RE: Plant ID help please

Here is some info on H. richardsonii that is a left over from my plant sale
days. Will see if I can email you the pictures privately.

Donna

			Heuchera richardsonii
			Prairie Alum Root
Family Scientific Name: Saxifragaceae (saxifrage family)
Family Common Name:
Habit: Herbaceous perennial
Zone: 3 to 9
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Spread: 1 to 1.5 ft
Height: 1 to 2 ft
Growth Habit: Clumps are shallow rooted and develop woody bases. 2 years
before bloom.
Growth Times:
Range: British Columbia to Colorado, eat to Wisconsin and Indiana
Foliage Color: Basal clump of heart-shaped, shallow lobed, long petiole
green leaves ( 2-3"). Flower stems and leaves undersides are hairy. Leaves
develop bronze or burgundy cast in summer.
Bloom Time: spring to early summer.
Bloom: Green, tiny bell shaped flowers in open airy panicles are borne on
slender wiry stems extending well above the leaves.
Fruit/Seed Color:
Water: Dry to medium moisture
Drought Tolerant: Yes
pH: 5.5 to 7 acidic-neutral
Propagation: Divide every 3-4 years Or stem cuttings close to the crown in
summer. Sowing too many seeds leads to damping off. Plant fine seeds on
surface.
Problems: root heaving in cold winter climates, apply mulch.
Fire Tolerance:
Salinity Tolerance:
Restoration Value:
Food Chain Importance: Hummingbirds
Other Uses and Values: Powder from the root was used to control bleeding.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center
> Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 6:55 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Plant ID help please
> 
> Thanks Chris.  Good suggestion, but I don't know.  I don't think I
> mentioned
> bloom time which I believe was some time this summer.  Will have to
> recheck
> that with the MG who sent me the pics.   Also, this is on the edge of a
> prairie garden, out in bright sun.  H. villosa, Hairy Alumroot I've read
> prefers stream beds and such.  And the pics I just saw of it on the
> Vanderbilt.edu site show a very different kind of flower.
> 
> So I checked H. richardsonii while I was at it and I think that just might
> be right.  Besides, H. richardsonii IS Prairie Alumroot.  Would make sense
> that some MG may have plunked it in years ago when the prairie was first
> developed before we got to be sticklers about things being labeled.
> 
> Kitty
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christopher P. Lindsey" <lindsey@mallorn.com>
> 
> > > Can anyone help me identify this plant we found in our prairie garden?
> > > It's a volunteer; we didn't put it there. Sort of looks like a Prairie
> > > Heuchera - if there is such a thing.
> > >
> > > http://hort.net/+12WR
> >
> > When I first started reading I thought it might be Heuchera richardsonii
> > (which I like and plan to carry next spring).  But the leaves, flowers,
> > and flowering time make me think that maybe it's Heuchera villosa.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > http://www.hort.net/sHORTurl/
> > http://www.hort.net/gallery/      3811 online plant photos and growing!
> > http://www.hort.net/gallery/date/2005-08-28/       The latest additions
> >
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