American sanicle "Palace Purple" (alum-root)
Heuchera "Palace Purple" - Heuchera micrantha.
The future favorite of your garden: spectacular color all summer long!
Perennial leafy ornamental plant. Plants up to 50 cm high.
Suitable for growing in humus-rich, slightly shaded areas with neutral soil, but can also be successfully grown in containers. The leaves are bronze-red, textured.
Practically not afraid of pests, watering is required during dry periods.
In spring, remove dried leaves and old stems of inflorescences.
It is best to propagate by division, it may need to be replanted after 3-4 years.
Blooms with white flowers in loose inflorescences on peduncles, above leaf rosettes. Blooms in June-August. Used as an ornamental foliage plant to create spots in borders. Cut peduncles are an interesting material for arrangements.
Agricultural technology.
The plant is drought-resistant, quite winter-hardy. Prefers sunny or semi-shaded places, drained soil. Propagated by sowing seeds in February-April in boxes. Surface sowing, do not cover the seeds. Cover the planting container with glass and keep it moderately moist. At a temperature of +20 °C, shoots appear in 10-20 days. Planted in open ground in May-June. The distance between plants when planting is 25-40 cm.
NB! Depending on the lighting conditions in the place where the plant grows and the growth phase, the color of the foliage may vary towards green. The recommended planting rate for group landscaping is 7 plants per m2.
The future favorite of your garden: spectacular color all summer long!
Perennial leafy ornamental plant. Plants up to 50 cm high.
Suitable for growing in humus-rich, slightly shaded areas with neutral soil, but can also be successfully grown in containers. The leaves are bronze-red, textured.
Practically not afraid of pests, watering is required during dry periods.
In spring, remove dried leaves and old stems of inflorescences.
It is best to propagate by division, it may need to be replanted after 3-4 years.
Blooms with white flowers in loose inflorescences on peduncles, above leaf rosettes. Blooms in June-August. Used as an ornamental foliage plant to create spots in borders. Cut peduncles are an interesting material for arrangements.
Agricultural technology.
The plant is drought-resistant, quite winter-hardy. Prefers sunny or semi-shaded places, drained soil. Propagated by sowing seeds in February-April in boxes. Surface sowing, do not cover the seeds. Cover the planting container with glass and keep it moderately moist. At a temperature of +20 °C, shoots appear in 10-20 days. Planted in open ground in May-June. The distance between plants when planting is 25-40 cm.
NB! Depending on the lighting conditions in the place where the plant grows and the growth phase, the color of the foliage may vary towards green. The recommended planting rate for group landscaping is 7 plants per m2.
American alumroot, alum-root, American sanicle. Bot. syn.: Heuchera hispida Pursh.