Why Plant Obsidian Coral Bells?
Stunning! Obsidian Coral Bells brings high drama to your garden with its deep, dark foliage. The midnight-purple, nearly black leaves make a particularly striking contrast with plants that have silver, gold, blue, or variegated foliage. Unleash your creative spirit and see what combinations you can dream up! Try it with a powder-blue Hosta like Halcyon, or turn up the volume by pairing it with electric-yellow Sweet Kate Spiderwort. Obsidian would look sharp in mixed containers or in any of the formal beds or borders around your home, whether in sun or part shade. Magnificent!
Coral Bells are native Spirits that grow all over North America in different forms. Up until the 1990s, gardeners considered them to be nice garden plants, but nothing too spectacular. Then breeders began to make crosses, and exciting new Coral Bells in brilliant colors began to appear. The charge was led by talented plantsman Dan Heims of Terra Nova Nurseries in Canby, Oregon. Heims and his team developed this selection, too. Terra Nova introduced Obsidian Coral Bells in 2004, and it remains one of its top sellers.
How to use Obsidian Coral Bells in the landscape?
Obsidian Coral Bells add texture and color to your garden without even lifting a finger! Add these flowers in shrub gardens, rock gardens that need some softness, use them as a groundcover, edge pathways, or plant in containers if that floats your boat!
Planting Zones
Hardiness Zone: 4-9
How To Plant Obsidian Coral Bells
Most Coral Bells do best in morning sun, with shade during the hottest part of the day. Bright light will bring out the richest coloring in their foliage, but intense sun can scorch some varieties. Plant Obsidian in rich, organic, well-drained soil that is moist but never soggy.
How To Water
When watering your Obsidian Coral Bells, you’ll want to give them an inch of water per week. Once the plant becomes established it will be able to tolerate some drought.
How To Fertilize
Feeding this fella is easy peasy! In the spring, apply a layer of fertilizer to keep your plant healthy! We recommend using our Elements Starter Plant Food.
How To Prune
Once the Obsidian Coral Bells have stopped blooms and you are ready to part with those blooms, you may remove any older blooms. This will encourage a possible second-bloom.
How Does Shipping Work?
Bower & Branch Trees, the real BIG trees, don’t fit in a box! Our big trees, sizes XL and bigger, require expert delivery and care, that means our extra-large trees are shipped on Bower & Branch trucks. We are the only ones who know how to ship our big and bigger trees and plants with tender loving care. We deliver your trees and plants directly to you. Ask Bower & Branch about planting services – we'd be happy to assist in installation.
*For Big trees and Shrubs, Size XL and bigger: Review our Seasonal Shipping Timelines and Policy here.
Your trees and plants are grown across the United States at various Bower & Branch Growers. Depending on your location, your plant orders may be shipped from various locations. Please expect orders with multiple items to be delivered over a number of days as a result. Orders made up of numerous items or selections will not arrive at your home on the same day.
Shipping Delays:
From time to time, Bower & Branch Growers may determine to delay order shipment based on various factors for plant health. Weather in your region, as well as, where your plants are grown, is always considered when shipping. Extreme weather conditions may delay some or all of your order. Bower & Branch allows our Growers to make final shipping decisions based solely to benefit your trees and plants’ health and success.
How Does Sizing Work?
The size of our trees have nothing to do with the container size like you may find elsewhere–big doesn't mean just height - it’s also vigor, age, and overall health. Other online retailers are going to tell you that a plant is a seven gallon, that means nothing to your tree or plant (or you.)
Our trees for sale online are graded on large, x-large, and even bigger sizes. This is because our trees are sized by their age—the higher the letter, the more mature the tree. The age determines the trees’ overall height, size of the trunk and the overall branch density.
All of these characteristics are what you should be looking for when choosing a tree for immediate impact and instant curb appeal. Our extra-large tree and plant sizes are sure to wow you and your neighbors!
See the size guides below.
