Heuchera sanguinea aka Coral Bells

Heuchera sanguinea, commonly known as coral bells, is a clump-forming perennial herb native to the US states of Arizona and New Mexico, and to northern Mexico. The plant produces a basal foliage mound that can reach up to 10 inches tall and has evergreen foliage in warm winter climates. The Latin specific epithet sanguinea means blood-red, which refers to the color of the plant's deep pink to red, sweetly fragrant, bell-shaped flowers that bloom from late spring to early summer. The flowers can attract bees and hummingbirds and may continue to bloom through summer to early fall if faded flowers are regularly deadheaded. The rounded, cordate-based basal leaves have 5-7 slightly toothed, triangular pointed lobes and are borne on pubescent petioles up to 5 inches long. Heuchera sanguinea is primarily native to cliffs, hills, and alpine areas. The plant belongs to the Heuchera genus, and the genus name honors Johann Heinrich von Heucher, a physician, botanist, and medicinal plant expert at Wittenberg University in Germany. There are several commercially available cultivars of coral bells. As a houseplant, coral bells need regular watering and do best in long-lasting, direct light less than 1 foot from a window. They prefer well-draining soil and do not require fertilizers if they are repotted each time they double in size.