Cherry Truffles Heuchera Plants

Heuchera 'Cherry Truffles' (Dolce Series). 2-Litre Pot-Grown Plants

When young, the ruffled leaves of this variety are the colour of a delicious bowl of ripe cherries, darkening significantly over the summer to a deep beetroot. Lovely mounds of rounded, heart-shaped foliage to create evergreen displays in your garden. Light pink flowers appear on tall burgundy stems in the summer. As good for containers are they are for borders.

Browse our other Heuchera varieties, or all of our perennial plants.

Features

• Purple-red new foliage matures to deep purple.
• Semi-evergreen perennial
• Spires of small, light pink flowers with pink calyxes
• Flowering: June-August
• To 30 x 30cm
• Likes dappled shade
• Any well-drained soil
• Dolce Series

Growing 'Cherry Truffles' Heucheras

These undemanding plants need a well-drained soil, ideally on the sandy/gritty side, with neutral to mildly acidic pH.
They like some dappled shade at midday: given shelter and moist soil, full sun by itself will do little damage to the foliage, but a combination of full sun, wind and dry soil tends to scorch it.

In mild conditions, heuchera keeps its leaves through winter. Tidy tired-looking leaves each spring.

In Your Garden Design

The Dolce series is made up of average-sized varieties that behave beautifully in a container - of course, they are happy to grow in a border as well. Grow at the front, with golden hostas and Japanese grass, or in a pot of a contrasting colour to make a statement. Also team up with hellebores for winter and astilbes for summer. Would look striking with Lupin Masterpiece behind a Euphorbia amygdaloides 'Purpurea'. Contrast with white bedding plants or perennials.

Did You Know?

Bred by Hans Hansen, director of new plant development at Walters Gardens in Michigan, USA, and released in 2018. The common names for heuchera are alumroot and coral bells.

Dig in garden compost or leaf mould when planting, in semi-shade. Space 30-40cm apart and water in well. Keep watered until established. Cut down spent stems after flowering. Divide congested clumps in spring and mulch around the crown with organic matter.