Description
Silky black, heavily-ruffled foliage adds black-tie elegance to any garden. The chic eggplant undersides and pink-blushed late spring flowers complete the ensemble - this coral bell is dressed to the nines!
Coral Bells offer a dazzling array of foliage color, texture and shapes. Vigorous and bearing many dainty flowers, these varieties make excellent border plants with their neat clumps of evergreen foliage.
Details
| Type: | Perennials |
|---|---|
| Height: | Short 12" (20" in flower) |
| Spacing: | Plant 14" apart |
| Bloom Time: | Late Spring to Early Summer |
| Sun-Shade: | Full Sun to Half Sun / Half Shade |
| Zones: | 4-9 |
| Soil Condition: | Normal, Acidic |
| Flower: | Pink |
| Accent: | Pink |
Coral Bells is a dense herbaceous evergreen perennial with tall flower stalks held atop a low mound of foliage. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.
This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and should be cut back in late fall in preparation for winter. It is a good choice for attracting hummingbirds to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Black Taffeta Coral Bells is recommended for the following landscape applications;
- Mass Planting
- Rock/Alpine Gardens
- Border Edging
- General Garden Use
- Groundcover
- Container Planting
Planting & Growing
Black Taffeta Coral Bells will grow to be about 8 inches tall at maturity extending to 18 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 12 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 10 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years.
This plant performs well in both full sun and full shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider covering it with a thick layer of mulch in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.
Black Taffeta Coral Bells is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a mass of flowers and foliage against which the larger thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.
Plant Height: 8 inches
Flower Height: 18 inches
Spacing: 10 inches
Sunlight: 
Hardiness Zone: 4a to 9
Other Names: Coralbells, Alumroot
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