Under the Chinese wisteria:

North side

South side

These ones in the 'moat bed' were planted in 2010

There are other too but I think you get the picture :-) I like purple heucheras and, for the most part, they do well here. I'm not as keen on the 'fancy' colors but do like green ones. Unfortunately they don't seem to like me! I have only two green ones and every one of the lime-green types I've tried have promptly died! Show me your pretty green ones.... :-)

"Earlier this spring there were comments from people whose purple
heucheras had not returned. That made me worried about mine but it was
too early then to assess them."

'Not returned'......does that mean they disappear in winter? I am surprised as heucheras are fully year round, "evergreen" plants in my area, having as much of a presence in winter as they do the rest of the year. Many cultivars sport rather intensely colored foliage in winter with veining or edging changing to deep reds or purples with the colder weather. In fact, I am intrigued and surprised when folks say they have so much trouble growing heucheras or having them winter over successfully. I find them to be virtually trouble-free with the exception of heuchera rust (rare) or deer predation :-)

For a green leafed form with great "staying" power, I'd suggest seeking out 'Green Spice' (aka Eco Improved). I have grown that one for nearly 20 years and it is one of the cultivars I most admire for its more intense winter coloration. And tolerant of both sun and shade (colors better in sun).

The purple-leaved varieties are cr*p for me - if they even survive a winter, they get weaker and weaker over time until they finally peter out. I quit.

I found a good substitute - "Black Pearl" ornamental pepper; it's an annual, but it gives a beautiful foliage effect, and I love the lavender flowers against the dark foliage and shiny small round peppers. It's a beautiful plant and grows easily from seed.

Anyway, I second "Green Spice" above. Also, Citronelle is an all-star performer; this is bright greenish-yellow foliage that really pops. Comes back faithfully ever year and doesn't lose its vigor.

gg48 - in winter here most of the heuchera leaves die back, leaving just a few survivors in the centre to restart the show again in spring. I would dearly love them to be evergreen... I commented that I only have two green ones - 'Green Spice' is one of them! I agree that it is a great plant. I haven't checked it yet to see if it made it though this past winter. It was one of the first plants in the backyard so it must be about 15 years old. I've never noticed winter color on it but then it's in a location I never visit in winter and can't see from indoors.

mxk3 - 'Citronelle' is one of those I'd like to have and have tried a couple of times. It promptly dies! I've also tried 'Lime something-other' :-). What are the conditions re light, moisture, soil etc. where you grow yours?

Here comes some green heuchera. I haven't had any trouble with any of mine surviving, I think the answer here is not overwatering. Mine do well here in drier conditions. My favorites are Circus and Autumn Bride, they both get quite a bit of sun.

There's a reason Palace Purple has stayed popular for at least 25 years: it has staying power. There are many more 'elegant' more purple heuchera, but pp persists very reliably.

That Autumn Bride is completely different than mine. If you have shade, Id move it there so it will be brown with purple on the undersides. It is vigorous. In one growing season (spring to fall) it tripled in size. I was able to divide into five. Are you sure it is AB?

Green Spice is wonderful. I divided it in late fall and the divisions should have died. Every one came through. I bet I got 20 plants from 5.

I think we got off Woodie's original purple post. Sorry for contributing to the diversion. Once you get started on heucheras it is hard to stop

Sherry girl, your last one may be Miracle. I have one that looks a lot like yours.

woody your Heuchera are doing very well indeed! Love the combos. The one in the pot is striking.

I agree littlebug.

Funny, peren.all - Miracle and the Watermelon series are my very best performers. Limeade is my worst.

Woodyoak: The Citronelle are in part-shade, moist well-drained soil.

Marie - the green heucheras are not off topic - I'm looking for recommendations for good green ones....

mxk3 - not moist enough was probably what did in my Citronelles....

'Autumn Bride' is one I'd like to find but haven't seen around here. I will keep looking for it.

Peren.all and littlebug - what color are the flowers on Miracle? I read 'pink' but it looks like they might be a nice pale pink....? Pale pink would work for where I want them but the coral pinks would not.

I would like to add the green ones into the 'green' backyard garden but it seems that they like light shade or full sun, so I'll have to think carefully about where they would grow....

I went out this morning to look at my 'Green Spice' - clearly it had a very bad winter! Hopefully they will recover, but this is all that is visible this morning:

They normally fill in a fair bit of space near the end of the log you can see in this picture:

I am 100% sure my Autumn Bride is correctly identified. It blooms late in the season, has small white flowers.

Sherry

Great heucheras Woody. The potted ones especially nice. I've only managed to grow one heuchera in all my gardening years-by which I mean one that has managed to last the summer let alone survive a winter. A house down the street has their 50 ft, driveway lined with the old fashioned green with the screaming pink flowers so I guess it's not the climate. Could it be me? Naw.

woody the flowers on Miracle are pale pink, not a hint of coral. You will probably have great success with it.

littlebug I just checked out the Watermelon series, they are very nice and more important for us H. villosa heritage. I am hoping Miracle likes the second spot I added them to. I really like it, I wish it liked me more!

I'm definitely not a fan of the 'screaming punk' heuchera flowers but soft pink is good so I'll look for that 'Miracle' variety.

Sherry, yes I remember being surprised by those blowsey (for a heurchera) white flowers so late in the season. I looked at my AB today and the youngest leaves were purple/brown and the older ones were going to green tones. It seems more sun encourages green. My garden has so much green that any other color is a relief, so I'll leave mine in the shade

This is Carnival Watermelon, peren.all, with a gallon jug for scale. This picture was taken on April 30 this year - Watermelon is an early and eager grower for me.

Below is one of my Miracles, taken the same day (April 30). Also a happy and early grower.

Man, if they weren't evergreen for me and thrived year after year, I doubt I would bother with them!! I feel for you folks that have them dwindle so substantially over winter.......that has never been an issue in my neck of the woods and most cultivars - not all - perennialize very well and just get bigger and better. In my old garden, Obsidian, Frosted Violet, Rave On and Caramel were long time players - 10 years at least!!

Your purple heucheras are so pretty with the white tulips!

I just bought Forever Purple from Terra Nova Nursery and it's truly purple. I don't know if it's a new one--Terra Nova is a few miles from me so it might not be widely available. The other purple I have is Dolce Licorice, which has big, beautiful rocket flowers.

Here they are five years ago soon after I bought them, and they're still going strong, despite being moved. I have found that they bloom better in the sun and grow bigger in drier conditions.

I've also had Obsidian but didn't like it nearly as much as Dolce Licorice. That one faded with each move and is gone now.

Mayflowers - the one in the pot in my pictures above is supposed to be Forever Purple as I recall. The leaves darken and get a silvery cast as they mature (you can see the difference if you look at last year's leaves still visible at the base of it). I'd prefer it to stay the color it is now on the freshly emerged leaves!

The Cherries Jubilee looks nice - although I largely grow heucheras for the leaves and often cut off the flowers. DH is a birder so the hummingbird interest would appeal to him. Maybe I'll get some for his collection of pot-grown hummingbird attractors....

Do you mean the reddish one in the square pot? Forever Purple is a true purple with white and pink flowers.

Yes, that one. In a few weeks it goes darker with a silver cast to the leaves. I did wonder if it was mislabelled as it certainly didn't seem forever purple! :-). When I did an image search last year I remember seeing pictures of both color phases although most were showing the darker silvery leaves. The flowers are white. I'll look at my pictures from last year to see if I have any that show what it looks like later.....

Here is what that pot with the 'Forever Purple' heuchera looked like last September:

This is definitely not a dark heuchera but it provides some pop to a shady area.

It is "Havana'.

Here it is today: