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Heuchera Palace Purple - A Perennial Flower For Your Garden © 2007Visit Our Online Store.For Perennials and Perennial Seed |
Heuchera micrantha Family - Saxifragaceae - Saxifrage Alumroot Heuchera Palace Purple is one of the more desirable perennials for the flower garden. A North American native, the Heuchera tribe is quite large, with between fifty and seventy species wild species. Only a few are offered commercially, hence only a few are cultivated. Heuchera is nearly evergreen, the leaves finally burning down in early winter, usually after Christmas here in Southeastern Indiana, sometimes earlier if we have had some nasty weather early. The foliage is mostly what this perennial is grown for, and Palace Purple doesn’t disappoint in this regard. Early spring the deep purple leave begin to emerge in mid to late April and usually look nice until the heat of summer cause them to begin to look a bit ratty. A trim down late in the summer after bloom results in fresh, nice looking foliage for the rest of the season. The flowers of Heuchera Palace Purple are not exactly showy, but do look nice and airy with a pinkish-white sheen, held high above the foliage. Hardy in USDA Zones 3 - 8, it will grow from about twelve to fifteen inches high. It is happiest in partial shade, but will tolerate full sun. Palace Purple will form neat, attractive clumps which should be divided every three to four years. Propagation is by division or seed. Or midsummer cuttings will work too. The only pest I have noticed is slugs, but these usually are not much of a problem. |
