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Heuchera 'Wildberry' (Dolce Series) (Alum root 'Wildberry')

Other names: Coral bells 'Wildberry', Coral flower 'Wildberry', Fancy-leaf coral bells 'Wildberry', Heuchera 'Wild Berry', Heuchera 'Dolce Wildberry', Fancy-leaf coral flower Heuchera 'Wildberry'

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Variety or Cultivar
'Wildberry' is a compact, mound-forming, semi-evergreen to evergreen perennial bearing rounded, shallowly lobed, glossy, dark purple to dark reddish-purple leaves and slender, upright stems bearing panicles of small, bell-shaped, pink flowers in summer.
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Season of interest

Flower

Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Flower

Foliage

Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Foliage
Height and spread

Height and spread

Size Max height Max spread To maturity
0.45 m 0.6 m 2-5 years
1 ft 1 ft 2-5 years

Where to grow

Soil type
  • Loamy
  • Sandy
Soil drainage
  • Moist but well-drained
Soil pH
  • Neutral
Sunlight
  • Partial Shade
  • Full Sun
Aspect
  • East
  • West
  • South
  • North
Exposure
  • Exposed
  • Sheltered

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Cultivation

Grow in fertile, moist but well-drained or well-drained, neutral soil in full sun or partial shade. Mulch in spring. Tolerates drought and clay.

Suggested uses

Banks and Slopes, Ground Cover, Beds and borders, Cottage/Informal, City, Underplanting, Waterside

UK hardiness

H6

USDA zones

Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9

Sunset zone

4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 1, 2, 3

WUCOLS

North-Central Coastal = Moderate/Medium
Central Valley = Moderate/Medium
South Coastal = Moderate/Medium
South Inland = High
High and Intermediate Desert = Unknown
Low Desert = Unknown

Foliage

Semi-evergreen

Habit

Cushion or Mound Forming, Compact

Native to

Garden origin

Drought tolerant

No

Flood tolerant

No

Toxicity

Not toxic

Plant care

Pruning

Remove faded flower spikes. Cut back any dead or untidy foliage in spring. Rootstock tends to lift out of the ground so mulch annually or lift and replant.

Propagation methods

Division

Propagation

Divide in autumn.

Pests

Leaf and bud eelworms

Vine weevil

Diseases

Cut untidy foliage and spent flower stalks (optional)

Mulch with leaf mould or garden compost in spring (optional)

Divide and replant after flowering

Remove faded flowers stems in autumn (optional)

Plant in moist but well-drained soil (autumn or spring)

Plant in full sun or partial shade (autumn or spring)

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