Dolce Silver Gumdrop Coral Bells (Heuchera 'Dolce Silver Gumdrop')
HEW-ker-ah 'Dolce Silver Gumdrop'
|
Evergreen Perennial Mounded
|
|
|
|
Available May 9
Size |
Notes |
Price |
Availability |
Tray of 3 #1 gallons |
Greenhouse
Budding/Ready to Bloom by Mother's Day
|
$51.75 |
|
Tray of 6 #1 gallons |
Greenhouse
|
$111.69 |
|
|
Available May 16
Size |
Notes |
Price |
Availability |
Tray of 6 #1 gallons |
Greenhouse
|
$111.69 |
|
|
Available May 23
Size |
Notes |
Price |
Availability |
Tray of 6 #1 gallons |
Greenhouse
|
$111.69 |
|
|
|
Semi-glossy iridescent silver leaves topped with pink flowers. Leaves take on a rosy blush overtone later in the season. reddish-purple scapes. |
About Coral Bells
If there was a contest for the most versatile plant out there, Heuchera just might win. This plant can tolerate full shade to full sun, although it does best with at least four hours of sun daily, and can grow in almost any soil and moisture conditions (within reason - don’t plant the poor guy in a pond!). Heuchera’s foliage can range from an almost-lemon-yellow to an almost-black-purple, and its dainty bell-shaped flowers dance in the breeze over its dense and mounded crown. Heuchera makes a striking “middle row” plant in the garden but can also be found in a pot.
Heuchera overwinters beautifully in the ground (it could be classified as *almost* evergreen) and only needs a light trim-back in the spring to remove winter-damaged foliage. Its flowers will dry on their stalks in late summer and actually look quite pretty, in a steampunk kind of way, but you can snip the stalks and enjoy a freshened-up, foliage-only plant for the rest of the season.
A few favorites include ‘Caramel’ (light green to - you guessed it - caramel foliage), ‘Dolce Cherry Truffles’ (cherry red to deep red ruffled foliage), ‘Lime Marmalade’ (yellow-green ruffled foliage), ‘Frosted Violet’ (prominent veins, violet purple foliage with a silver overcast), ‘Green Spice’ (purple veins, bright green foliage with a silver overcast), ‘Obsidian’ (very dark purple foliage), and ‘Palace Purple’ (dark green to purple to burgundy foliage). Heuchera makes a stunning mass planting or you can mix-and-match to achieve bright splashes of contrast throughout the garden.
|
Pros
- Extremely low maintenance
- Can grow in most soil and moisture conditions
- Foliage overwinters
- Only needs a quick cut-back to look its best come spring
- No pruning needed (but can prune old flower stalks)
|
Cons
- Needs extra water in extremely hot weather
|
|
Plant Data |
Mature Size |
6 - 8 inches
tall. 18 - 24 inches
wide.
|
Growth Rate |
Moderate |
Sun Exposure |
Partial Sun - Full Shade |
Moisture Tolerance |
Medium |
Zones |
4a - 9b
(Usually hardy to -30° F)
|
Tags |
Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Hummingbirds, Attracts Pollinators, Attracts Wildlife, Colorful Foliage, Container, Deer Resistant, Drought Tolerant, Edging, Evergreen, Fall Color, Filler, For a Shady Spot, Formal Garden, Full Shade, Good for Accents, Good for Beginners, Good for Borders, Good for Butterfly Garden, Good for Cut Flowers, Good for Mass Planting, Good for Rock Garden, Grown For Attractive Foliage, Low Maintenance, Medium, Mounded, Nativar, Non-Allergenic, Normal Soil, Partial Sun, Perennial, Rabbit Resistant, Shade Tolerant, Tolerant of Moist Soil, Tolerant of Salt, Well-Drained Soil, Woodland Garden
|
Bloom Period |
June to July
|
Flower Color |
Pink
|
Foliage Color |
|
|
Most Popular Plants |
|
|
Rankings |
|
Photos of This with...
Dolce Silver Gumdrop Coral Bells,
Red Rover Foamy Bells,
Silver Bullet Wormwood,
Fruit Punch Black Cherry Frost Pinks,
Silver Falls Dichondra,
Black Kodiak Honeysuckle,
Aureola Japanese Forest Grass,
Green Gambler Winter Thrillers Lenten Rose,
Ice Follies Lenten Rose,
Primo Black Pearl Coral Bells,
Brown Sugar Coral Bells,
Dolce Apple Twist Coral Bells,
Dolce Cherry Truffle Coralbells,
Dolce Wildberry Coralbells,
Plum Pudding Coral Bells,
Spellbound Coral Bells,
Sweet Caroline Jet Black Sweet Potato,
Pink Chablis Deadnettle,
Purple Chablis Spotted Dead Nettle,
Bright Lights Purple African Daisy,
Purple Baron Ornamental Millet,
Graceful Grasses Vertigo,
Supertunia Bordeaux Petunia,
Supertunia Royal Velvet Petunia,
ColorBlaze Dipt in Wine Coleus,
ColorBlaze Rediculous Coleus,
Catalina Midnight Blue Wishbone Flower,
Superbena Royale Plum Wine Verbena,
|
|