Might take some more effort then some other plants but well worth it . What other plant has this much of a choice of foliage colors.

With a bonus of hundreds of pretty small flowers.

I agree--heuchera is one of my favorite shade plants, too!

Heuchera are a standard for my shade gardens, they add great color even when there isn't anything blooming.

I have a few in my shade garden too, they have lovely foliage.

Love them

What a nice picture Julia.

Gorgeous picture Julia.

Definitely could not live without heucheras. Wonderful plants.

If we're counting only 'outdoor' plants, heuchera is one of the few shade plants I currently have! I love my heuchera and I agree that the foliage on heucheras is among the most diverse of any plant type out there. The name 'caramel', however, is just as attractive to me as the plant itself. (And my husband and I always tease each other about the pronunciation...I'm always chiding him that there's another 'a' in there for a reason!: "car-a-mel"....but in theory, the "car-mel" does sound more like you have a mouthful of sticky, chewy, yummy caramel in it. Still, I enjoy our little back-and-forth each time the subject comes up.)

Here's a picture of mine:



Although I would argue there are better pictures of it in the plant database:

(It's not often that I get excited about a brown plant, either!)

There is supposed to be a new version coming out called Mega Caramel with large leaves like Brownies. Hope it is as good of a plant as the original.

Thanks for the heads-up, Bob! I might look into that one.

Brownies is my favorite...it's huge! I will have to find a mega caramel for sure.

been working too much and didn't get my vote in for support of heuchera

DnD--too funny! How do you pronounce carousel?
(and have you ever been carousing on a carousel )

I say carousel like "care-uh-sell" or sometimes "caro-sell"...I've never heard it any other way, but I can imagine that there are places where it's "care-oo-sell", "care-ih-sell", "caro-sall", etc...