If you subscribe to the Wayside Gardens Newsletter you may have already gotten this week's "Plant of the Week" newsletter featuring Heuchera 'Midnight Rose.' (Actually you may have gotten it twice – it was sent out without pictures the first time. Oops!)
This is a really beautiful perennial that will add foliage interest and depth of color to your shade garden. 'Midnight Rose' is very tolerant of heat and humidity, and it thrives in part shade. It may tolerate full sun in the cooler zones. This exotic Heuchera starts out black, speckled with bright pink, and slowly transitions to a deep purple as the season progresses. The foliage stays bright and colorful from spring until fall. This plant is a great shade-garden companion to the brighter foliage of Hostas, Hydrangeas, and other Heucheras.