Potsize – 1L
Fringecups. This is a lovely little carpeting woodlander; undemanding and easy to grow but with pretty little leaves that add to the garden all year around. It is related to Heuchera and Tiarella and has some resemblance to both. the leaves are well rounded and lobed with veins and edges that colour red as the temperature drops. The flowers are small, held sparsely on tall waving stems, pleasant but unremarkable from a distance but on closer inspection reveal a green calyx, lined red with heavily fringed petals poking out. It is a native of moist forests in the Western United States, occurring all the way from Alaska down to Northern California. Tellima grandiflora contains the compound Telimagrandin II, one of the Ellagitannins, which is being investigated for its anti-viral properties particularly against Herpes.
