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Tiarella cordifolia - Foamflower
Tiarella cordifolia - Foamflower
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Sizes available: Landscape plug
Basics: zones 3-9, 6-12" x 12-24", part shade, small pyramidal spires of charming tiny pinkish-white flowers held over a nice foliage ground cover in late spring. Likes a moist and well-drained soil, but is somewhat drought tolerant. This is an open-pollinated seed grown plant and flower color and leaf shape show the variation natural to an open-pollinated variety.
Common names: Foamflower
Family: Saxifragaceae
Origin/Distribution: T. cordifolia is found in eastern North America from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick down to Georgia and Tennessee and west to Minnesota. Native to Maine.
Habitat: open, moist deciduous woods
More: May go semi-dormant in a hot dry summer, will form a better ground cover with adequate moisture and afternoon shade, but I feel morning sun is fine in moist conditions, a very pretty native ground cover for a woodland setting or lightly shaded garden bed. Also has rock garden potential. Has been used medicinally, but also contains potentially toxic components, so proceed with caution.
Source: Landscape plugs from North Creek Nursery
Image credits: Wikimedia Commons
