Plant in shade in a rich well-drained soil and give regular water - great in containers and combined with colorful New Zealand sedges or other dark-foliaged Coral Bells. Very hardy - listed to USDA zone 4 ( below -20°F).

Heuchera 'Amber Waves' is a sport mutation of an Heuchera 'Whirlwind' (a Heuchera micrantha seedling crossed with Heuchera 'Palace Passion') from Dan Heims of Terra Nova. This plant was the winner of the several best new plant awards in England in 2001 and received a US Plant Patent PP13,348 in December 2002, which has since expired. 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 grew this plant from 2005 until 2008 but replaced it in 2009 with Heuchera 'Caramel'. 

The information about Heuchera 'Amber Waves' that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.