I do like my Heuchera 'Paris' and 'Lipstick' with their bright red flowers.
But here is 'Venus' and its flowers stalk detracts greatly from what I consider to be nice enough foliage. Are these long brown nondescript flowers par for the course for this heuchera (and many others)? I did trim them off but they grew again quite quickly. I may move this plant to a more hidden area to maybe better hide those 'flowers'. What do you guys and gals think re such ugly flowers?
Yes, those are the flowers. Like you I just cut them of because the foliage is so nice 9 months of the year.. Makes for a messy looking plant when they bloom. The newer hybrids have nicer flowers.
The newer hybrids have nicer flowers.
Rouge
There are some very pretty flowers - try googling Heuchera Ruby Bells or Firefly. They have gorgeous flower color and as an added bonus will attract hummingbirds. If you are looking for a fuller flower, in the Spring, Tiarellas have gorgeous bottlebrush like flowers.
Below is Tiarella Pink Skyrocket.
Any of the city series have nice flowers and Vivid is gorgeous(Hot Pink). I will have to pay more attention to the blooms, I'm a folliage nut and they hold the color all winter here.
Thanks for that Carolyn. I do have a Tiarella..."Sugar and Spice" and it is a wonderful plant in the spring.
And as I mentioned in my opening post the red flowers for "Lipstick" and "Paris" are outstanding as well.
I tend to plant my heuchera for the foliage as well and I love to get different colors to set each of them off.
This is Vivid. Here is Terra Nova Nursery site. http://www.terranovanurseries.com/growers/heuchera-c-82_23.html If you look at the pictures you can see what ones have the nice flowers. If they don't have flowers in the picture I woud think they are not a strong point for that hybrid.
This message was edited Jul 10, 2012 9:11 PM
I believe that heuchera is mystic angel. Its very deep pink blooms are the prettiest.
The label said 'Vivid', I have had this for years.
such a pretty container, Julia.
Thanks.
