Heucherella - Flowering Perennials

Heucherellas are a hybrid genus formed from crosses between Heuchera and Tiarella. They are prostrate mat-forming with the flowers carried above the leaves on feathery spikes.

The leaves reach only a few inches, but the white or pink flower spikes reach up to about 16-18 inches. They are good as ground cover in a variety of situations from the rock garden to woodland edge, some sun is required for best performance, though Heucherellas will grow in full shade.

As they are hybrid forms, propagation is not from seed, but by division in spring or fall. The plants also produce small plantlets that root as they go and these can be taking as cuttings. A parent plant could be placed in a pot and plantlets rooted in "satellite" pots as they are produced by pegging them onto the compost and then separating when rooted.