Re: tiarella
- Subject: Re: [SG] tiarella
- From: G*
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 07:56:33 -0400
Hello Nancy,
You are correct.. it is the cordifolia that is the runner, along with the
hybrids from this species.A bit of patience is required for them to settle in and
form a ground cover. Mulch is important to assist them in rooting as they grow
outward.
Do they form good ground covers/ Depends upon the hybrid you are purchasing.
Some do better jobs filling in than others. I do have them in 4 different places
in the garden and I am please with mine. One spot I have them is now about 3 feet
wide by 5 feet long and it is nothing but foliage of foamflower with ferns,
toadlilies sticking up through the green mat. Took around 5 years for all that to
happen.
May have grown better had you struck your cutting a bit earlier in the year,
but should work for you. They are not difficult to propagate.
Don't know if there is such a thing as a "bad" foamflower. Like you, they are
among my favorites.
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Nancy Stedman <stedman@RCN.COM>
Subject: [SG] tiarella
> A few months ago I moved some tiarella from a place with little light and
> low air circulation to a spot with low light but much better air flow, which
> has made them much happier. Recently I discovered that the "running"
> tiarellas (T. cordifolia, I think) really do run. But do they make good
> ground covers? (That is, do they densely cover the soil?) Do the stolons
> root as they grow out (they don't seem to)? How easy are these tiarellas to
> grow from cuttings? (I just stuck a few stolons in sand yesterday.)
> Tiarellas have always been among my favorite plants and I'd like to have
> lots of them.
> TIA,
> Nancy Stedman (NYC, zone 6B)
