Plant in shade in a rich well-drained soil and give regular water - great in containers and combined with colorful New Zealand sedges or other dark-foliaged Coral Bells. Very hardy - listed to USDA zone 4 ( below -20°F).

Heuchera 'Amber Waves' is a sport mutation of an Heuchera 'Whirlwind' (a Heuchera micrantha seedling crossed with Heuchera 'Palace Passion') from Dan Heims of Terra Nova. This plant was the winner of the several best new plant awards in England in 2001 and received a US Plant Patent PP13,348 in December 2002, which has since expired. In their book "Heuchera and Heucherellas: Coral Bells and Foamy Bells" Timber Press 2005 authors Dan Heims and Grahame Ware note that Linnaeus named Heuchera for Johann Heinrich von Heucher, professor of medicine and Botany at Wittenberg University and that the name Heuchera should be pronounced following this person's name that it commemorates, meaning it so be pronounced HOY-ker-uh, but like most people, we continue to pronounce it HUE-ker-ah.

We grew this plant from 2005 until 2008 but replaced it in 2009 with Heuchera 'Caramel'. 

The information displayed on this page about Heuchera 'Amber Waves' is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.