Data specific to Coral Bells (Edit)
Mature Plant Size: 12"x12"
Recommendations: General gardening, groundcover, mass plantings
US Vendors: Bluestone Perennials, Garden Crossings
Comments: Sets off Chartreuse and Red Heuchera
USDA Zone Range: 4
5
6
7
8
9
Water Requirements: Average
Does Not Like Wet Feet

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Plant Height: 12 inches
Plant Spread: 12 inches
Leaves: Good fall color
Unusual foliage color
Semi-evergreen
Other: Crinkled Leaves
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: Pink
Other: cream
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Uses: Groundcover
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Leaf
Division
Other: Leaf cuttings must include part of the petiole in order to root.
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: USPP13,348 (2002)
Parentage: Sport of: Whirlwind
Child plants: 5 child plants

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Common names
  • Coral Bells
  • Golden Coral Bells
  • Alumroot
  • Coralbells
  • Alum Root

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Date: 2012-07-05
Location: my garden
Date: 2013-07-12 
first yr plant
Photo by treehugger

Date: 2014-04-09

Date: 2006-03-09
Photo courtesy Terra Nova Nurseries,Inc. www.terranovanurseries.c
Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2009-06-08
With Hosta 'Minuteman and 'Christmas Pageant'
Location: Kalama, Wa
Date: 2009-08-15
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2014-04-09
Location: Kalama, Wa
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2004-05-28

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Comments:
  • Posted by NHJenDion (Southern NH - Zone 5b) on Nov 25, 2013 12:32 PM concerning plant:
    This was one of my first coral bells, and I really like the look of it. Unfortunately, I found it very temperamental. It just sat when I planted it in a well-tended, mostly shaded, mulched bed on the southwest side of my house, and then after about a year it began to melt away (I had 5 of them planted there, and they all behaved the same way, more or less). I moved the 2 strongest remaining plants to the south east side, in similar soil/mulch, but with a bit more sun. It just sat. I finally dug I them when I moved from that house a year or so later, but they did not survive the transition to their new home. I am still baffled as to what wasn't right for them. Quite unfortunate as they are so beautiful.
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