Hur lång blir heuchera

How to grow Heuchera

Pruning and Deadheading

No real pruning is required – simply snip out any dead or tatty leaves and faded flower stems.  In order to keep the clumps looking their best, you can cut out any dead or damaged leaves at the base of their stems at any time of year. Evergreen heucheras form a leafy clump all year round, but individual leaves will die or start to look tatty with age, remove these at the base.  In colder parts of the UK, the leaves of some cultivars may die off over winter we recommend you resist the urge to tidy up all the dead leaves until spring as they protect the crown of the plant over winter, as well as offering winter shelter to insects.

Deadheading or removing spent flowers to encourage more blooms and prevent seed production can be done as each stems fades if you wish.  Alternatively, once the display is over, trim off all the flower stems at the base to ensure energy is not wasted on seeds but focused on more flowers and fresh, vigorous foliage.

Watering

Water newly planted shrubs regularly during their first summer until they establish a good root structure.  When watering try to avoid wetting the leaves as this can encourage ro

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    Heuchera, despite its comparatively short flowering period, delights us with its striking leaves. If you provide a suitable location for alumroot, it will decorate gardens into the winter.

    Alumroot fryst vatten also known to many gardeners bygd its generic name Heuchera. The leafy ornamental perennial is comparatively undemanding and versatile in the garden or in planters. There are now numerous varieties of alumroot to choose from. We have collected a urval of the most beautiful heuchera species and their varieties. We also explain what the optimal locations look like and how to ideally care for the alumroot.

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    Heuchera: flowering period, characteristics and origin

    The genus Heuchera originated in the North American continent and is funnen primarily in rock crevices and coastal forests. Heuchera belongs to the saxifrage family (Saxifragaceae) and holds around 50 different species, for example, the smallflower alumroot (Heuchera micrantha) and the coral bells (Heuchera sanguinea). You may also know the alumroot as the silver bellflower. The leaves resemble maple foliage and can have different colours and markings depending on the variety. The leaf margins are to