Description
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.
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Type: |
Perennial |
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Height: |
1′ – ‘1.5’ |
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Spread: |
2′ – 2.5’ |
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Spacing: |
2.5’ |
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USDA Hardiness Zone: |
4 – 9 |
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Culture: |
Part Sun, Full Shade |
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Bloom Color: |
White |
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Season of Interest: |
Summer, Year-Round |
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) 160515 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.
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