Heuchera Paris

The Heuchera 'Paris' is a beautiful evergreen perennial forming a creeping ground cover. Its persistent green foliage is heavily marbled with silver. It brightens up flower beds in light sun, partial shade, or even shade. In summer, it produces delicate red-pink flower spikes in bell-shaped clusters, further enhancing its appeal.

Heucheras have become essential plants in our gardens in recent years. Their evergreen foliage, available in multiple shades, adds brilliance to flower beds. These plants from the Saxifragaceae family make fantastic border plants. They also perform very well in pots, allowing them to decorate even a modest terrace. Heuchera 'Paris' reaches approximately 35cm (14in) in height and 40cm (16in) in width, with its vibrant yet airy inflorescences rising above the lobed foliage. The foliage, with its green lamina streaked with silver, creates a subtle spectacle.

Heuchera 'Paris', like many heucheras, is not very demanding when it comes to soil type, as long as it is well-drained. In heavy soil, it is preferable to amend the planting soil with sand or well-decomposed compost. It prefers partial or dappled shade, but still needs some light, at least in the morning, to express its beautiful colours. Once established, it can tolerate occasional droughts.

You can also easily propagate it by cuttings, by taking a section of its creeping stems, which will allow you to create an entire border in a few years. This is also a way to rejuvenate the plant, which sometimes tends to thin out after 3 to 5 years of cultivation.

Plant this heuchera in large numbers to achieve a spectacular and extensive ground cover effect, but you can also associate it with other varieties with similar colours such as 'Leuchtkäfer' (for the flowers) or 'Plum Pudding' (for the silver marbling). Conversely, you can play with contrasts, like with the heuchera 'Solar Eclipse', for example. In shade, it will enhance the dark foliage of ferns.