Sweet Tea Foamy Bells

Heucherella 'Sweet Tea'

Sweet Tea Foamy Bells is an evergreen herbaceous  perennial with a mounding habit grown for its vibrant basal foliage.  The deeply cut round-lobed leaves are warm shades of orange, apricot and blush with gold highlights that deepen in summer and lighten again in the fall.  Airy clusters of tiny creamy white bell-like flowers bloom on spires in midsummer attracting  butterflies.  Best bloom in  partial sun and moist well-drained soils.  

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance.  Potential issues include powdery mildew, rust, leaf spot, and frost heaving of roots if winter temperatures fluctuate widely.  Will grow slowly in heavy shade.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings,  Borders,  Woodland Gardens,  Naturalized Areas,  Native Gardens,  Rock Gardens, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:    Lenten Rose,  Hosta,  Painted Fern

IMAGES: Serres Fortier,  Heucherella Sweet Tea, (2) Photoset by  cultivar413, (1) 1 60515 047 Christopher Park - Heucherella 'Sweet Tea' Foamy Bells, (2)  X Heucherella 'Sweet Tea' 110502

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.