Coral Bells, Alumroot, Coralbells, Alum Root 'Splendens'

Coral bells are usually grown for their foliage -- but the foliage on this one is rather plain. However, the flowers are bright red and ...Read Moreit blooms most of the summer. So I actually plant this one for the flowers...like all coral bells, it is a great, low-maintenance reliable performer.

I bought five of these Heuchera last spring (2004) and they made only a few flowers. But this year, wow, there are long stems full of red...Read More flowers and let me tell you that not only they are strikingly beautiful, but the hummingbirds love them too!

So, this year I planted more in the backyard in order to attract more hummers next year. Another thing, the flowers stay quite long, not like the oriental poppies which are gone after a few days.

And the leaves also stay all winter under the snow. In early spring there is a nice patch of green where my coral bells are. This is really a hardy plant in zone 5 (Canada, zone 4 for US).