Name: Susan Virginia (Zone 8a) God is the only thing that matters.
I think it is ok for them to be short because they are going to die back anyway, right? If Mr. heucheras can do the heavy stuff, he is worth it. You can take your time and just do a little each day. It is good to get out and get a little sun.
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29