Heuchera

My local bargain bin often puts out pots of Heuchera, and I always grab them. I like the contrast that their leaf colour makes with neighbouring greens. I often plant three or four together along part of a path edge.

There are two new varieties which I think I have acquired. One of these is pictured here. It has smaller leaves which remind me of pewter.

pewter leaves of heuchera

I also grow Heuchera in pots, and look forward to them flowering - part of the appeal of Heuchera are their delicate gauzy flowers, often a dull flesh pink in colour.

Trendy Heuchera

Some gardeners think brown plants are trendy, while others get upset that the colour has a dead-plant look. I have some brownish leaved Heucheras which I love. But because the pots were never labelled, I'll never know exactly what they're all called.

Heuchera in Flower

Clumps of Heuchera seem to grow happily in sun or shade in my garden, though in continually hot weather their leaves can get badly burnt.