Plant in sun to light shade on the coast and in light shade inland and give regular to occasional irrigation - less so in shaded situations. It is cold hardy to around 0° F. An unusual coral bell worth trying for its glossy, rich green foliage and mat-like habit.

Heuchera 'Pink Wave' is a second generation cross between garden plants of Heuchera elegans and Heuchera sanguinea that was selected by Santa Barbara Botanic Garden horticulturist Dara Emery and introduced by them in 1991. Though it performed well in containers at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden it never succeeded in garden plantings there, however it excelled in plantings at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden in mostly full sun with a little protection from the hot sun at this inland location provided by afternoon shade.

In their book "Heuchera and Heucherellas: Coral Bells and Foamy Bells" Timber Press 2005 authors Dan Heims and Grahame Ware note that Linnaeus named Heuchera for Johann Heinrich von Heucher, professor of medicine and Botany at Wittenberg University and that the name Heuchera should be pronounced following this person's name that it commemorates, meaning it so be pronounced HOY-ker-uh, but like most people, we continue to pronounce it HUE-ker-ah. We had this plant at our nursery in the 1990s but never put it into active production. More information on this plant can be found on the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden's Heuchera 'Pink Wave' Plant Introduction Page. 

This information about Heuchera 'Pink Wave' displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.