I bet I posted about this plant last year. Anyways it is in all its glory this week. I have 3 of them and they are hardy, pest free with good foliage. In the right shady location their soft feathery flowers just light up the area. Here is a close-up of one of mine.
"Sugar and Spice". It forms a well- behaved clump (approx 15" wide by 12" high or so).
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I have a few 'Sugar and Spice' also, and think they have bigger and pinker blooms than the others that I have. They are in bloom in Virginia right now too.
They are very nice!!
Mine are starting to go to seed now. Any hints on harvesting some seed, or growing these lovelies from seed?
I like how they play well with others.
Found this interesting page the other day
http://www.arkive.org/heartleaved-foamflower/tiarella-cordifolia/
This message was edited May 30, 2013 2:27 AM
'coleup' it was just recently that I discovered that there are varieties of "Foamflower" that are (gentle) 'spreaders' i.e. the cordifolia varieties. I had assumed they were all 'clumpers' like my "Sugar and Spice".
I too love Tiarella, we have 7 of the Susquehanna variety. They are beautiful and I love the leaves!
And for such a delicate looking flower, it lasts a very long time!
I have tried some tiarella cordifolia varieties,
so so far I don't like the flowers or foliage as well as the clumping varieties.
I've had more success with a faster spreading relative heucherella Sunspot
to form a groundcover to stabilize a dry shady slope.
I think a beautiful clump of tiarella is prettier,
but the spreading heucherella sometimes serves a purpose.
Your Tiarella looks beautiful under that tree. I hope ours is that pretty in a few years.
