Heuchera 'Silver Scrolls'
Coral bells, Alumroot
- Height × spread
- 0.6m × 0.5m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Flowers
- Spring, Summer
Availability
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About this plant
This is soft yet showy in effect. The leaves have rounded lobes and held somewhat horizontally. This displays their silvered surface with its network of red purple veins. The burgundy underside of the leaf is not generally apparent. It makes an appealing foliage mound and this is enhanced for a long period in spring by little white flowers that are held on long slender stalks. The foliage is considered to be resistant to weather damage and has some visual appeal even during the cold months of winter. This is attractive in a container and is also useful as ground cover, happy in shady positions. The pretty flowers mean that it has value in the herbaceous border. Give it space and a contrasting background so its flowers and foliage can be clearly seen.
- Flower colour
- White
- Foliage colour
- Grey, Mauve, Purple, Silver
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 0.6m
- Spread
- 0.5m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
- Flowers in
- Spring, Summer
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Small scale garden, Seaside garden, Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, likes part shade, tolerates light shade
- Soil type
- Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- Neutral
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Borders & containers
- Borders and containers
- Use for
- Ground cover, Bee attraction
- Maintenance
- Easycare – low/no maintenance
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Apply slow release fertiliser
Apply a slow release fertiliser which is spread around the root area of plants soon after they have come into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water to keep the soil moist
For best results, this plant needs soil that is always moist. Water deeply and regularly as soon as soil appears dry. Even for established plants in the ground, a dry week can cause problems with some soils. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather. Or install an automatic irrigation system which will do the hard work for you, even when you are away on holiday.
Without regular watering some plants never fully regain their beauty.
Spring · Planting
Replant every other year
Every other year the woody stem (in fact part of the rhizome) of heuchera can be replanted. When it reaches more than 7cm in length, simply dig the plant out and immediately replant it more deeply.
Summer
Summer-Autumn · Planting
Trim dead heuchera flowers
The delicate flowering stems of heuchera can simply be carefully tugged off, they will readily detach when their time comes.
Planting & general
Compost · Planting
Multi-purpose compost
Use a good quality peat-free multi-purpose compost when growing in pots and containers.
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