Colourful coral bells are the answer for one of the backyard's most challenging spots ...

When the late great plantsman Christopher Lloyd wrote a book a generation ago devoted entirely to foliage plants, he made no reference to a perennial named heuchera, or coral bells. Today, that would ...

Here’s why heuchera belong in your autumn garden.

Heucheras – also known as coral root and coral bells – are neat evergreen hardy perennials that are interesting additions to flower beds and much admired for their astonishing range of foliage shapes, ...

Perennials are flowering plants that last a number of years. They are often seasonal in nature with a period of high colour and then a time of dormancy or stasis where they may die back to a few ...

It wasn't long ago I was hiking around Blue Ridge, Ga., and came across a few terrific looking heuchera or coral bells which to that point I had only seen for sale in garden centers. All heuchera ...

As the rest of the garden is slowing down and getting ready for winter, the Autumn Bride heuchera (Heuchera villosa ‘Autumn Bride’) is going strong. This shade-loving perennial is low-mounding and a ...

I’ve never forgotten the sing-song lyrics to this sweet nursery rhyme of my childhood. But it wasn’t until I became a gardener that I recognized that “coral bells” referred to the nodding bell-shaped ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... I wish I had a nickel for every perennial I’ve planted that failed to live up to its billing. Then I could replant my landscape with the top performers from ...

Fall is the prime planting season for shrubs and trees in the South. The weather is beginning to cool, giving both us and our plants a break after the hot summer. Many flowering hardy perennials also ...