Tiarella cordifolia

Plant Characteristics

Habit		herbaceous
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

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	part-sun, shade
USDA Zones:		3 to 9
Flower features:	❀	red, pink

Scientific Names

Saxifragaceae >

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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

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 The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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Varieties

T. c. var. austrina
T. c. var. collina
T. c. var. cordifolia

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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