Gotta Have It: Heucherella ‘Sweet Tea’

September 16, 2010 · Filed under perennials · Tagged Heucherella 'Sweet Tea', violas

I have always had a bit of a thing for brown tones in the garden. I love it in my floral designs, whether it is with pink, white, yellow, orange, red (does it go with every colour?) but especially blue!

When the Toronto Botanical Garden had their plant sale in the spring I picked up heucherella ‘Sweet Tea’. I loved the colour of the leaves, they are a coppery orange and have a burgundy blotch in the centre of the leaf.  I am always looking for gorgeous foliage to use in the shade garden.  And when I was at the Owen Sound farmers market later that month, one of the vendors had this lovely little viola ‘Karma Blue Butterfly’ for sale.

I planted them side by side, the viola has not been out of flower since that day (and I have been very slack on the deadheading). 

 But the heucherella  has just started to flower. I do not know why it is out of whack, it is supposed to flower in the spring, but I am happy to take it.  Such a delicate bloom. 

Yikes, just ignore that big dandelion in the picture, I didn’t notice it at the time, its days are numbered! The daylily is also on the move.

I have been so happy with this combo that I need to enlarge it in the spring. 

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