About

This compact, clump-forming, semi-evergreen perennial with lobed, bright golden leaves with red veins, changing to shades of caramel in winter. It produces white flowers on slender, erect stems in late spring and throughout summer.

About the genus

Heuchera are more or less evergreen, clump-forming perennials with attractive, rounded, shallowly palmately lobed leaves and racemes or panicles of small, tubular flowers, often with colourful calyces

Growing conditions

SunlightFull sun, Partial shade
Soil typeLoam, Sand
Soil pHNeutral
Soil moistureMoist but well-drained, Well-drained
AspectWest-facing, East-facing, North-facing, South-facing
ExposureSheltered
UK hardinessH6

Plant details

Plant typeHerbaceous Perennial
HabitClump forming
FoliageSemi evergreen
Height0.1-0.5 metres
Spread0.1-0.5 metres
Time to full height2-5 years
Suggested usesPatio and container plants

Care notes

CultivationPlant in a reasonably fertile, moist but well-drained, neutral soil in sun or partial shade
PruningDeadhead after flowering if required
PropagationPropagate by division every three to four years in spring.
Pest resistanceMay be susceptible to vine weevil
Disease resistanceGenerally disease-free