I added GingerAle to my heuchera menagerie this weekend! Looks very similar to Caramel/Peach Flambe and Marmalade. At least to the way they look right now, not in the early spring. A shade paler than the others are though.
MollyD
GingerAle
Very Nice!
The ginger ale's that I've seen (I don't have this one) seem to have more of a lighter-greenish yellow tint to them than the others? Does it actually still go toward orange? I'd love to see a picture of it later this summer after it's settled in.
My Peach Flambe isn't even close to green. It's a wonderful color, really is like the dark blush color on a peach, kinda coppery. It's in a pretty sunny spot, gets about half-dayish sun, including afternoons. So far, it's taking the sun very, very well.
MollyD, we planted 'Ginger Ale' this year also. The color of the foliage isn't as vivid as some of the other "caramel' colored Heucheras but the flowers are very distinctive - almost a lemon yellow and very charming :) Although they're done blooming, I'll try to get a few pictures of the foliage when I get a chance and post them.
Debbie
I'll try to snap some pictures this week and post them of my plants. I just felt it was a pale version of some of what I already had. I've skipped adding some of the purple heucheras I've seen for the same reason. Way too similar to Plum Pudding and Purple Palace to be worth spending money on. Greens I'm interested in if they show something distinctive like Vanilla Spice does. That's one I have my eye open for.
It could be that they're all very different at some times of the year and not others. Maybe I'm coming across them at the wrong times??
I noticed that this spring I got three Plum Puddings from Walmart. All were huge floppy plants which weren't in keeping with TNN's description of them. Since then they've lost those floppy leaves and regrown new leaves more in keeping with TNN's description which is a much nicer look.
MollyD
I also have Ginger Ale and love it. It is close to Caramel, but still love the color. Nice and bright.
Molly,
Glad your Plum Puddings came around for you.
GG I read your post with a touch of amusement cause since I posted that two of the Plum Puddings have dropped all their leaves flat on the ground. No idea why. They're still attached but laying flat no matter how much water they get. The third Plum Pudding still looks normal . One of the flattened Plum Puddings is next to the normal looking one and the other is in a different bed. There is no new growth at the center.
Any suggestions from those of you with more experience with heucheras? They're not dead but obviously not well.
MollyD
Molly,
I don't know what to tell you. That's terrible.
I've been trying to figure it out. We had 97 degree temps and that's when they collapsed. Maybe that's the reason but doesn't explain why others are all okay so far.
MollyD
No it doesn't. It's weird
Very and frustrating.
Molly
Maybe it's some type of bug? Although what I don't know.
whatever it is seems confined so far to those two Plum Puddings.
Molly
At least it isn't spreading, lets hope it doesn't
So far it seems to be just the Plum Puddings. Last Plum pudding had one of the deceased on one side and an astilbe on the other with a Snow Angel in front.
MollyD
MollyD, check out this thread http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/621259/ where there is information about Black Vine Weevil. Hopefully this is not what's causing the problem for your Plum Pudding but it's the first thing, after inspecting for mole/vole damage, I suspect when a Heuchera goes down seemingly overnight :(
Debbie
I'll take some pictures today so you guys can see what I'm seeing. No holes in the ground either.
MollyD
Molly,
That is a good thread to read. Not very long but worth the read.
It was interesting but I don't think it fit my plant. Here are those photos I took a few hours ago.
First one is a close up of one of the Plum Puddings. Doesn't look dead, more like it fainted!
MollyD
Here it is next to a bunch of Amber Waves.
MollyD
Here's the other one. It's in a bed about 50 ft from the first one.
I think you can see the plants around it are all okay.
MollyD
Looks like an elephant stepped on it! You aren't having a very localized infestation of elephants, are you? Although, I do think one would notice that right off. ;) Hmmm...how about a local infestation of invisible elephants?
Seriously, did I see one new normal-looking leaf on one of those? What about cutting off all the flattened leaves on one of the plants and see if it starts to recover?
I don't think any of those leaves are new ones. They're what it had when it went umph. Maybe I should be looking for invisible elephants -LOL
MollyD
Molly,
That poor thing does look pretty sad. Wish I knew what to tell you.
I'm wondering if it's that Southern Blight that I've heard about on the hosta forum.
MollyD