Heuchera 'Can-can' (Alum root 'Can-can')
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0.5m max. spread |
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0.5m max. height |
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2-5 years to maturity |
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2 hours care per year |
Botanical name: Heuchera 'Can-can'
Other names: Alum root 'Can-can', Coral bells 'Can-can'
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Genus: Heuchera
Variety or cultivar: 'Can-can' _ 'Can-can' is a compact, clump-forming, semi-evergreen perennial with ruffled, red-purple leaves marked with silver and flushed purple beneath and small pale green flowers in summer.
Heuchera 'Can-can' is: Semi evergreen
Flower: Pale-green in Autumn
Foliage: Red, Grey-green, Purple in Summer
Habit: Clump-forming
Awards: RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
Companion planting: Plant astilbes with hostas and border phlox, which both like the same damp, shady conditions.
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Specific pests: Vine weevil , Leaf and bud eelworms
General care
Pruning: Remove faded flower spikes.. REGISTER to read more...
Propagation methods: Division. REGISTER to read more...
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Heuchera 'Can-can' (Alum root 'Can-can') will reach a height of 0.5m and a spread of 0.5m after 2-5 years.
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Suggested uses: Beds and borders, Cottage/Informal, Waterside, Banks and Slopes, City, Ground Cover, Underplanting
Cultivation: Plant in a fertile, moist but well-drained, neutral soil in sun or partial shade.
| This plant likes... | Garden match | |
| Soil types: | Loamy, Sandy |  |
| Soil drainage: | Well-drained, Moist but well-drained | |
| Soil pH: | Neutral | |
| Light: | Partial Shade, Full Sun | |
| Aspect: | South, East, West | |
| Exposure: | Exposed, Sheltered | |
| Hardiness: | Hardy (H4) | |
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