Botanical Name: Common Names:
Heuchera hybrida Sugar Plum Coral Bells, Alumroot,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
TBA Clumping, Dense
Description:
Sugar Plum features ruffled purple coloured leaves and a large mounding habit. Super vigorous and full of frills! Very easy to grow when planted in a well drained soil. It is showy in containers, mixed beds and when planted en mass. A real stunner! Grows approx. 30cm high x 45cm wide.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
15-30cm 30-60cm
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Loam, Sandy, Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Borders / Shrubbery, Courtyard, Cut Flower, Feature, Foliage Feature / Colour, Formal Garden, Groundcover, Mass Planting, Tropical Garden, Container / Pot, Under Trees
Pests & Diseases: Generally trouble free
Cultural Notes: Prefers a sunny or partly shaded position in free draining soil. Images and information courtesy of Touch of Class Plants.
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser, Keep moist during dry periods, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Saxifragaceae NorthAmerica
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Purple
Flower Colour: Cream
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Spring
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Moderate
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Medium / Moderate
Drought: Medium / Moderate
Frost: Moderate
Wind: Medium / Moderate
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