Ask the Expert: Can you help me identify my flowering perennial? Hi, I have a perennial with geranium type leaves. The flowers are red, very small and bell shaped. They are on long stems, approximately 12 to 18 inches tall. It usually flowers beginning in June(?) and July. This year it did very well and flowered into August. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Miriam
Miriam,
Without a picture, my first thought would be either Coral Bells or Heucherella tiarelliodes. Both of these are excellent perennials. Although they can have red, pink or white blooms, I use them for their outstanding foliage.
If you could send a picture of the plant, I could positively identify it.
Hi Jamie,
Thank you for your prompt reply.
You are exactly right, the flower is a coral bell.
Miriam Winakur