Tiarella cordifolia 'Running Tapestry'

Sizes available: HPP #1, 2 plants per pot

Basics: zones 4-8, 6-12" x 12-18", morning sun to dappled sun to part shade, starry while flower spike over medium green foliage with dark red veining in mid to late spring, acidic rich to average fertility soils, consistent moisture, but well-drained, will sulk if too dry and also resents "winter wet"

Common names: Foamflower, False Mitrewort are the common names for Tiarella cordifolia. 'Running Tapestry' is a cultivated selection developed from a spontaneous occurrence within a natural population of the straight species. 

Family: Saxifragaceae

Origin/Distribution: 'Running Tapestry' was discovered by Jim Plyler of Natural Landscaping Nursery in West Grove, PA. The species is native from Nova Scotia down the Appalachian spine to Alabama and west to Minnesota.

Habitat: deciduous woodland understory, bottomlands with good drainage

More: The 'Running' in the name means spreading. This is a stoloniferous form of Tiarella (versus a clumping form) and was developed to be a beautiful woodland ground cover, but is also lovely in a textured planting with the likes of Carex albicans, Carex plantaginea, Phlox stolonoifera, Adiantum pedatum, Epimediums, and so on. It will take awhile to get going. The flowers are visited by pollinators for early season forage.

Nursery origin: Landscape plugs from North Creek

Image credit: Van Berkum Nursery