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Bronze Wave Coral Bells
Heuchera villosa 'Bronze Wave'
Also called bronze wave hairy alumroot and bronze wave alumroot
Bronze Wave Coral Bells blooms from June through August.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Bronze Wave Coral Bells
Plant it in part shade. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 3–8. Expect it to reach about 24 in tall and 24 in 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 Bronze Wave 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 Bronze Wave Coral Bells
Plant Bronze Wave 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 June to August.
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 Bronze Wave Coral Bells get?
24 intall5 ft 7 inan adult24 inwideSee Bronze Wave 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 Bronze Wave Coral Bells
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Bronze Wave Coral Bells about 24 in apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Bronze Wave 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
Bronze Wave Coral Bells' height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 9 published sources on October 12, 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.
- Plant AddictsAmerican Beauties Native Plants listingheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags and soil
- Chicago Botanic GardenPlant Finder, Illinoisheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- North Creek NurseriesPennsylvaniaheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and trait tags
- NC State ExtensionHeuchera villosa speciessun, water, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity
- online.pubhtml5.comMt. Cuba Center, Heuchera for the Mid-Atlantic Region, Research Report...height, spread, bloom months and color, trait tags, diseases and pests
- Mt. Cuba Center2012-2014 measured Heuchera trialheight, sun, bloom months and color and trait tags
- theprimrosepath.comThe Primrose Path (Charles Oliver, originator)height, spread and bloom months and color
- botgarden.uga.eduState Botanical Garden of Georgia, Spring Plant Sale List 2023height and bloom months and color
- canr.udel.eduUniversity of Delaware Botanic Gardens, 2007 Spring Plant Sale Catalogheight and spread
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
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