Landscape Notes: Catching Fire Heucherella, Heucherella villosa ‘Catching Fire’, If you’re looking for a bright-colored foliage plant, you’ve found it! Vibrant lime green leaves are rounded, giving it a refined presence in the garden. In the centers of each leaves are very defined flame-shaped markings that flare from the center like cherry red fire. In summer, these markings will deepen to mahogany. Cream flowers appear in early summer. This is a very polished, vigorous plant.
Exposure/Culture: Catching Fire Heucherella, Heucherella villosa ‘Catching Fire’, prefers a well drained and moist soil. For best foliage color and performance, plant in an area with filtered sun or afternoon shade.
Other Notes: Catching Fire Heucherella, Heucherella villosa ‘Catching Fire’, ‘Catching Fire’ is a H. villosa hybrid which means that it is naturally more heat and humidity tolerant and also has greater vigor than Heucherellas without such parentage. It forms a very dense mound of interesting foliage that is evergreen in most climates.
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Genus |
Heucherella |
Species |
’villosa’ |
Container Size |
1 Gallon |
Foliage Color |
Lime Green |
Mature Height |
1 to 1.5 Feet |
Mature Spread |
1.5 to 2 Feet |
Soil |
Well Drained |
Zones |
4-9 |
Mature Form |
Mounding |
Growth Rate |
Medium |
Sun Exposure |
Partial Shade |
Flower Color |
White |
Fall Color |
Lime Green |
Bloom Period |
Late Spring |