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Autumn Bride Coral Bells
Heuchera villosa 'Autumn Bride'
Also called autumn bride hairy alumroot and autumn bride heuchera
Autumn Bride Coral Bells blooms from August through October.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Autumn Bride Coral Bells
Plant it in part shade. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 3–8. Expect it to reach about 3 ft tall and 2 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 2 years (a house reading).
Pets
- Not yet checked for pets.
Lists differ and none is complete. If a pet eats a plant and seems unwell, call a veterinarian or a pet poison helpline.
No toxicity note is on file for Autumn Bride Coral Bells. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Autumn Bride Coral Bells
Plant Autumn Bride Coral Bells in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 5, the middle of its hardy zones 3 to 8, spring means April to June and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from August to October.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 5, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 5 in April. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Autumn Bride Coral Bells get?
3 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult2 ftwideSee Autumn Bride Coral Bells in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Autumn Bride Coral Bells
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Autumn Bride Coral Bells about 2 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Autumn Bride Coral Bells to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Autumn Bride Coral Bells' height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 15 published sources on October 5, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- Missouri Botanical GardenPlant Finderheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- New Moon NurseryWoodstown, New Jersey; wholesale native plug growerheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- Chicago Botanic GardenGlencoe, Illinois; an archived collection entryheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags and pests
- North Creek NurseriesLandenberg, Pennsylvania; wholesale plug grower, a partner in the brandheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags and diseases
- Plant Addictsthe store this queue came fromheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil and diseases
- Mt. Cuba CenterHockessin, Delawareheight, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags and soil
- abnativeplants.comAmerican Beauties Native Plants (the brand the store names)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water and bloom months and color
- Mt. Cuba CenterHockessin, Delaware; the 2012 to 2014 Heuchera trialheight, spread, sun, bloom months and color, trait tags and diseases
- Pleasant Run NurseryAllentown, New Jersey; wholesaleheight, spread, hardiness zones, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- sandysplants.comSandy's Plants, Inc. (Mechanicsville, Virginia)height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water and bloom months and color
- vanberkumnursery.comVan Berkum Nursery (Deerfield, New Hampshire; wholesale)height, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and pests
- NC State Extensionthe SPECIES page, Heuchera villosasun, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- plants.chaletnursery.comChalet Nursery, printing NetPS Plant Finder entry 18370 (a syndicated...height, spread, hardiness zones and bloom months and color
- pridescorner.comPrides Corner Farms (Lebanon, Connecticut; a partner in the brand, pri...height, spread, hardiness zones and bloom months and color
- ASPCAAnimal Poison Control Centertoxicity
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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