
Persistence | Evergreen |
US Patent # | PP22396 |
EU Grant # | EU32433 |
Hardiness Zone | 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
Growth Habit | Mounding |
Size (HT/W/FL HT) | 20" / 24" / 28" |
Finish Time | Fast (4-6 Weeks) |
Bloom Time | June, July |
Growth Rate | Fast |
Most Active Growing Season | Spring |
Flowering Season | Spring |
Flower Color | White |
Leaf Color | Brown, Green, Lime, Red |
Soil | Prefers well-drained, humus rich soils. |
pH | 5.5 - 6.5 |
Exposure | Full Sun, Part Shade |
Special Uses | Deep South, Winter Color |
Nutritional Needs | 100 - 150 ppm |
Dormancy | Winter |
Water (Greenhouse) | Dry moderately between waterings. |
Water (Garden) | Average. They like more moisture than the Heuchera. |
How Different? | This is a large landscape type Heucherella with brassy spring color and red brown summer color. |
Landscape Value | Mixed beds, border, container. Use for showy spring color. |
Finish Time to 4" | 4 - 6 weeks |
Comments | A finalist for the Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Year award in 2011. |
Grower Notes | Be careful not to bury the crowns when planting. |
Heucherella ‘Brass Lantern’
Outstanding vigor combined with brassy gold and red spring color on maple shaped leaves. A beacon in the garden. Use this large, evergreen, landscape perennial in mixed beds, under high branching shrubs, or in a container. Spikes of white flowers on dark stems. Winter color olive and brown. Best color contrast with some shade.
USDA Hardiness Zone(s): 4-9
Size (HT/W/FL HT): 20″ / 24″ / 28″
Exposure: Part Shade, Full Sun
Bloom Time(s): June, July
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