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Also known as foam flower makes charming ground cover for moist shade. The leaves of this variety are relatively unmarked, starting the season with a distinctive chocolate brown tint which gradually fades throughout the season. It makes a lovely sight in Spring when the leaf colour tones in beautifully with the topping of pink budded foamy flowers. 15-30cm.
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Tiarella ‘Pink Bouquet’, also known as foam flower makes charming ground cover for moist shade. The leaves of this variety are relatively unmarked, starting the season with a distinctive chocolate brown tint which gradually fades throughout the season. It makes a lovely sight in Spring when the leaf colour tones in beautifully with the topping of pink budded foamy flowers. 15-30cm.
Foam flower is a very apt name for this lovely evergreen ground cover plant. From a mass of conical pink buds, like a drift of birthday candles on a cake, opens a frothy cloud of white feathery flowers. These seem to flower on and on for weeks from April to June. The handsome foliage is shaped like a maple leaf, often deeply cleft and decorated with a dark purple star. They also have a velvety bristly texture. Tiarella provides easy, maintenance free, year round value in the garden where it will happily tolerate full shade or full sun. Whilst they prefer moister soil, I have found them quite tolerant of drier Summers. This is especially true when given a little bit of shade.
Tiarella is a native of North America. The American Indians value it as a remedy for mouth ulcers and many digestive disorders. This is on account of its high tannin content.
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 ground cover, 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 or even turban. It is reference to the shape of the fruits. Though we have also read it refers to the way the stamens protrude from the small flowers and form a point like a crown.
Tiarella – False Mitrewort, Sugar Scoop, Foam Flower
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