Heuchera villosa ‘Citronelle’
Large lobed lime/yellow foliage
Eye-catching and great accent plant
Sun tolerant
Category: Perennials, Native Selection
Patent: PP17934
Height: 10-15 in
Spread: 15-24 in
Bloom Color: Chartreuse
Heucheras are best grown in organically rich, humusy, medium moisture, well-drained soils in part shade. Foliage is essentially evergreen in warm winter climates.
‘Citronelle’ is a vigorous, clump-forming, compact coral bells cultivar that features cordate yellow-green leaves on rosy red petioles. It was discovered as a naturally occurring sport of Heuchera ‘Caramel’ in a nursery bed in Hantay, France in July of 2002. The lobed, crenate, rounded leaves (5-7 lobes per leaf) form a basal mound (to 6” tall) which may spread to 14” wide. Tiny, creamy white flowers appear in spires in summer (later than most heucheras) on slender stems rising above the foliage mound, typically to 10-12” tall. It is the foliage (not the flowers) that distinguishes this plant. ‘Citronelle’ is considered to be more tolerant of hot and humid summers than most other heucheras, in large part because it has H. villosa (SE US native) in its parentage. U. S. Plant Patent PP17,934 was issued August 21, 2007.
Heuchera, commonly called coral bells or alumroot, is a genus consisting of about 55 species of evergreen to semi-evergreen herbaceous perennials which are all native to North America. Plants grow in a variety of different habitats including woodland areas, Appalachian seeps, prairies, rocky cliffs and alpine slopes.
The first significant hybrid heucheras were introduced into commerce around 1980. Hybrids are now very common in cultivation.
Genus name honors Johann Heinrich von Heucher (1677-1747), physician, botanist and medicinal plant expert at Wittenberg University, Germany.
Common name of coral bells is in reference to the red bell-shaped flowers produced by Heuchera sanguina. Common name of alumroot is in reference to the medicinal use of some species plants as an astringent to stop bleeding.
Frost heaving of roots may occur when winter temperatures fluctuate widely. Potential disease problems include powdery mildew, rust, and bacterial leaf spot. Potential insect problems include weevils and foliar nematodes.
Heuchera villosa ‘Citronelle’
Large lobed lime/yellow foliage
Eye-catching and great accent plant
Sun tolerant
Category: Perennials, Native Selection
Patent: PP17934
Height: 10-15 in
Spread: 15-24 in
Bloom Color: Chartreuse
Heucheras are best grown in organically rich, humusy, medium moisture, well-drained soils in part shade. Foliage is essentially evergreen in warm winter climates.
‘Citronelle’ is a vigorous, clump-forming, compact coral bells cultivar that features cordate yellow-green leaves on rosy red petioles. It was discovered as a naturally occurring sport of Heuchera ‘Caramel’ in a nursery bed in Hantay, France in July of 2002. The lobed, crenate, rounded leaves (5-7 lobes per leaf) form a basal mound (to 6” tall) which may spread to 14” wide. Tiny, creamy white flowers appear in spires in summer (later than most heucheras) on slender stems rising above the foliage mound, typically to 10-12” tall. It is the foliage (not the flowers) that distinguishes this plant. ‘Citronelle’ is considered to be more tolerant of hot and humid summers than most other heucheras, in large part because it has H. villosa (SE US native) in its parentage. U. S. Plant Patent PP17,934 was issued August 21, 2007.
Heuchera, commonly called coral bells or alumroot, is a genus consisting of about 55 species of evergreen to semi-evergreen herbaceous perennials which are all native to North America. Plants grow in a variety of different habitats including woodland areas, Appalachian seeps, prairies, rocky cliffs and alpine slopes.
The first significant hybrid heucheras were introduced into commerce around 1980. Hybrids are now very common in cultivation.
Genus name honors Johann Heinrich von Heucher (1677-1747), physician, botanist and medicinal plant expert at Wittenberg University, Germany.
Common name of coral bells is in reference to the red bell-shaped flowers produced by Heuchera sanguina. Common name of alumroot is in reference to the medicinal use of some species plants as an astringent to stop bleeding.
Frost heaving of roots may occur when winter temperatures fluctuate widely. Potential disease problems include powdery mildew, rust, and bacterial leaf spot. Potential insect problems include weevils and foliar nematodes.
