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Tue, Jun 5, 12 at 13:29
| I have had this one twenty years so it isn't new. The foliage is plain green and it has this crazy amount of pink flowers every year. It was given to me as a division from an elderly lady customer of mine (I was a florist) and she only knew it as coral bells. I've never seen one for sale anywhere or in any public or private garden tours.
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- Posted by buyorsell888 Zone 8 Portland OR (My Page) on Tue, Jun 5, 12 at 13:59
| Close up of the flowers, the spikes are at least two feet tall.
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- Posted by gardenfanatic MO zone5b (My Page) on Sat, Jun 9, 12 at 13:24
| It's pretty, whatever it is! Deanna |
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- Posted by hostaholic2 zone 4 MN (My Page) on Sun, Jun 10, 12 at 10:23
| I have that same one but have no idea what it is. I moved here 20 years ago and it was established here then. It's a tough one though. |
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- Posted by on_greenthumb 5a/Ontario (My Page) on Mon, Jun 11, 12 at 7:39
| I have that one - purchased from the store as "CORAL BELLS"....LOL Sorry I couldn't be of more help, but I just wanted to say, yours is HUGE!!!!! Can't wait for my little guy planted this year to start to be a show like that (although in fairness, he has been blooming since end of April!!! LOL |
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- Posted by buyorsell888 Zone 8 Portland OR (My Page) on Mon, Jun 11, 12 at 12:17
| Those flower spikes are two feet tall. Still going strong for weeks now. |
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| Pretty amazing plant. Do you suppose it might be the original "choral bells" that everyone grew before the plant breeders got involved? It was grown for its flowers, and would have predated Palace Purple which I understand was the first dark leaved discovery. Jan |
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- Posted by buyorsell888 Zone 8 Portland OR (My Page) on Mon, Jun 11, 12 at 18:41
| I certainly had it long before I ever succumbed to 'Palace Purple's alluring purple foliage. It did come from an elderly lady in an old part of town full of old rock gardens. |
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| Wow! That's a lot of flowers. Karen |
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- Posted by steve_mass 5b (My Page) on Tue, Jun 12, 12 at 7:11
| Yes that's the common green variety we called Coral Bells about 30 years ago. That was before the explosion of color in Heuchera foliage. These plants were grown for their flowers as you can see in buyorsell's pic above. I had several of these in my first perennial garden. In the new Heuchera flowers have taken a back seat to the foliage. While there are many new beautiful varieties, I think the best plants are those in which the flowers and foliage compliment one another. Imagine a profusion of pink flowers like those above over a deep purple foliage like Obsidian or Dark Secret. That would be a plant worth having. Steve |
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- Posted by weekendweeder 5 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 15, 12 at 11:31
| I think this is Bressingham Hybrids, per floota in another thread. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Dale's Strain
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| Sure looks like Heuchera micrantha 'Martha Roderick'. The foliage is usually a tight mound with feathery sprays of pink flowers. Just give it a google, I have a small collection of Heucheras, just love them. |
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- Posted by buyorsell888 Zone 8 Portland OR (My Page) on Sat, Jun 16, 12 at 20:54
| Yes, it sure does look like that one. Thanks |
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- Posted by buyorsell888 Zone 8 Portland OR (My Page) on Sun, Jun 17, 12 at 12:20
| I do have one of the Bressingham Hybrids but this one has many more smaller flowers. I do think it is Heuchera micrantha 'Martha Roderick' |
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