Heuchera CRISP™ 'APPLE CRISP'

Apple Crisp is another tasty dessert name given to a plant. Fresh apples baked with oat flakes and sugar until it forms a crusty topping, yummy. Again, my dears, please don't eat this plant. I might as well write to the breeder Janet Egger from Terra Nova^® Nurseries in Oregon, USA, asking her not to give her plants such tasty names in order to avoid further cuisine disappointments, and to save your keyboards from dribbles.

Apple Crisp is a coral bells variety from the CRISP™ series that includes only heucheras with ruffled foliage. Leaves of this one are rich green with ruffled margins, and very frost resistant. This variety also blooms profusely. Small, white flowers are composed in erect panicles atop straight, only some 30 cm tall stems in late spring and midsummer. They can be cut off if only beautiful foliage is what you desire. The plant shows exceptional vigour and forms compact tufts. Patented as PP23576 in 2013.

Coral bells can take almost any soil with ample moisture and good drainage. They do best in partial shade or filtered sun, however, if you make sure they will not dry out you can place them in full sun, too. They can also live in dark shade where their colours will not be too rich, such location is usually best for light coloured varieties. Cut off all leaves in early spring to encourage growth of new foliage. Fully hardy to abt. -34°C (USDA zone 4), and suitable for outdoor pots.

Last update 04-01-2019