Palace Purple Coral Bells

Other Names: Coralbells, Alumroot

Ornamental Features:

Palace Purple Coral Bells features dainty spikes of shell pink bell-shaped flowers rising above the foliage from late spring to mid summer. It's attractive crinkled lobed leaves remain deep purple in colour with curious burgundy undersides and tinges of dark green throughout the year. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes:

Palace Purple 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 perennial, 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.

Palace Purple Coral Bells is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• General Garden Use
• Mass Planting
• Border Edging
• Groundcover
• Rock/Alpine Gardens
• Container Planting

Plant Characteristics:

Palace Purple Coral Bells will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity extending to 24 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 12 inches. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years.

This perennial 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 applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder zones. This plant can be propagated by division.

This is a selection of a native North American species.