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Tiarella cordifolia / Heart-Leaved Foamflower at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC
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Tiarella cordifolia / Heart-Leaved Foamflower at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC
Heartleaf foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia), also known as false miterwort, is a captivating, clump-forming perennial whose massed, graceful spikes of white, star-shaped flowers possess a hypnotic allure in the damp, shady woods where they appear in mid-spring. Even after the flowers have died away, the plant’s heart-shaped, three to five-lobed leaves hold fast through the fall, lighting up the forest floor with their mesmerizing, velvety-green glow. Tiarella is closely related to alumroot (Heuchera), but while the latter will tolerate sunlight and thin, rocky soil, foamflower needs shade and moist, rich humus to thrive. The photos above were taken on the Mon River Trail.
Tiarella cordifolia / Heart-Leaved Foamflower at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC
Toxomerus geminatus on Tiarella cordifolia / Eastern Calligrapher on Heart-Leaved Foamflower at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC
Tiarella cordifolia / Heart-Leaved Foamflower at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC
Tiarella cordifolia / Heart-Leaved Foamflower at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC
Tiarella cordifolia / Heart-Leaved Foamflower at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC