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Beginner
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0.5m
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0.5m
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2-5 years
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2 hours care
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Botanical name: Heuchera micrantha 'Palace Purple'
Other names: Alum root 'Palace Purple', Coral bells 'Palace Purple', Coral flower 'Palace Purple'
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Genus: Heuchera
Variety or cultivar: 'Palace Purple' _ 'Palace Purple' is a mound-forming, semi-evergreen perennial with ivy-like, purple leaves with red undersides. Panicles of small, pinkish-white, bell-shaped flowers are borne on slender, dark-red stems in late spring to early summer.
Heuchera micrantha 'Palace Purple' is: Semi evergreen
Flower: White, Flushed pink in Spring
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.
Plant with:
Artemisia ludoviciana 'Silver Queen' (Western mugwort 'Silver Queen')
Heuchera micrantha 'Palace Purple' (Alum root 'Palace Purple') 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.
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Loamy, Sandy |
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Well-drained, Moist but well-drained |
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Neutral |
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| Light: |
Partial Shade, Full Sun |
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| Aspect: |
South, East, West |
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Exposed, Sheltered |
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| Hardiness: |
Hardy (H4) |
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Comment from
Nicola
Heuchera micrantha 'Palace Purple' (Alum root 'Palace Purple') has been used in The HESCO Garden by Leeds City Council for Chelsea Flower Show 2009.
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- Posted: Sun. 17th May 2009 12:49
Comment from
Nicola
Heuchera micrantha 'Palace Purple' (Alum root 'Palace Purple') has been used in The HESCO Garden by Leeds City Council for Chelsea Flower Show 2009.
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- Replies: 0
- Posted: Sun. 17th May 2009 11:27
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