Botanical name
Heuchera ‘Fire Chief’
Other names
Alum root ‘Fire Chief’, Coral bells ‘Fire Chief’, Coral flower ‘Fire Chief’, Fancy-leaf coral bells ‘Fire Chief’
Genus
Heuchera
Variety or Cultivar
‘Fire Chief’ _ ‘Fire Chief’ is a clump-forming, mounded, semi-evergreen to evergreen perennial with rounded, lobed, ruffled, dark red to purple-red leaves and slender, wiry, dark red stems bearing open panicles of small, pink-flushed, white flowers in late spring, and again from summer into autumn.
Foliage
Semi evergreen
Habit
Clump-forming
COLOUR
Flower
White, Flushed pink in Spring; White, Flushed pink in Summer
Foliage
Dark-red, Wine in All seasons
HOW TO CARE
Watch out for
Specific pests
Vine weevil , Leaf and bud eelworms
General care
Pruning
Remove faded flower spikes. Cut back any dead or untidy foliage in spring.
Propagation
Divide in autumn.
Propagation methods
Division
WHERE TO GROW
Heuchera ‘Fire Chief’ (Alum root ‘Fire Chief’) will reach a height of 0.45m and a spread of 0.45m after 2-5 years.
Suggested uses
Beds and borders, Cottage/Informal, Waterside, Banks and Slopes, City, Ground Cover, Underplanting
Cultivation
Plant in fertile, moist but well-drained, neutral soil in sun or partial shade. Rootstock tends to lift out of the ground so mulch annually or lift and replant.
Soil type
Loamy, Sandy
Soil drainage
Moist but well-drained
Soil pH
Neutral
Light
Partial Shade, Full Shade, Full Sun
Aspect
North, South, East, West
Exposure
Exposed, Sheltered
