Dressed Up™ Ball Gown Coral Bells (Heuchera)
Perennial
- Dense habitat with heavily ruffled foliage.
- Low maintenance and long blooming.
- Proven Winners selection handles heat, humidity, salt, and deer.
- Ideal for container planting.
- Zones 4-9, shade to part sun, 18” x 20” wide at maturity.
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Description
You might be surprised that coral bells are named after their dainty flowers, even though the real star of the show is their foliage. These semi-evergreen perennials come in nearly every color, which is why we offer over 20 types on our site. Each has a low-mounding habit that can easily nestle into shaded corners, containers, or even rock gardens. Since they're low maintenance, heat tolerant, and easy to grow, they're the perennial we recommend most to shade gardeners of any level.
Details
Patent: PP35429
Common name: Coral bells, heuchera, alumroot
Zone: 4 - 9
Sun exposure: Shade (< 4 hours sun) to part-sun (4-6 hours sun)
Height x width: 18" X 20"
Flower color: White
Foliage color: Chartreuse
Season of interest: Spring through fall
Bloom time: Summer
Features:Proven Winners, Winter interest, rabbit resistant, native, heat tolerant, deer resistant, container plants, cold tolerant, bestsellers, best for beginners
Uses: Accent, border, container gardening, edging, ground cover, massing, small spaces, woodland
How to Grow
Light: Thrive in shade, and very colorful varieties will get better color in part shade. The color can wash out in full sun, and too much heat and light can cause the leaves to scorch.
Water: Keep the soil evenly moist, but not consistently wet to prevent root rot.
Spacing: 1.5 feet apart
Fertilizing: An application of all purpose garden fertilizer can be applied in spring.
Winterizing: Mulch in a 2-3" layer around the base will prevent freezing and thawing that can heave plants' roots.
Maintenance & pruning: In spring, clean up old tattered leaves before new growth starts to emerge too robustly. Cut back the entire flower stalk after flowering to put the plant's energy into growing more leaves.
Plant spacing is based on the ultimate width of the plants. This figure is normally given as a range; for example, 3-5’. If you live in a cold climate and/or want plants to fill in more quickly, plan to space at the shorter end of the range. If you live in a warm climate, are on a limited budget, or are willing to wait longer for plants to touch, use the higher end of the range. Using the larger number is recommended when calculating distance from a building or structure. There’s really no such thing as "maximum spacing": if you don’t want your plants to touch, you can space them as far apart as you’d like. All plant spacing is calculated on center, or in other words, the centers of the plants are spaced one half of their eventual width apart:
Unless you are planting in a straight line, as you might for hedges or edging, space your plants in a staggered or zig-zag pattern for a more interesting and naturalistic look:
Not sure just how many plants will fit in your garden? Our calculator gives you the exact amount of plants required for your space. Simply update the values and the calculator will re-calculate accordingly. Spacing information can be found in the 'How to Grow' tab on each plant's page.
These heuchera brightened up my garden so much I plan on getting more. I got these dressed up ball gown and put peach berry ice and wild rose on either side and repeated it down a bed and they’re my favorite thing! Doing great - got them last fall and here it is early June and they’ve grown beautifully.
Look healthy…Good Job!!!
Arrived quickly, in good quality and good packaging. Having the planting guide was also very helpful.
Love ordering my plants from Great Garden Plants. They always arrive healthy and in good condition. Dressed up Ballgown Heuchera is no exception. Even getting a plant in the fall it looks great and I got it right in the ground and it’s thriving. I like the smaller quart size as I can fit the plant in my garden spaces better.
The plants came in full of life except one and I’m watching that one, but I am sticking with this company because of the overall product and health of the plants
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The plants I received were a good size, very healthy, and are now thriving in my garden. This is a perfect plant to create a pop of color in a shady garden.
Dressed Up™ Ball Gown Coral Bells
I ordered 6 coral bells and with it so hot and late in the year I’m really surprised to see how well they are doing. Also the cost was much cheaper than the other places I checked.
The plants received are healthy, and were well packaged. Looking forward to their growth in my new garden for next Spring. They are off to a Great start. Highly recommended! Thank you!
They don’t stand up but just droop even when watered
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First time buyer from this site and I was not impressed. Ordered 5 Coralbells and only 1 was still alive when delivered. All of them were dried out with broken and dead leaves. Planted and waited to see if they recovered but just the 1 survived. Also ordered Hosta and they were small but were alive and are growing nicely.
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I ordered three different types of coral bells. They were in great condition on arrival, drooped for a bit when planted, but they bounced back and doing well.
Very healthy. Looks great in my garden.