Re: Palace Purple Coral Bell (Heuchera micrantha)
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- Subject: Re: [SG] Palace Purple Coral Bell (Heuchera micrantha)
- From: D* B* T*
- Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 09:30:06 -0700
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Well, uhoh, now you got the Cajun dude putting "Walmart" on his list of
things to do today and the question of potting up has just been dropped like
a weed....
:-)
Diann
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PRIMROSES [s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU]On Behalf Of
> Barbara Weitemier
> Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2000 7:10 AM
> To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SG] Palace Purple Coral Bell (Heuchera micrantha)
>
>
> Hello Joe,
> Here's a website on heuchera's that you might find interesting
> www.lucsperennialworld.com/research.html Got it from Bob A. a few weeks
> ago. It has four and a half pages of heucheras---all kinds, with "stars"
> given for, I guess, beauty and desirability (it doesn't say what). I have
> four 'Palace Purple' plants, but since I discovered the really
> purple-colored ones, I just use 'PP' as filler plants. I especially like
> 'Velvet Knight,' 'Cathedral Windows,' 'Amethyst Mist,' 'Pewter Veil' (my
> first of the more exotically colored heucheras), 'Plum Pudding,' 'Stormy
> Seas,' 'Ruby Veil,' and the list goes on!
> Once I had seen these lovelies, I collect every one I come across
> because I think them so beautiful. No more 'Purple Passion' with
> its "brown"
> tones---just the "purple, lavender, silver" ones for me. I find them not
> hard to grow---some shade, good soil and enough water. I have some of them
> with hostas, some with grasses that get sun part of the day. They
> thrive in
> both settings, although are more highly colored with more sun.
> Many of the on-line nurseries rave over heucheras, especially
> the newer
> varieties. Try www.plantdelights.com for instance. You shouldn't
> have to pay
> an arm and a leg for these newer ones. They seem to be more reasonable
> on-line than in most nurseries, few of which seem to carry them. Good luck
> in locating some!
> Barbara in Walla Walla WA, Z 6 or thereabouts, most of the time
> PS I'd rate 'PP' as a one, compared to the others, but then, I like the
> purple tones better than the browns.
>
