Heuchera Seeds - Purple Palace

Growing Purple Palace Heuchera Garden Seeds

Purple Palace heuchera seeds grow to be hardy perennials and most commonly sown directly outdoors after the frost. For earliest starts, begin indoors 6 – 8 weeks prior. Heuchera seeds can be slow to germinate and will require about 21 – 28 days in full light. Press 7 – 8 Purple Palace heuchera seeds into soil without covering 18” apart in hummusy, organically rich, and well-drained soil in full sun to partial shade. Purple Palace heuchera is a hardy and tolerant perennial with no known susceptibilities to disease or insects. Do not let soil dry as heuchera thrives in consistently moist and fertile conditions and will require as much moisture as sunlight it receives. Plants will benefit from some shade in gardens with intense summers. Purple Palace heuchera seeds are perennials that mature in their second year as 12 – 18” tall spreading mounds with an 18 – 24” reach of 3 – 5” wide-lobed leaves in hypnotic tints of red, purple, and green.

Heuchera, or commonly known as Coral Bells or simply heuchera, is native to the Pacific Northwest from British Columbia down into Northern California. Heuchera grows along steep and rocky cliffs, slopes, and mountainsides and produces a thin yet tall 36” flowering spike that most gardeners clip because heuchera is most popularly grown for its unique and hypnotic leaves rather than its wispy blooms.