Re: Heuchera 'Amber Waves' - your experience?

I've not grown this cultivar in particular, but after
my google search, this is one that is noted as being
difficult to grow.  One source said that it needs
partial shade a good, well-draining which makes me
think that this one requires less water than other
Heucheras.  What they mean by "good" beats me--maybe
they want a nutrient-rich soil.  

Since it's still in the container, drainage might not
be a problem, but it's location.  How long has it been
in the pot?  Sunburn usually looks different than
leaves rotting due to overwatering.  I'm also curious
which leaves are having the meltdown--is it the lower
whorls or the top whorls or all over?  Some Heucheras
hold onto their old leaves and just need some
grooming.

At my work at the Center for Urban Horticulture at UW,
we grow several different varieties, some of which we
run trials for.  This one is stunning!

Another person to ask would be Annie of Annie's
Annuals in the California Bay Area.  I saw this
variety on their site, too from my google search.

Good luck!
Bridget
Seattle, WA
  


--- Ccopuntia@aol.com wrote:
> Please Medit folks, help to settle a debate about
> the best cultural 
> conditions for Heuchera 'Amber Waves'.   
> 
> I was having a water/do-not-water showdown with a
> friend yesterday about this 
> plant {:>   She swears that this variety is
> extremely sensitive to 
> overwatering, but not that sensitive to full sun.  
> She was showing me a lot of leaves 
> on a container speciman that, to me, looked like
> just too much sun.   She was 
> adament that the brownish "meltdown" (for lack of a
> better word) was caused by 
> overwatering.   My experience with this plant is
> that it prefers quite a bit 
> of shade (expecially afternoon shade) and regular
> water.   Her experience is 
> that it prefers to stay very much on the dry side.  
> What's your opinion?
> 
> btw, we're in WA state, Pacific Northwest coastal
> climate, Zone 8 (but a 
> definite Zone 7 last winter).
> 
> Many thanks in advance,     C. Carter
> 



	
		
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