Image above Courtesy Walters Gardens. Want a different look in your shade garden? Then Foamflower is your answer. This underused, little know perennial is a perfect plant for creating a woodland garden under trees. Foamflowers grow as clumps and as spreaders so check the labels. If you need a spreader to cover over tree roots, choose Tiarella wherryi. Wherryi blooms with creamy-pink, feathery spikes, and is so enchanting it won the Royal Horticultural Societies Award of Garden Merit.. The clumping Tiarella or cordifolia, mounds and blooms in foamy white flower stalks and also won the same award for they are both excellent choices for filling in difficult areas in shade and...
Foamflower – Tiarella: A Great Ground Cover for Shady Areas
