Midnight Rose Coral Bells is an evergreen herbaceous perennial with a mounding habit grown for its dramatic basal foliage. The round lobed leaves are purple-black with contrasting hot pink splotches in spring that lighten to cream and pink spots in summer. Airy clusters of tiny creamy white bell-like flowers bloom on purple spires in late spring to summer attracting butterflies. Blooms best in partial sun and moist well-drained soils.
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Type:
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Perennial
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Origins:
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NA Native Hybrid
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Height:
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1' - 2'
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Spread:
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1' - 1.5’
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Spacing:
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1.5’
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USDA Hardiness Zone:
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4 - 9
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Culture:
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Part Sun, Full Shade
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Bloom Color:
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White
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Season of Interest:
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Spring, Summer, Year-Round
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MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance. Potential issues include powdery mildew, rust, leaf spot, and frost heaving of roots if winter temperatures fluctuate widely. Will grow slowly in heavy shade.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Native Gardens, Rock Gardens, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Lenten Rose, Hosta, Painted Fern
IMAGES: Photo by Deb Nystrom, Midnight Rose Heuchera, Coral Bells, (2) Andy Mabbett, Heuchera cultivars at BBC Gardeners' World, CC BY-SA 3.0, (3) Salicyna, Heuchera Midnight Rose 2020-06-23 08346, CC BY-SA 4.0, (4) Salicyna, Heuchera Midnight Rose 2020-06-23 08347, CC BY-SA 4.0. (5) cultivar413, 70919 043 San Diego Balboa Park - Botanical Building
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
