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Dolce® Creme Brulee Coral Bells

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From sun to shade, this compact variety shows off stunning bronze, gold and brown foliage; a perfect colorful addition to landscapes, borders and containers; small, dainty rosy-pink flowers appear in early summer; keep moist in summer months

Characteristics

Average Landscape Height:
8 inches (18 inches with the flowers)
Average Landscape Width:
12 inches
Growth Rate:
medium
Genus:
Heuchera
Cultivar:
Tnheu041
Flower Color:
rose
Flower Period:
from late spring to early summer
Summer Foliage Color:
harvest
Minimum Light:
shade
Maximum Light:
full sun
Minimum Moisture:
average
Maximum Moisture:
moist
Plant Form:
over mound
Canopy:
closed
Pruning:
cut back in fall
Pollution Tolerance:
medium
Other Species Names:
Coralbells, Alumroot
Branching:
herbaceous
Evergreen:
1
Density:
dense
Spacing:
10 inches
Flower Bud Color:
dark red
Flower Form:
bell

Ornamental Features

Dolce® Creme Brulee Coral Bells features dainty spikes of rose bell-shaped flowers rising above the foliage from late spring to early summer, which emerge from distinctive dark red flower buds. Its attractive crinkled lobed leaves emerge gold in spring, turning harvest gold in color the rest of the year.

Landscape Attributes

Dolce® Creme Brulee 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.

Planting & Growing

Dolce® Creme Brulee Coral Bells will grow to be about 8 inches tall at maturity extending to 18 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 12 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 10 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. 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 covering it with a thick layer of mulch 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.

Dolce® Creme Brulee Coral Bells is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a mass of flowers and foliage against which the larger thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.

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