Flowers as well as spectacular foliage!

Heucheras are usually grown for their foliage however they have lovely delicate flowers which have an attraction all their own. Flower colours range from red through delicate pink to cream and white and although most are small, there is quite a variation. There are a few variations shown in the gallery below.

They make good cut flowers and may be used in bridal bouquets but unfortunately don't last long. However once dry, they keep their shape and are still quite attractive. This is the vase I entered for the cut flower class at our local village show - it didn't stand a chance against all the much showier entries such as dahlias and gladioli but I was pleased with it.

I also entered a heuchera in the flowering plant class - and I won! Its called Glitter and 5 weeks later is still flowering.

The one below is called Silver Gumdrop. It wasn't flowering in time for the show. Its flowers are very similar to Glitter but a slightly paler shade of red. The silver leaves show the flowers off to perfection.

If you keep dead heading, heucheras will continue to flower for weeks on end complimenting their colourful foliage with sprays of delicate flowers and of course the bees love them. An unexpected bonus!