{"id":14505,"date":"2024-02-06T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=14505"},"modified":"2024-01-22T17:47:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T22:47:58","slug":"foamflowers-in-your-shade-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2024\/02\/06\/foamflowers-in-your-shade-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Foamflowers For Your Shade Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tiarella cordifolia<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia<\/em>) is a low-growing, clump-forming woodland perennial groundcover. It grows naturally in moist forests, coves, and well-drained bottomlands where it spreads by slender runners (stolons) to form dense, 1-2 feet wide clumps of foliage or colonies. Small spikes of creamy white spring flowers and its attractive bright green foliage are solid pluses in a shady garden. (USDA hardiness zones 3-8).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Semi-glossy, heart-shaped, 3-5 lobed leaves (3-4 inches across) sprout directly from the stolons. Leaves may have reddish variegation along the veins. Foliage stays evergreen in mild winters, often taking on a reddish bronze tint in autumn and winter. Tiny, white flowers with very long \u201cfoamy -like\u201d stamens appear in airy racemes in spring for 4-6 weeks; erect, wiry, mostly leafless floral stems stand tall above the foliage clump to a height of 10-12 inches. Flower buds start out pinkish before turning creamy white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foamflower is easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in part shade to full shade. It thrives in humus-rich, moist, well-drained soil. Poorly drained or dry soils can be fatal for this shade groundcover. Fertilizing is rarely necessary. Mow high over the spent flower spikes for a neat appearance to the foliage mound. It is semi-evergreen in zone 6 and points further south where tiarellas are evergreen in winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A southern variety (var. wherryi), sometimes listed as a separate species, does not send out runners and the deeply lobed leaves resemble oak foliage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Landscape Attributes:<\/strong> An excellent ground cover for heavy shaded sites; airy white\u00a0flowers attract early pollinating small bees and flies.\u00a0The heart-shaped foliage is generally passed up by deer and rabbits. Plants offer minimal wildlife value providing food or cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Variety unknown (‘Sugar and Spice’?)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Foamflower is a great for woodland gardens and planted as a groundcover nearby the shade of acidic-loving shrubs and trees such as azaleas (Rhododendron<\/em> spp.), mountain laurels (Kalmia latifolia<\/em>), woodland phlox (Phlox divaricata<\/em>), and flowering dogwood (Cornus florida<\/em>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia) is a low-growing, clump-forming woodland perennial groundcover. It grows naturally in moist forests, coves, and well-drained bottomlands where it spreads by slender runners (stolons) to form dense, 1-2 feet wide clumps of foliage or colonies. Small spikes of creamy white spring flowers and its attractive bright green foliage are solid pluses in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,1319,1037,1498,674,800,853,551,627,1476,625,202,812,601,729,629,630,705,1095,113,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14505"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14505"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14521,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14505\/revisions\/14521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}