Heucherella 'Sweet Tea'
Transform your shade garden with the Heucherella 'Sweet Tea', a perennial prized for its dynamic foliage. Its leaves shift through warm cinnamon, orange, bronze, and burgundy, offering unique texture and vibrant color, especially when heat intensifies its brilliance. Delicate cream flowers bloom in late spring, attracting butterflies. In milder climates, it provides year-round evergreen interest. This low-maintenance plant is ideal for ground cover, borders, or containers, resisting pests and diseases. It thrives in USDA Zones 4-9, bringing enduring color and texture to shaded areas.
$26.95
Owner Satisfaction
4.4
/ 5
Category Rank
3932
/ 4677
#3932 in Landscaping & Garden Plants
Price vs Category Average
-2%
Below average
SKU
31561
Who it's for
- Dynamic Foliage Color
- Enhanced Garden Performance
- Versatile Shade Solution
Who should skip it
- Susceptible to Crown Rot
- Color Sensitivity to Sun
- Potential for Root Weevils
Key Specs
SKU
31561
Genus
Heucherella
Variety
'Sweet Tea'
Item Form
1-Quart
Mature Height
20 inches
Mature Width
2.33 Feet
Bloom Color
Cream, White
Habit
Mound-shaped
Features
- Vibrant foliage color changes seasonally
- Thrives in heat for brilliant leaf color
- Attracts butterflies with late spring blooms
- Offers evergreen interest in warmer climates
- Low-maintenance and pest-resistant
- Suitable for ground cover, borders, and containers
- Blooms in the first year
- Adds unique texture to shaded gardens
What customers say
The primary appeal of Heucherella 'Sweet Tea' centers on its striking design, specifically the rich, cinnamon orange foliage that provides exceptional color contrast in shade gardens. Customers frequently celebrate the plant's mature visual impact. While the ultimate garden performance is highly reliable, some feedback indicates inconsistency regarding the initial quality and size of the plants received upon delivery. When healthy specimens arrive, they establish quickly and vigorously, confirming the plant's reputation as a high value, low maintenance perennial for sophisticated landscape design.
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