Tiarella, Foam Flower - Flowering Perennials

Tiarella, the foam flower, is a group of low growing plants that are good for ground cover in shady or partially shady conditions.

They have leaves with prominent veins that are often hairy too. The leaves frequently turn russet shades in the fall before the plant retires for the winter.

The flowers that are creamy white have a lightness to them and the stamens are as showy as the petals. The name "Foam flower" may by stretching things a bit far, but it not entirely undeserved.

Perhaps their most useful characteristic is that they will grow and thrive even in dry shady conditions where little else will. Don't take this to extremes though, if you've a spot where even weeds won't grow at the moment, then no cultivated plant is going to bother itself either.

Propagation by division in spring or fall. Mulch in spring, adversely affected by excessive winter wet.