6 golden-leaved heucheras

Heuchera 'Little Cutties Sweet Tart', with cheerful colours

The heuchera ‘Little Cutties Sweet Tart’ is a hybrid with tangy colours that brightens up both gardens and containers. Its evergreen foliage starts yellow and then turns lime green in summer, coinciding with the appearance of flowers. This heuchera offers a long flowering period, from May to October, producing flower spikes of 20 to 25 cm adorned with small cherry-red and bright pink bells.

Measuring 25 cm high and 25 cm wide, the heuchera ‘Little Cutties Sweet Tart’ has a compact habit and can be planted in both the ground and in a container or pot. In a border, pair it with ferns, roses, or hostas. It also looks lovely next to blue flowers, such as geranium ‘Brookside’, hyacinths, or Caucasian forget-me-nots.

Heuchera ‘Little Cutties Sweet Tart’

Heuchera 'Happy Flames', for a vibrant border

The heuchera ‘Happy Flames’ brightens up borders placed in shade or partial shade with its beautiful golden foliage, veined with red and bronze. Its evergreen foliage is very decorative. In June and July, the heuchera produces tall stems adorned with small, discreet, airy white flowers resembling bells. It is from these small flowers that heucheras get their nickname “painter’s despair”.

The heuchera ‘Happy Flames’ forms a bright groundcover, reaching 35 cm in height and 40 cm in width. It thrives in cool, well-drained soils and prefers partial shade. Pair it with other heucheras in similar colours, such as the heuchera ‘Tiramisu’ and the heuchera ‘Miracle’ to create a beautiful tonal range, or play with contrasts using the heuchera sanguinea ‘Leuchtkäfer’. The heuchera ‘Happy Flames’ also highlights dark foliage, such as that of ferns or liriopes, and enhances the light of yellow-foliaged shrubs, like the Physocarpus ‘Dart’s Gold’.

Heuchera ‘Happy Flames’

Heuchera 'Red Lightning', for a vibrant groundcover

The heuchera ‘Red Lightning’ features golden foliage veined with bronze red. In June and July, floral spikes emerge from the leaves producing small cream-white flowers.

The heuchera ‘Red Lightning’ grows to 35 cm high and 40 cm wide. It can be planted in groups of 3 to create a bright groundcover in shaded or part-shaded areas of the garden. You can pair it with other heucheras with purple and silver foliage, such as the heuchera ‘Sugar Plum’, or plant it at the base of golden-foliaged bushes like it, such as the Leucosceptrum japonicum ‘Golden Angel’, also known as Japanese bush mint. It also grows very well in pots.

Heuchera ‘Red Lightning’

Heuchera 'Miracle', a seasonal colour variation

The heuchera ‘Miracle’ offers a changing spectacle throughout the seasons. Its foliage starts as chartreuse yellow, then turns red, with the colour gradually spreading from the centre of the leaves to the edges. In summer, the leaves become green, and in autumn, they take on a brick colour edged with yellow, featuring a silver underside. In winter, they display a dark red hue. From June to July, spikes of small pale pink flowers emerge from the foliage, adding a new colour and a touch of poetry.

The heuchera ‘Miracle’ reaches a height of 30 cm with a spread of 40 cm, forming a cushion of changing and evergreen foliage. It is drought-tolerant, although it prefers humus-bearing and cool soils. In the garden, plant it in a border, rockery, or pot in a shaded and cool position. With its changing colours, it adds a dynamic touch and makes a superb groundcover. In a border, it can be placed at the foot of bushes. Pair it with grasses, ferns, and hostas to create a wild atmosphere. In a rockery, cover the soil with mulch that contrasts with its own colours.

Heuchera ‘Miracle’

Heuchera 'Tiramisu', a changing spectacle

The heuchera ‘Tiramisu’ is also renowned for the changing display of its colourful leaves throughout the year. Its semi-evergreen foliage transitions from acid green to golden yellow in spring, then takes on an orange hue, radiating gradually from the centre of the leaf to the edges. The leaves then shift to purples, followed by brick red in summer. In winter, the edges of the leaves take on a golden yellow tint. Flowering occurs in June and July, producing stems adorned with small white flowers.

The heuchera ‘Tiramisu’ reaches a height of 30 cm and a width of 40 cm. You can create a bright, monochromatic groundcover in the woodland by pairing it with other heucheras such as the varieties ‘Peach Crisp’, ‘Fire Chief’, ‘Pinot Gris’, and ‘Peach Flambé’. For a lovely orange and golden display in autumn, plant it alongside late-flowering perennials, such as Chrysanthemum ‘Mary Stoker’ or Helenium ‘Sahin’s Early Flowered’, accompanied by grasses and sedums.

Heuchera ‘Tiramisu’

Heuchera 'Master Painters Van Gogh', from gold to green

The heuchera ‘Master Painters Van Gogh’ features evergreen foliage with changing tones, ranging from golden to acid green veined with red. It blooms in June and July, producing small pink to red flowers.

The heuchera ‘Master Painters Van Gogh’ forms a colourful and compact groundcover of 30 cm by 30 cm. In a shaded border, plant it with other heucheras in similar tones such as the varieties ‘Miracle’, ‘Red Lightning’, or in different colours, like the heuchera ‘Palace Purple’. You can also pair it with ferns featuring dark foliage or with Hakonechloa (also known as Japanese grass) showcasing lighter colours, such as the variety ‘All Gold’.

Heuchera ‘Master Painters Van Gogh’

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