Heuchera maxima - Island Alum Root
Heuchera maxima is one of those California Native plants that probably deserves a spot in almost every garden. Heuchera maxima will survive in the oak understory with little or no help, though it looks a lot better with periodic summer watering. The Island Alum Root prefers an east exposure or mid day shade. Heuchera maxima tolerates most soil types, if it doesn't get too soggy. Heuchera maxima will form a clump 18 inches to two feet across. The flower stalks bearing small white flowers can be as much as two feet tall. The Island Alumb Root is hardy into the low teens.
Flowers and foliage of Heuchera maxima - Island Alum Root. High resolution photos are part of our garden image collection.
Plants from the Heuchera Genus featured on this site:
Heuchera Canyon Duet
Heuchera Firefly
Heuchera Kassandra
Heuchera maxima
Heuchera Palace Purple
Heuchera Rosada
Heuchera Santa Ana Cardinal
Heuchera Wendy
Heuchera Yosemite
Plants that grow in the same part of the garden - from our Wildflower List
Clarkia unguiculata
Collinsia heterophylla
Collinsia tinctoria
Dodecatheon clevelandii
Erysimum capitatum
Heuchera maxima
Paeonia californica
Pholistoma auritum
Salvia spathacea
Silene laciniata
Sisyrinchium bellum