Coral Bells
Heuchera 'Indian Summer'
Coral Bells
Heuchera 'Indian Summer'
Heuchera 'Indian Summer'
12cm
£0.00
Few hardy perennials earn their place quite like Heuchera 'Indian Summer', a coral bells selection prized for foliage that glows in every shade of autumn. Where many plants fade as the season turns, this one comes into its own, the ruffled, rounded leaves shifting through amber, caramel, copper, red and bronze to bring warmth to borders and containers long after the summer flowers have gone.
Grown chiefly for its evergreen-to-semi-evergreen mound of colourful leaves, the heuchera also sends up airy stems of small, bell-shaped cream-to-pink flowers in summer, a delicate contrast to the bold foliage below. It is one of the most versatile and rewarding plants you can add to a UK garden, holding interest right through the colder months when little else does.
How and where to grow it
Like all coral bells, 'Indian Summer' is fully hardy and unfussy. It thrives in partial shade or in a position with gentle morning sun, which keeps the leaf colour at its most intense, though it will also take full sun where the ground stays moist. Plant it in fertile, humus-rich soil that is moist but well-drained; it copes happily with chalk, clay, loam or sand across the full range of soil pH.
- Position: partial shade, or sun with reliable moisture
- Eventual size: a tidy clump around 30-40cm tall and wide
- Care: tease out faded leaves in spring and lift and divide every few years to keep the crown vigorous
Its compact, clump-forming habit makes it ideal for the front of a border, for woodland-edge planting, or massed in pots and autumn displays. When you search for a heuchera or coral bells plant to brighten a shadier corner, this is among the best heuchera for sale for year-round colour, and it pairs beautifully with ferns, grasses and other shade lovers.
Every Heuchera indian summer we send out is a strong, well-rooted plant, grown with care and ready to settle quickly into your garden.
