This wonderful and easy short perennial makes a great herbaceous groundcover. It is native from southeast Canada to northern Alabama. Its sort of maple-like leaves are to about 4 inches long with 3 to 7 lobes. The white flowers are tiny of about 1/4 inch across with many borne on 6 to 9 inch long raceme spike-like clusters in spring in April-May. It is a woodland plant that prefers part-shade to full light shade in moist, rich soils. It spreads by rhizomes (underground stems) and makes a great groundcover. Division for propagation is best done in spring. The scientific generic name of Tiarella is derived from the Greek word for crown being "tiara." It is similar to Heuchera that is Coralbells and Alumroot. The general public does not use this nice plant very much in yards; nor really know it. It is found in horticulture mostly used by professional landscape architects & designers and by those who are horticultural enthusiasts. Many larger conventional nurseries and native plant nurseries sell some of Foamflower from their perennial plant sections; I don't think I have seen them sold from big box stores.

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