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Heuchera 'Pink Wave' (Pink Wave Coral Bells) - An herbaceous, evergreen perennial with mat-like tufts of foliage to 1 to 2 inches tall by 9 to 18 inches wide,. The 1-inch-wide leaves are glossy green with wavy margins and spring flowers that rise up 12 inches are a sparkling rose pink and white.
Plant in sun to light shade on the coast and in light shade inland and give regular to occasional irrigation - less so in shaded situations. It is cold hardy to around 0° F. An unusual coral bell worth trying for its glossy, rich green foliage and mat-like habit.
Heuchera 'Pink Wave' is a second generation cross between garden plants of Heuchera elegans and Heuchera sanguinea that was selected by Santa Barbara Botanic Garden horticulturist Dara Emery and introduced by them in 1991. Though it performed well in containers at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden it never succeeded in garden plantings there, however it excelled in plantings at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden in mostly full sun with a little protection from the hot sun at this inland location provided by afternoon shade.
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 had this plant at our nursery in the 1990s but never put it into active production. More information on this plant can be found on the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden's Heuchera 'Pink Wave' Plant Introduction Page.
The information displayed on this page about Heuchera 'Pink Wave' 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.
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