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I.D Needed! Deep Red leafs, No flowers(Yet) weird plant?
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Phoenix
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Location: United Kingdom - Leeds
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:17 pm Post subject: I.D Needed! Deep Red leafs, No flowers(Yet) weird plant? |
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Hi!
I got two of these from TONG for £1.00 each they have grown alot and I dunno what they are....
They was under a Unwanted Section so there was no name.....
Does anyone know what it is?
And does it flower at all?
It gets stems with buds on but no flowers...
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zuzu's petals
Silly Old Bat
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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It looks like Heuchera, possibly the cultivar "Palace Purple"
 but there are a number of red/purple varieties.
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Phoenix
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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Do they ever get flowers?
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zuzu's petals
Silly Old Bat
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Location: Coastal N.Carolina ~zone 8~ (Map)
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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Yep, they sure do  and I think that the stems I see in your photo
are the stems from where your plant flowered earlier in the season.
THIS PIC is the sort of flowers they get - though each variety is a little different.
They are commonly called "Coral Bells", perhaps yours will give you some seeds. 
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Primsong
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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A very nice one too - I have a couple varieties of coral-bells, the 'peach flambe' is my favorite as the leaves give fall colors all year long.
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digital flower
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| Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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I really don't think the flowers are real great (just my opinion, I am sure others find them beautiful). I usually just grow them for the foliage. There seems to be a few new varieties each couple of years.
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Droopy
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I agree with digital flower. I often cut the flower stems away. But not on the red-flowering one. That is nice.
I like the Heuchera with a metallic gleam in the foliage, but so far I've only found one of those. Maybe next year?
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Sherry8
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Location: Wisconsin...zone 4 (Map)
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| Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 11:59 am Post subject: |
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I agree with everyone...I had a golden one that someone had given me and it died when I moved it. I still have one like whats in the picture above. I just like different flowers in the garden...
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newgrowth
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Location: Southern Ontario (Map)
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| Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 2:50 am Post subject: |
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I just popped on and spotted your plant photo. They sure look like Huechera (or coral bells) to me, too. I have a couple of them in my garden although they are beginning to 'rest' for the winter.
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Sherry8
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| Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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I agree with everyone...I have a couple different kinds. I had the caramel one also and moved it and it died. It was so pretty and I wanted it in a different place and it didn't like the move.I never cut any of the flower stems off. Have a great day...
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