Re: Heuchera "Palace Purple"
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- Subject: Re: Heuchera "Palace Purple"
- From: L*
- Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 07:40:45 +0100
>
>Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 14:24:31 -0500
>From: Leslie McKendry-Smith <McKendrySmith@mbnet.mb.ca>
>Subject: Heucheria "Palace Purple"
>
>I've had a Palace Purple coral bells for about 4 years and
it hasn't done
>much for me. It's only bloomed once and isn't
substantially bigger than
>when I bought it.
>
>I admit that I'm growing it out of zone (4 vs. 3). In the
spring I decided
>to give it one more year and if it didn't bloom I'd ask my
sister it she
>could find place for it in her sheltered garden.
>
>But this morning, I had a thought. (What's that burning
smell?) Perhaps
>it should be in partial shade. I've been growing it in the
bright
>sunshine, thinking what's good for my other coral bells
will work for
>Palace Purple.
>
>I'd like to hear from anyone who's grown Palace Purple or
any other puple
>leaved variety. How much sun does your's get? Is it just
not hardy enough
>for zone 3? Would I have better luck with Bressingham
Bronze?
>
>Thanks
>
>Leslie
>zone 3 southern Manitoba
I've grown from seed this year Heuchera Emperor's Cloak
(from Chiltern Seeds). This was new for 1999 and is
described as "a superb new form of Heuchera - planted toward
the front of your border it will gain the attention of all
who pass and urgent enquiries will be made as to its name
and origin. It forms neat and tidy mounds of wonderful
foliage consisting of puckered, folded and pleated leaves in
rich beetroot-red to deep purple colours, and which appear
to be almost transparent in the sun. From these emerge in
delightful contrast, like lights in early twilight, thin
stems of charming, fluffy white flowers." The seedlings are
doing well, and I'm looking forward to bowling over my
visitors over the next couple of years!
Louise English, southern England
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