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Palace Purple Coral Bells

Heuchera micrantha 'Palace Purple'

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The brilliant hue of Palace Purple is a now famous Heuchera, this variety of Coral Bells provides both beautiful foliage and flowers. To 18" tall. Perennial Plant Association Plant of the Year 1991. (Heuchera micrantha)

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Palace Purple is one of the Coral Bells that started the current craze. Hybridized from a naturally purple-leaved native species, bloom is pink and quite dramatic against the dark leaves.

Planting & Care

A whole new group for your garden. Coral Bells, or the Heuchera are a group of small perennials commonly found as native plants in North American woodlands, and they've been ignored until recently. During the 1990s, some enterprising US nurserymen realized the Coral Bells were diamonds in the rough, and went to work. Their efforts have created a mini-sensation in the world of perennials, as more and more gardeners discover these great plants.

Some of the natives are alpines from the Rockies, others are dwellers in lowland southeastern forests. But all have several wonderful things in common. They have beautiful foliage, with large leaves in several colors that remind many of grape leaves, and the foliage lasts through the winter. With hybridization, some of the foliage colors have become truly spectacular, with rich shades and fascinating bi-colors.

Now there are new Heuchera hybrids almost every year, and the group gains popularity all the time. They take full sun or partial shade. And while most of these are grown for their handsome foliage, many also have lovely flowers, some spectacular. Best of all, the plants bloom for weeks and weeks. The flowers rise from a clump of leaves on elegant, thin stems which are lined with the small bell-like blooms.

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Key Features

Light Requirements

  • Half Sun / Half Shade

Bloom Time

Late spring to early summer

Advantages

  • Bee Friendly
  • Attracts Hummingbirds
  • Native
  • Mass Plantings
  • Striking Foliage
  • Evergreen
  • Low Maintenance
  • Container Planting
  • Small Spaces
  • Deer Resistant
  • Rabbit Resistant

Awards

Perennial Plant Association Plant of the Year 1991.

Additional information

Mature Height

12-24" tall

Mature Spread

12-18" wide

Soil Type

  • Loamy Soil
  • Well-Drained Soil

Soil Moisture

  • Average
  • Moist / Wet

Planting Depth

The base of the stem(s) should be just at the soil surface after watering in

Planting Time

  • Fall

Flower Size

4-6" flower plumes

Plant Classification

Native Cultivar (Nativar)

Growing Zones

  • Zone 4
  • Zone 5
  • Zone 6
  • Zone 7
  • Zone 8
  • Zone 9

Neonicotinoid Free

Yes
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Overall rating: 4.0 / 5 from 6 reviews.

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Did not survive.

"This was part of an order which included some sick plants. I was reimbursed for the ones that died, including this one, which is why I gave it 2 stars. I appreciate the good customer service."

— DD (2/5)

Pretty color and sending out bloom despite tiny size

"Armadillo somehow managed to miss uprooting it. Did very well quickly establishing itself in early spring but intense heat of late spring requires just keeping it alive. Looking forward to fall."

— Mom (3/5)

Heuchera Purple Palace not deer resistant

"I was so drawn to the beauty of this plant; bought two along with Heuchera Citronelle. I planted the purple palace and citronelle on my slope in back and planted the other purple palace in a container in front. Deer ate both plants in back. Then I added a deer repellant station in front to my container; and, this morning found they ate 1/2 of that plant. I am sooooo disappointed. Loved those two plants. I would definitely recommend if you do not have deer roaming about."

— Leadchick (5/5)

Attractive, tough plant

"I am chair of a garden club in a senior-citizen building in Silver Spring, Maryland. I gave this coral bells to a gardening neighbor because I have two of my own. They are on a fifteenth-floor outside rooftop, where they are in containers and placed in semi-shade behind a park bench. These plants are very hardy, tough, with attractive foliage. I just wish that they were evergreen. My friend's coral bells is happy in a pot on her balcony,and thriving."

— The W. (5/5)

Beautiful and Healthy

"I bought 12 of these heuchera 6 weeks ago. . . they have more than doubled in size, are blooming, and the leaf color is amazing! They're a wonderful contrast to all the green foliage in my garden. A wonderful plant! (I attribute the vigor of these to the fantastic packaging by American Meadows. )"

— Playing D. (5/5)

Pretty - less deer resistant than most

"Only down side is in my area,when the deer run out of their staples they go to this plant first. Every year it comes back but does not get any bigger"

— Run65 (4/5)

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