Monrovia® Fire Alarm Heuchera is an evergreen herbaceous perennial with a mounding habit grown for its dramatic basal foliage. The lobed leaves emerge a fiery hot red then age to a brown-red in summer. Airy clusters of tiny palest pink bell-like flowers bloom on dark red spires in summer attracting butterflies. Blooms best in partial sun and moist well-drained soils.
MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance. Potential issues include powdery mildew, rust, leaf spot, and frost heaving of roots if winter temperatures fluctuate widely. Will grow slowly in heavy shade.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Native Gardens, Rock Gardens, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Lenten Rose, Hosta, Painted Fern
IMAGES: judy dean, Heuchera Display, (2) Photo(s) courtesy of TERRA NOVA® Nurseries, Inc., Heuchera 'Fire Alarm'
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
