Heuchera americana – Alum Root (B&B.BW.DR.DRGHT.NB.OP.RR)

Ecosystem Services:
(B)-Birds                                             (B&B)-Birds & Butterflies

(BTF)-Butterflies                             (BW)-Black Walnut Resistant

(DR)-Deer Resistant                      (DRGHT)-Drought Resistant

(EC)-Erosion Control                    (EVR)-Evergreen

(FC)-Fall Color                                 (FRG)-Fragrant

(GRD)-Groundcover                      (H)-Host plant

(HMR)-Hummingbirds                (M)-Mammals

(MTH)-Moths                                   (N)-Nectar

(NB)-Native Bees                            (NST)-Nesting Material

(OP)-Other pollinators                 (RR)-Rabbit Resistant

(SHWY)-Showy                                (SPC)-Specimen Plant

Alumroot is a small, mounding herbaceous perennial in the Saxifragaceae family with attractive foliage color.  In nature, it can be found growing in rocky forests and rock outcrops, particularly where soils are acidic.

Plant in moist rich soils in shade to part sun. Clumps should be divided every 3 to 4 years in spring or fall.  T

Heucheras are drought tolerant and work well planted in small groups in the front of a border, along pathways, near a patio, in a woodland, rock, rain or shade garden.  The foliage is high in tannins, giving it a bitter taste and making it unappetizing to deer.

Host plant for the Summer Cellophane Bee (Colletes aestivalis), a bee that specializes in feeding on and nesting in Heuchera species. 

This plant was selected as the 1999 NC Wildflower of the Year, a program managed by the North Carolina Botanical Garden with some financial support from the Garden Club of North Carolina.