{"id":7435,"date":"2016-07-10T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-07-10T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=7435"},"modified":"2016-07-06T10:50:39","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T14:50:39","slug":"spice-up-dark-garden-spots-with-heucherellas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2016\/07\/10\/spice-up-dark-garden-spots-with-heucherellas\/","title":{"rendered":"Spice Up Dark Garden Spots With Heucherellas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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‘Alabama Sunrise’ Heucherella (photo from Walters Gardens)<\/p><\/div>\n

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‘Buttered Rum’ Heucherella (Photo from Walters Garden)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Here come the heucherellas (x Heucherella<\/em>), also called “foamy bells”. Heucherellas are hybrids that result from crossing two U.S. native genera: foamflower (Tiarella spp.<\/em>) and\u00a0coral bell (Heuchera spp.<\/em>). Terra Nova Nurseries, a wholesale grower in Oregon,\u00a0were the first to develop these hybrids. They possess the\u00a0awesome\u00a0foliage from\u00a0both species\u00a0parents.<\/p>\n

One of my all-time favorites is \u2018Sweet Tea\u2019 foamy bells (Heucherella x \u2018Sweet Tea\u2019). It is a true garden performer. Large 4-inch wide palmate leaves become an orange colored tapestry which\u00a0looks better from one month to the next. New spring foliage is bright orange. Some gardeners may opt to clip off flower stems to emphasize the rustic orange foliage colors. Leaves darken in the summer, and become a blend of orange and coppery shades in the autumn. Winter foliage is semi-evergreen in zones 6 and 7 and is fully evergreen further south.<\/p>\n

Tiny creamy white, bell-shaped flowers open in late spring to early summer\u00a0on sturdy stems, stand tall above the colorful foliage, and\u00a0attract bees and\u00a0butterflies.<\/p>\n

Foamy bells want very little maintenance. They’re\u00a0best planted in organically rich, well-drained soil and in a partially shaded area. Full morning sunlight and irrigation (or 1 inch rainfall \u00a0weekly) are\u00a0ideal condition. A new planting benefits from irrigation the first year; mulch plants to\u00a0conserve soil moisture. Sweet Tea tolerates summer\u2019s heat and dry periods because of its H. villosa<\/em> bloodline (USDA hardiness zones 4\u20139).<\/p>\n

Foamy bells are semi-evergreen through winter.\u00a0Plants should\u00a0be divided every 3-4 years in early spring before spring growth resurgence; remove and discard the old woody parts of the crown.<\/p>\n

Leading cultivars at this time:<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Sweet Tea’ – rustic orange\u00a0leaves on 20 inch tall and 28 inch wide plants; tiny white flowers in early summer.<\/p>\n

‘Buttered Rum’ – deeply cut, maple-shaped leaves begin caramel, changing to a rose-red for the fall. Sprays of small white flowers appear in late spring<\/p>\n

‘Stoplight’- bright yellow leaves have a large, dark red blotch in the center which feathers out through the veins. Tiny white flowers on 12 inch tall stalks\u00a0in late spring into early summer.<\/p>\n

‘Sunrise Falls’ – brilliant chartreuse leaves with red veins; plants 8-12 inches tall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              Here come the heucherellas (x Heucherella), also called “foamy bells”. Heucherellas are hybrids that result from crossing two U.S. native genera: foamflower (Tiarella spp.) and\u00a0coral bell (Heuchera spp.). Terra Nova Nurseries, a wholesale grower in Oregon,\u00a0were the first to develop these hybrids. They possess the\u00a0awesome\u00a0foliage from\u00a0both species\u00a0parents. One […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,674,665,966,551,625,843,812,629,630,706,646,113,655,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7435"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7435"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8831,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7435\/revisions\/8831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}