Dividing and Planting Heucheras (Coral Bells)

[@angiebaby3942]

Love heuchera my fave plant and the colour of the leaves are stunning even in winter 😊

[@GardeningwithTill]

Couldn’t agree more! I really enjoy that heucheras hold so much interest all year round. :)

[@KenG557]

Heucheras are gorgeous perennial plants, native to America. I have several at my home in Virginia (zone 6).

[@GardeningwithTill]

They really are gorgeous plants. I’m glad to hear that you have so many in your garden :)

[@mahri212]

Lovely video. Can you tell me what golden green leaved plant is growing up the wall please?

[@GardeningwithTill]

Thank you :) Sure, this is a Japanese climbing-hydrangea

[@mahri212]

@@GardeningwithTill thank you!

[@stellare2372]

Thanks, this helped! I was wondering if you could please tell me the name of the plant with what seem to be purple leaves at 5.50, in the left corner

[@GardeningwithTill]

I’m glad that the video helped. The plant that you mean is a smoke bush. I’m not entirely sure what variety it is, but there are a couple varieties with these roundish red leaves :)

[@stellare2372]

@@GardeningwithTill thank you!

[@firstnamelastname2552]

Thank you for the video. I noticed your German accent and I wonder if you could answer a question for me. The Heuchera has become a special plant for me over the past several years and I've been learning as much as I can. One interesting detail I've learned is that the plant was named after a German scientist named Johann Heinrich von Heucher. He was from Wittenberg, the same place where Martin Luther nailed the church door. Since von Heucher discovered the Heuchera plant and it was even named after him, I have wondered if German people especially like this plant or if you have a strong cultural feeling of connection to the Heuchera. Does the average German have any feelings about this plant, or does the average German know about the Heuchera history? Is it special in Germany or merely another plant? The reason I am personally interested in the Heuchera is because my wife's great grandmother came to the US from Germany and she brought her cherished Heuchera plants to the US with her because they were so important to her. It has been an heirloom in my wife's family for many generations and now I have become the caretaker of these plants.

[@GardeningwithTill]

That's such a fantastic insight and a wonderful story, thank you so much! Yes, I'm German. I guess even living in London for nine year doesn't make my German accent go away ;) In my experience Germany doesn't have a particularly strong connection to the heuchera. At least not stronger than in the UK or the US. You can find them in most garden centres and many gardens, but that is pretty much it. I really like this plant and so does my aunt. But it is not really a German thing as such. In Germany they're mostly known as "Purpurglöckchen", but we sometimes also refer to them as Heuchera. Purpurglöcken translates to "Purple bells".

[@firstnamelastname2552]

@@GardeningwithTill Thank you for responding to my questions. This is very helpful to me. Cheers.

[@KenG557]

Heucheras are actually native to America, not Germany.

[@firstnamelastname2552]

@@KenG557 That's correct. Some native Americans used it for centuries and had their different names for it, and later was called Alum Root in America. But it was officially named Heuchera after a German man.