Stephen Albert
Heucherella—botanical name x Heucherella—is a hybrid resulting from a cross between Heuchera, coral bells, and Tiarella, foam flower. Heucherella is sometimes called foamy bells; it bears panicles of tiny pink or white flowers on erect stems from spring to fall.
Heucherella is a hardy, evergreen perennial. Green leaves are rounded and lobed. Leaves can be mottled brown when young; they turn bronze in autumn.
Heucherella is a good ground cover or edging in a herbaceous border or in a woodland garden.
Get to know x Heucherella
- Plant type: Perennial
- Growing zones and range: Zones 5 to 8
- Hardiness: Hardy to Zone 5
- Height and width: 12 to 24 inches (30-61cm) tall and wide depending on cultivar
- Foliage: Heart-shaped or broadly ovate leaves
- Flowers: Narrow panicles or sprays of tiny pinkish bell flowers.
- Bloom time: Late spring or early summer; sometimes a second bloom in autumn
- Uses: Beds and borders, woodland garden, groundcover
- Common name: Heucherella, foamy bells
- Botanical name: x Heucherella
- Family name: Saxifragaceae
Where to plant x Heucherella
- Plant Heucherella in sun or partial shade; full sun is tolerated.
- Plant Heucherella in humus-rich, well-drained soil.
- Plant in neutral to slightly acid soil.
- Heucherella does not tolerate heat and humidity.
When to plant x Heucherella
- Set outdoors in spring or autumn.
Planting and spacing x Heucherella
- Space Heucherella 12 to 18 inches (30-45cm) apart.
How to water and feed x Heucherella
- Keep the soil evenly moist.
- Fertilize Heucherella with an all-purpose, organic fertilizer in spring.
x Heucherella care
- Mulch around Heucherella with aged compost to conserve soil moisture.
x Heucherella pests and diseases
- Divide and replant in autumn or spring.
- Sever and pot up runners as they appear.
- Heucherella does not produce seed.
x Heucherella propagation
- Divide and replant in autumn or spring.
- Separate plantlets from rooted stolons in autumn.
x Heucherella varieties to grow
- x Heucherella alba: ‘Bridget Bloom’ flowers are shell pink; bright green leaves from a basal clump; ‘Rosalie’ has deep pink flowers.
- H. tiarelloides: Bright pink flowers are borne on reddish-brown stems; soft green leaves form clumps; spreads by runners.
