Heuchera Guacamole

The Heuchera 'Guacamole' is a hybrid heuchera with large chartreuse green leaves, more vigorous than other golden-leaved varieties, especially 'Citronnelle'. Awarded with a Royal Horticulture Society Award of Garden Merit, it is a heuchera of beautiful proportions; it forms a large thick and incredibly bright evergreen cushion under delicate summer flowering, in the form of thin spikes adorned with cream-white bells. Undemanding and robust, this perennial is best placed in a border, pathway or semi-shaded flower beds, or even in a pot on the terrace or balcony.

The Heuchera 'Guacamole' belongs to the saxifragaceae family. It was obtained by Thierry and Sandrine Delabroye. The plant reaches 50 to 60 cm (20 to 24in) in height and 60 cm (24in) in width, forming a large spreading clump. The foliage is the major asset of this plant: its large leaves adopt a mixture of chartreuse green and golden yellow evolving with the seasons and temperatures. The flowering, light and airy, in cream-white bells, starts in July and continues until August or September. These long spikes playing with the wind give a blurred appearance to this romantic flowering, it is this movement, difficult to capture on a canvas, that has earned heucheras the nickname "despair of the painter" that they share with certain saxifrages. This plant has a shallow root system.

Planted in the ground, in a shaded and cool rockery or even in mass to highlight a pathway, this heuchera brings dynamism and colour to the garden. Associate it with Hostas, small grasses (Stipa, Carex) and Ferns for a wild effect. It also makes a good companion for bushes (small Japanese maples) and roses. Mix it with rose or caramel-coloured varieties, with the blue flowers of perennial geraniums, the only shade it really lacks. Consider heucheras to fill your pots, containers, and planters in the company of geraniums for example. A good flower for cutting, the slender bells of this plant bring a lot of lightness to bouquets.