Difference between revisions of "Tiarella cordifolia"
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|familia=Saxifragaceae | |familia=Saxifragaceae | ||
− | |genus=Tiarella | + | |genus=Tiarella |
|species=cordifolia | |species=cordifolia | ||
− | |common_name=Foamflower | + | |common_name=Heartleaved Foamflower, Allegheny Foamflower |
+ | |name_ref=Wikipedia | ||
+ | |habit=herbaceous | ||
+ | |habit_ref=Wikipedia | ||
|Max ht box=12 | |Max ht box=12 | ||
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+ | |height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | ||
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+ | |width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | ||
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+ | |life_ref=Wikipedia | ||
|exposure=part-sun, shade | |exposure=part-sun, shade | ||
+ | |sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | ||
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer | |flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer | ||
+ | |flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | ||
|flowers=red, pink | |flowers=red, pink | ||
|Temp Metric=°F | |Temp Metric=°F | ||
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+ | |usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | ||
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− | + | '''Heartleaved Foamflower''' or '''Allegheny Foamflower''' (''Tiarella cordifolia''), is a [[herbaceous]] plant commonly used as shrubbery. It grows in most kinds of soil and blooms from April to June. | |
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− | + | Tiarella cordifolia, Linn. Foam-flower. A handsome native perennial, forming a tufted mass, 6-12 in. high, of broadly ovate lobed and serrate lvs. and simple erect racemes of white fls. borne well above the foliage in May. Fls. about 1/4 in. across; petals oblong, clawed, somewhat exceeding the white calyx-lobes. In rich, moist woodland, Nova Scotia to Ont., south to Ga.—An elegant plant well worthy of general cult. It is a lover of cool shaded places and of rich moist soil. It will do well, however, in ordinary soil and flower freely in a half-shaded place, but the varied lf.-markings of bronzy red and other signs of luxuriance are not brought out to their fullest extent except with moisture, coolness and a fairly rich soil. The plant forces well and easily in a coolhouse for early spring flowering. It is tenacious of life and generally easy to manage. | |
− | Tiarella cordifolia, Linn. Foam-flower | + | |
+ | Var. albiflora, Hort., is a fine white-fld. form. | ||
+ | Var. purpurea, Hort. (T. purpurea, Hort.), is a purple-fld. form, of which the following variations are also offered in the trade: purpurea major, with salmon-rose or wine-red fls.; purpurea major compacta, a more compact grower with bronzy chamois-colored fls.; purpurea marmorata, with very attractive bronze foliage passing to blackish green and marbled with purple: fls. very numerous, maroon. | ||
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− | == | + | ==Varieties== |
− | < | + | ''T. c.'' var. ''austrina''<br/> |
+ | ''T. c.'' var. ''collina''<br/> | ||
+ | ''T. c.'' var. ''cordifolia''<br/> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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− | + | File:Tiarella cordifolia2.jpg | |
− | + | File:Foam Flower Tiarella cordifolia 'Oak Leaf' Flowers 2000px.jpg | |
− | + | File:Foam Flower Tiarella cordifolia 'Oak Leaf' Leaves 3264px.jpg | |
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Latest revision as of 18:42, 27 April 2010
Habit | herbaceous
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Height: | ⇕ | 12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12. |
Width: | ⇔ | 16 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 16. to 20 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20. |
Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Bloom: | ❀ | early summer, mid summer, late summer |
Exposure: | ☼ | part-sun, shade |
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USDA Zones: | 3 to 9 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | red, pink |
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Heartleaved Foamflower or Allegheny Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia), is a herbaceous plant commonly used as shrubbery. It grows in most kinds of soil and blooms from April to June.
Read about Tiarella cordifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Tiarella cordifolia, Linn. Foam-flower. A handsome native perennial, forming a tufted mass, 6-12 in. high, of broadly ovate lobed and serrate lvs. and simple erect racemes of white fls. borne well above the foliage in May. Fls. about 1/4 in. across; petals oblong, clawed, somewhat exceeding the white calyx-lobes. In rich, moist woodland, Nova Scotia to Ont., south to Ga.—An elegant plant well worthy of general cult. It is a lover of cool shaded places and of rich moist soil. It will do well, however, in ordinary soil and flower freely in a half-shaded place, but the varied lf.-markings of bronzy red and other signs of luxuriance are not brought out to their fullest extent except with moisture, coolness and a fairly rich soil. The plant forces well and easily in a coolhouse for early spring flowering. It is tenacious of life and generally easy to manage. Var. albiflora, Hort., is a fine white-fld. form. Var. purpurea, Hort. (T. purpurea, Hort.), is a purple-fld. form, of which the following variations are also offered in the trade: purpurea major, with salmon-rose or wine-red fls.; purpurea major compacta, a more compact grower with bronzy chamois-colored fls.; purpurea marmorata, with very attractive bronze foliage passing to blackish green and marbled with purple: fls. very numerous, maroon. CH
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Varieties
T. c. var. austrina
T. c. var. collina
T. c. var. cordifolia
Gallery
References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
- w:Tiarella cordifolia. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Tiarella cordifolia QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)