Island Alumroot
Heuchera maxima
Island alumroot is a robust Channel Islands heuchera forming big mounds of lobed leaves topped with foamy white-pink sprays, a tough evergreen for dry California shade.
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–3 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- February, March, April
- Bloom colors
- pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- CA
Related native plants
More Heuchera species
- Crevice Alumroot (Heuchera micrantha)
- Prairie Alumroot (Heuchera richardsonii)
- American Alumroot (Heuchera americana)
- Littleleaf Alumroot (Heuchera parvifolia)
- Pink Alumroot (Heuchera rubescens)
- Hairy Alumroot (Heuchera villosa)