diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 343e3ccfbb1..5483529f75e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@
 
 ### Minor
 * **Cloudwatch**: Add AWS RDS MaximumUsedTransactionIDs metric [#15077](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/15077), thx [@activeshadow](https://github.com/activeshadow)
+* **Heatmap**: `Middle` bucket bound option [#15683](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/15683)
+* **Heatmap**: `Reverse order` option for changing order of buckets [#15683](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/15683)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 * **Api**: Invalid org invite code [#10506](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/10506)
 * **Datasource**: Handles nil jsondata field gracefully [#14239](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/14239)
 * **Gauge**: Interpolate scoped variables in repeated gauges [#15739](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/15739)
 * **Datasource**: Empty user/password was not updated when updating datasources [#15608](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/15608), thx [@Maddin-619](https://github.com/Maddin-619)
+* **Heatmap**: legend shows wrong colors for small values [#14019](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/14019)
 
 # 6.0.1 (2019-03-06)
 
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/axes_editor.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/axes_editor.ts
index 81df957e2ea..cec3df9f8c5 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/axes_editor.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/axes_editor.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export class AxesEditorCtrl {
       Auto: 'auto',
       Upper: 'upper',
       Lower: 'lower',
+      Middle: 'middle',
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/color_legend.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/color_legend.ts
index c90b394fb02..a86a498b723 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/color_legend.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/color_legend.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ const LEGEND_HEIGHT_PX = 6;
 const LEGEND_WIDTH_PX = 100;
 const LEGEND_TICK_SIZE = 0;
 const LEGEND_VALUE_MARGIN = 0;
+const LEGEND_PADDING_LEFT = 10;
+const LEGEND_SEGMENT_WIDTH = 10;
 
 /**
  * Color legend for heatmap editor.
@@ -95,27 +97,27 @@ function drawColorLegend(elem, colorScheme, rangeFrom, rangeTo, maxValue, minVal
   const legendWidth = Math.floor(legendElem.outerWidth()) - 30;
   const legendHeight = legendElem.attr('height');
 
-  let rangeStep = 1;
-  if (rangeTo - rangeFrom > legendWidth) {
-    rangeStep = Math.floor((rangeTo - rangeFrom) / legendWidth);
-  }
+  const rangeStep = ((rangeTo - rangeFrom) / legendWidth) * LEGEND_SEGMENT_WIDTH;
   const widthFactor = legendWidth / (rangeTo - rangeFrom);
   const valuesRange = d3.range(rangeFrom, rangeTo, rangeStep);
 
   const colorScale = getColorScale(colorScheme, contextSrv.user.lightTheme, maxValue, minValue);
   legend
+    .append('g')
+    .attr('class', 'legend-color-bar')
+    .attr('transform', 'translate(' + LEGEND_PADDING_LEFT + ',0)')
     .selectAll('.heatmap-color-legend-rect')
     .data(valuesRange)
     .enter()
     .append('rect')
-    .attr('x', d => d * widthFactor)
+    .attr('x', d => Math.round(d * widthFactor))
     .attr('y', 0)
-    .attr('width', rangeStep * widthFactor + 1) // Overlap rectangles to prevent gaps
+    .attr('width', Math.round(rangeStep * widthFactor + 1)) // Overlap rectangles to prevent gaps
     .attr('height', legendHeight)
     .attr('stroke-width', 0)
     .attr('fill', d => colorScale(d));
 
-  drawLegendValues(elem, colorScale, rangeFrom, rangeTo, maxValue, minValue, legendWidth);
+  drawLegendValues(elem, rangeFrom, rangeTo, maxValue, minValue, legendWidth, valuesRange);
 }
 
 function drawOpacityLegend(elem, options, rangeFrom, rangeTo, maxValue, minValue) {
@@ -126,31 +128,31 @@ function drawOpacityLegend(elem, options, rangeFrom, rangeTo, maxValue, minValue
   const legendWidth = Math.floor(legendElem.outerWidth()) - 30;
   const legendHeight = legendElem.attr('height');
 
-  let rangeStep = 1;
-  if (rangeTo - rangeFrom > legendWidth) {
-    rangeStep = Math.floor((rangeTo - rangeFrom) / legendWidth);
-  }
+  const rangeStep = ((rangeTo - rangeFrom) / legendWidth) * LEGEND_SEGMENT_WIDTH;
   const widthFactor = legendWidth / (rangeTo - rangeFrom);
   const valuesRange = d3.range(rangeFrom, rangeTo, rangeStep);
 
   const opacityScale = getOpacityScale(options, maxValue, minValue);
   legend
+    .append('g')
+    .attr('class', 'legend-color-bar')
+    .attr('transform', 'translate(' + LEGEND_PADDING_LEFT + ',0)')
     .selectAll('.heatmap-opacity-legend-rect')
     .data(valuesRange)
     .enter()
     .append('rect')
-    .attr('x', d => d * widthFactor)
+    .attr('x', d => Math.round(d * widthFactor))
     .attr('y', 0)
-    .attr('width', rangeStep * widthFactor)
+    .attr('width', Math.round(rangeStep * widthFactor))
     .attr('height', legendHeight)
     .attr('stroke-width', 0)
     .attr('fill', options.cardColor)
     .style('opacity', d => opacityScale(d));
 
-  drawLegendValues(elem, opacityScale, rangeFrom, rangeTo, maxValue, minValue, legendWidth);
+  drawLegendValues(elem, rangeFrom, rangeTo, maxValue, minValue, legendWidth, valuesRange);
 }
 
-function drawLegendValues(elem, colorScale, rangeFrom, rangeTo, maxValue, minValue, legendWidth) {
+function drawLegendValues(elem, rangeFrom, rangeTo, maxValue, minValue, legendWidth, valuesRange) {
   const legendElem = $(elem).find('svg');
   const legend = d3.select(legendElem.get(0));
 
@@ -171,7 +173,7 @@ function drawLegendValues(elem, colorScale, rangeFrom, rangeTo, maxValue, minVal
 
   const colorRect = legendElem.find(':first-child');
   const posY = getSvgElemHeight(legendElem) + LEGEND_VALUE_MARGIN;
-  const posX = getSvgElemX(colorRect);
+  const posX = getSvgElemX(colorRect) + LEGEND_PADDING_LEFT;
 
   d3.select(legendElem.get(0))
     .append('g')
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/heatmap_ctrl.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/heatmap_ctrl.ts
index 809c6718a9c..99741a0c6d7 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/heatmap_ctrl.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/heatmap_ctrl.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const panelDefaults = {
   },
   dataFormat: 'timeseries',
   yBucketBound: 'auto',
+  reverseYBuckets: false,
   xAxis: {
     show: true,
   },
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ export class HeatmapCtrl extends MetricsPanelCtrl {
   selectionActivated: boolean;
   unitFormats: any;
   data: any;
-  series: any;
+  series: any[];
   timeSrv: any;
   dataWarning: any;
   decimals: number;
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ export class HeatmapCtrl extends MetricsPanelCtrl {
   }
 
   onRender() {
-    if (!this.range) {
+    if (!this.range || !this.series) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -226,13 +227,20 @@ export class HeatmapCtrl extends MetricsPanelCtrl {
       this.series.sort(sortSeriesByLabel);
     }
 
+    if (this.panel.reverseYBuckets) {
+      this.series.reverse();
+    }
+
     // Convert histogram to heatmap. Each histogram bucket represented by the series which name is
-    // a top (or bottom, depends of datasource) bucket bound. Further, these values will be used as X axis labels.
+    // a top (or bottom, depends of datasource) bucket bound. Further, these values will be used as Y axis labels.
     bucketsData = histogramToHeatmap(this.series);
 
     tsBuckets = _.map(this.series, 'label');
     const yBucketBound = this.panel.yBucketBound;
-    if ((panelDatasource === 'prometheus' && yBucketBound !== 'lower') || yBucketBound === 'upper') {
+    if (
+      (panelDatasource === 'prometheus' && yBucketBound !== 'lower' && yBucketBound !== 'middle') ||
+      yBucketBound === 'upper'
+    ) {
       // Prometheus labels are upper inclusive bounds, so add empty bottom bucket label.
       tsBuckets = [''].concat(tsBuckets);
     } else {
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/heatmap_tooltip.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/heatmap_tooltip.ts
index c447825eef8..90cbecd6657 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/heatmap_tooltip.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/heatmap_tooltip.ts
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ export class HeatmapTooltip {
           };
 
           boundBottom = tickFormatter(yBucketIndex);
-          boundTop = yBucketIndex < data.tsBuckets.length - 1 ? tickFormatter(yBucketIndex + 1) : '';
+          if (this.panel.yBucketBound !== 'middle') {
+            boundTop = yBucketIndex < data.tsBuckets.length - 1 ? tickFormatter(yBucketIndex + 1) : '';
+          }
         } else {
           // Display 0 if bucket is a special 'zero' bucket
           const bottom = yData.y ? yData.bounds.bottom : 0;
@@ -122,8 +124,9 @@ export class HeatmapTooltip {
           boundTop = bucketBoundFormatter(yData.bounds.top);
         }
         valuesNumber = countValueFormatter(yData.count);
+        const boundStr = boundTop && boundBottom ? `${boundBottom} - ${boundTop}` : boundBottom || boundTop;
         tooltipHtml += `<div>
-          bucket: <b>${boundBottom} - ${boundTop}</b> <br>
+          bucket: <b>${boundStr}</b> <br>
           count: <b>${valuesNumber}</b> <br>
         </div>`;
       } else {
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/partials/axes_editor.html b/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/partials/axes_editor.html
index 0b12ac52e24..0327ee87251 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/partials/axes_editor.html
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/partials/axes_editor.html
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@
         </select>
       </div>
     </div>
+    <gf-form-switch ng-if="ctrl.panel.dataFormat == 'tsbuckets'"
+      class="gf-form" label-class="width-8"
+      label="Reverse order"
+      checked="ctrl.panel.reverseYBuckets" on-change="ctrl.refresh()">
+    </gf-form-switch>
   </div>
 
   <div class="section gf-form-group" ng-if="ctrl.panel.dataFormat == 'timeseries'">
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/rendering.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/rendering.ts
index 42b418b06cb..59d704f0d55 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/rendering.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/rendering.ts
@@ -379,6 +379,12 @@ export class HeatmapRenderer {
     const posX = this.getYAxisWidth(this.heatmap) + Y_AXIS_TICK_PADDING;
     this.heatmap.select('.axis-y').attr('transform', 'translate(' + posX + ',' + posY + ')');
 
+    if (this.panel.yBucketBound === 'middle' && tickValues && tickValues.length) {
+      // Shift Y axis labels to the middle of bucket
+      const tickShift = 0 - this.chartHeight / (tickValues.length - 1) / 2;
+      this.heatmap.selectAll('.axis-y text').attr('transform', 'translate(' + 0 + ',' + tickShift + ')');
+    }
+
     // Remove vertical line in the right of axis labels (called domain in d3)
     this.heatmap
       .select('.axis-y')
@@ -615,8 +621,8 @@ export class HeatmapRenderer {
       w = this.cardWidth;
     }
 
-    // Card width should be MIN_CARD_SIZE at least
-    w = Math.max(w, MIN_CARD_SIZE);
+    // Card width should be MIN_CARD_SIZE at least, but cut cards shouldn't be displayed
+    w = w > 0 ? Math.max(w, MIN_CARD_SIZE) : 0;
     return w;
   }
 
diff --git a/public/sass/components/_panel_heatmap.scss b/public/sass/components/_panel_heatmap.scss
index 279b9392caa..dad1dc3235b 100644
--- a/public/sass/components/_panel_heatmap.scss
+++ b/public/sass/components/_panel_heatmap.scss
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ $font-size-heatmap-tick: 11px;
     height: 18px;
     float: left;
     white-space: nowrap;
-    padding-left: 10px;
   }
 
   .heatmap-legend-values {