The Foam Flowers make lovely ground cover for shady positions. There has been a flurry of breeding and there are a great number of varieties that vary only by degree. Hopefully by putting them all together will help you make a little sense of it all. If I had to sum it up, my one piece of advice would be – Don’t panic, they’re all equally lovely.
Tiarella – Foam Flowers
Tiarella enjoy the same conditions as Heuchera, with the proviso that they have a greater requirement for moisture and shade than their cousins. Given moist shade they will grow lovely mats of groundcover, interesting in both leaf and flower and frequently exhibiting good leaf colour in the Autumn.
Tiarella is the diminutive form of the Greek word for a diadem or small crown. It is reference to the shape of the fruits.
Tiarella – False Mitrewort, Sugar Scoop, Foam Flower
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