Beesweet Red Purple 'Heuchera micrantha Palace Purple'
The Red Purple Heuchera, with the Latin name Heuchera micrantha Palace Purple, is also known as the Red-leaved Silver Heuchera Palace Purple. The evergreen plant is a dense ground cover that is ideal as a border or for attractive yellow flowerbeds.
Purple Palace Purple has a tantalising display of flowers
Originally from North America, the Heuchera prefers a moderately sunny to semi-shady position with well-drained soil. Long-stemmed bell-shaped flowers in white and pink shades develop from June to August on panicles up to 40 cm high. These provide a rich source of nectar for butterflies, bees and bumblebees.
The more, the üppiger
With a maximum height of 20 cm, the colourful foliage perennial Heuchera is particularly effective in groups. You need about 12 plants to plant one square metre. This creates a carpet-like cushion that makes your garden a decorative eye-catcher. The Himalayan baby's breath or the thickle leaf can be combined with the purple hay.
The Heuchera also feels at home in the garden
The red-flowered silver-flowered heuchera Palace Purple not only cuts a fine figure in the border, it can also be used to enhance gardens and balcony borders. The large star-shaped flowers in bronze-purple to olive-green accents make the purple glitter an attractive eye-catcher, even in winter.
Heuchera micrantha Palace Purple is very easy to care for
If you prefer an uncomplicated plant, you should buy purple flowers. As long as the soil is well drained and there is no waterlogging, it is a very low maintenance species. Choose a semi-shady location, then the ground will stay moist for longer. This makes the ground cover feel at home.
How to revitalise the purple flower
To make the flowers even bolder in the following year, cut off withered stems and shorten the heuchera a little in early spring (February). Then it will add all the more colour to your garden. Every three years, you can propagate a red-leaved silver-globe Palace Purple and give it extra vitality. Simply dig up the plant and carefully divide the root ball into two equal parts. A little compost in the planting hole will encourage new root formation. This way you can enjoy your plants for a long time.
The Red Purple is also known by its Latin name Heuchera micrantha Palace Purple and also as the Bronze Globe. The ground cover grows very wide and low to a height of 30cm. The red purple creeper originally comes from North America, where it loves sunny to semi-shady locations. On extremely hot and sunny days there is a risk of leaf burn. Find a spot in your garden with a moist to well-drained soil. Between June and August, the bronze flower forms white to pink panicles that grow up to 50cm high and have very decorative leaves. This plant attracts bumblebees, bees and butterflies and offers plenty of pollen and nectar.
Buy Heuchera micrantha Palace Purple
For one square metre you need about 12 plants
The plants are pot-grown, so you can use the Heuchera miracantha all year round
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