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x Heucherella Sweet Tea - Désespoir du peintre, Heuchérelle

x Heucherella Sweet Tea

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Very lovely! Arrived in poor condition because it was taken out of its bucket, but it has already grown 2 new leaves and seems to be thriving.

Marie Laure, 19/05/2020

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This vigorous variety forms a broad clump of deeply lobed leaves, apricot orange in spring, then cinnamon, coppery and reddish-brown in summer. A burgundy star highlights their veins. Fine clusters of creamy white flowers appear in late spring. Its foliage remains evergreen in mild climates and tolerates humid heat well. It is a hardy perennial that grows in humus-bearing, moist and well-drained soil.
Flower size
15 cm
Height at maturity
60 cm
Spread at maturity
65 cm
Exposure
Partial shade, Shade
Hardiness
Hardy down to -29°C
Soil moisture
Moist soil
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Best planting time March, October
Recommended planting time March to April, September to November
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The Heucherella ‘Sweet Tea’ is a reliable choice among heucherellas with colourful foliage. It stands out with its large, palm-shaped leaves in warm, changing colours. Apricot orange to orangey-pink in spring, marked with a burgundy star, they then take on shades of cinnamon, copper, and russet brown in summer. Vigorous and very hardy, this variety copes well with hot, humid summers. Fine clusters of white flowers rise gracefully above its foliage in late spring.

× Heucherella belong to the Saxifragaceae family. They are hybrids between two distinct genera, Heuchera and Tiarella. 'Sweet Tea’ was selected by Janet N. Egger for Terra Nova Nurseries, in Oregon, and introduced in 2009. It results from a controlled cross between Heuchera ‘V3’, an uncommercialised hybrid with Heuchera villosa ancestry, and several tiarellas. This lineage explains its more spreading habit and its better tolerance of summer heat and humidity compared to many older heucherellas. The plant forms a dense clump of fibrous roots. Its foliage reaches 40 to 50 cm in height and spreads 60 to 70 cm wide. The flower stems can rise up to 60 or 70 cm. Each leaf, borne on a long petiole, measures up to 15 cm in length. It is divided into seven main lobes, with a rounded, cut edge reminiscent of certain maple leaves. In spring, the lamina displays a pinkish-orange or apricot colour, traversed by brown to burgundy veins. The tones darken during summer, turning copper, russet, and cinnamon brown. In autumn, the foliage returns to reddish-orange hues, then reddish-brown in winter. These variations depend on temperature and light levels: colours are more vivid in the cool season and in dappled light. From May to June, numerous slender stems rise from the foliage. They bear narrow clusters of small white bell-shaped flowers. A hard frost can damage the foliage or cause it to die back partially, without threatening the crown, which withstands down to –29 °C in well-drained soil. 

The copper-coloured foliage of this Heucherella ‘Sweet Tea’ pairs well with Hosta ‘Blue Ivory’, blue-green variegated with cream, with Brunnera ‘Looking Glass’, almost entirely silver, and with Athyrium niponicum var. pictum, a fern with grey and silver fronds washed with purple. All these plants enjoy the same conditions. Their leaves differ in shape and texture: broad in the hosta, heart-shaped in the brunnera, and finely cut in the fern. In spring, the sky-blue flowers of the brunnera precede the white clusters of the heucherella; the foliage remains decorative until autumn.

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Tiarella and Heucherella: planting and growing
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by Virginie T. 15 min.
Tiarella and Heucherella: planting and growing
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x Heucherella  Sweet Tea - Désespoir du peintre, Heuchérelle (Flowering) Flowering
x Heucherella  Sweet Tea - Désespoir du peintre, Heuchérelle (Foliage) Foliage
x Heucherella  Sweet Tea - Désespoir du peintre, Heuchérelle (Plant habit) Plant habit

Flowering

Flower colour white
Flowering time May to June
Flower size 15 cm

Foliage

Foliage persistence Evergreen
Foliage colour orange

Plant habit

Height at maturity 60 cm
Spread at maturity 65 cm
Growth rate normal

Botanical data

Genus

x Heucherella

Cultivar

Sweet Tea

Family

Saxifragaceae

Botanical synonyms

× Heucherella ‘Sweet Tea’

Origin

Cultivar or hybrid

Product reference77431

Planting and care

The Heucherella 'Sweet Tea' can be planted from March to May or in September-October, in partial shade or gentle morning sun. Choose a humus-bearing, fertile, moist and well-drained soil, preferably acidic to neutral. In clay soil, incorporate mature compost or leaf mould and plant slightly raised. Avoid chalky soils and positions dried out by the roots of large trees. Place the collar at soil level without burying it. Water regularly during the first year and maintain a mulch of dead leaves around the clump. In a pot, use a pierced container and an aerated substrate; water when the surface begins to dry out, without leaving water in the saucer. The stump tends to rise towards the surface with age. Every three or four years, divide it in spring or early autumn, then replant the divisions with their collars at soil level.

Planting period

Best planting time March, October
Recommended planting time March to April, September to November

Intended location

Suitable for Shaded rockery, Woodland edge, Undergrowth
Type of use Edge of border, Container
Hardiness Hardy down to -29°C (USDA zone 5) Show map
Ease of cultivation Amateur
Planting density 3 per m2
Exposure Partial shade, Shade
Soil pH Acidic, Neutral
Soil type Silty-loamy (rich and light)
Soil moisture Moist soil humus-bearing, light and rich

Care

Pruning instructions Remove any old leaves at the end of winter if necessary.
Pruning Pruning recommended once a year
Pruning time March to April
Disease resistance Good
Overwinter Can be left in the ground
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