In the last couple of years we’ve gotten a lot of requests from customers for Coral Bells that perform better in the hotter summers that many of us have been experiencing. We’re really happy this year to be able to offer two new plants that fit the bill perfectly. Heuchera ‘Southern Comfort’ and Heuchera ‘Mahogany’ are two of the very best heat-tolerant Coral Bells that we’ve ever seen around here. Both are products of amazing breeding advances that have been made in recent years.
Heuchera are prized for the full, spectacularly-colored foliage that they bring without too much effort on your part. They are unusually vigorous plants, growing with full, neat habits that very rarely get straggly or sparse. They look great in your garden year round, most
getting even more beautiful in the cooler weather. In recent years the red, copper, brown, and yellow colors have become ever more popular as accent plants that can really help everything else in the garden to pop. They also feature creamy-white blooms on tall stems for part of the year. They’re especially great in border plantings in part shade (depending on zone), or as a neat accent in mixed containers.