Dolce Frosted Berry Coral Bells
Heuchera 'Frosted Berry'
Proven Winners
Dolce Series
$24.00
Large, scalloped, and extremely glossy leaves are deep purple with dark gray veins; dark stems hold white flowers with rosy-pink calyxes; amazing contrast to other plants; great versatility; keep soil moist in heat of summer
Features and Growing Tips
Note: Each live plant is unique and may differ from the photo while maintaining its beauty. Plants come in a plastic pot; other items in images are not included.
Landscape Qualities
Dolce Frosted Berry Coral Bells is a dense herbaceous evergreen perennial with tall flower stalks held atop a low mound of foliage. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.
Ornamental Qualities
Dolce Frosted Berry Coral Bells is primarily valued in the garden for its distinctive form | with the flower stalks towering over the foliage. It features tiny spikes of white bell-shaped flowers with pink calyces rising above the foliage from early to mid summer. Its attractive large glossy lobed leaves emerge plum purple in spring | turning deep purple in color with distinctive dark gray veins and tinges of silver the rest of the year.
Planting and Growing
Dolce Frosted Berry Coral Bells will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity extending to 26 inches tall with the flowers | with a spread of 18 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant | individual plants should be spaced approximately 16 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground | not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate | and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an evegreen perennial | this plant will typically keep its form and foliage year-round.
This plant performs well in both full sun and full shade. However | you may want to keep it away from hot | dry locations that receive direct afternoon sun or which get reflected sunlight | such as against the south side of a white wall. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions | and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however | as a cultivated variety | be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.
Plant Facts
Prefers full sun to shade
Keep moisture level average to moist
Mature Size 12"(26"withtheflowers)Hx18"W
Flowers are white
Flowers from early to mid summer
Attracts hummingbirds
Zone 4a
Likes average to moist soil