Plant ID

TheGreenMan · July 2021

Afternoon.

I’ve just been to a GC and picked up a couple of heuchera for £2.50 but they aren’t labelled other than “heuchera”!

Any heuchera nuts able to identify them?

Many thanks, you lovely lot.

J.

Perki · July 2021

Looks like the common Purple palace variety .

TheGreenMan · July 2021

Thanks @Perki

There are no heuchera in my street so it’s not common here. 😂

Fran IOM · July 2021

@JamesSB You got a bargain there. You would think that with the amount of heucheras I have I would be able to give you an answer. Sometimes different varieties look similar at first and maybe you will have to wait until it flowers to be sure but I feel that @Perki is familiar with them and Purple Palace it will be. One of my favourite plants. Some grow to enormous sizes but others just stay neat and tidy. Hope yours give you plenty of pleasure.

TheGreenMan · July 2021

Thanks @Fran IOM Yes definitely a bargain. I’m very lucky having this GC a few stops away on the bus!

I look a bit odd with grasses on the seat next to me but it’s so cheap and the plants are looked after better than at some of the fancier GCs around here.

I shall see how they flower (maybe this year?) and post a follow-up.

Perki · July 2021

I am judging it off colour and price , as you know they are plenty of varieties of heuchera it may not be purple palace. Purple palace I think what kicked heucheras off / brought more attention to them it very commonly found now in garden centres , its the first heuchera I bought years ago.

Mopani · July 2021

I bought 6 heuchera in a sale at our local GC just over 3 weeks ago. They were in either 2L or 3L pots and I repotted them straightaway into 10L ones. I think they were so relieved at having some space to grow that they’re all looking fantastic and 5 of them have sent up flower spikes. So it is possible that yours will also flower.