Re: tiarella
- Subject: Re: [SG] tiarella
- From: N* S*
- Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 10:09:13 -0400
Gene:
How easy are foamflowers to grow from seed? I have some (the clumping kind)
that seem ripe.
Thanks,
Nancy
>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)
>
