Tony Miklos said:


Found this beauty in the woods, it stays green all winter (east TN)and
it goes down in the 20's and teens a lot with this staying green. Last
fall I had dug up one (I didn't dig it up until I saw I had more of them
in the woods close by.) I thought the one now in captivity was doing
well until today I took a walk in the woods to see how the others are.
Seems like the leaves on the captive one are severely stunted!
Otherwise looks healthy and getting ready to bloom. I am going to plant
it in the garden, I just didn't find the right spot yet. Looks like it
needs filtered light. Does well with some direct sunlight but not too
much. Here is a link to some pics:

https://picasaweb.google.com/tony.mi...nknownPlant02?
authkey=Gv1sRgCN_5l4zH-4CrrAE&feat=directlink

Hmm, I used to be able to post links without them being broken so I
guess you will have to cut and paste it.

That's a Heuchera, AKA alum root, possibly H. americana. The leaf color
and shape is naturally quite variable, which has allowed for many
domestic cultivars to be derived from an already attractive wild plant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heuchera_americana
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/res...id_plant=HEAM6

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