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groundcover layer
foam flower
tiarella cordifolia
spires of foamy white stars over maple-shaped leaves that colour through winter — a running woodland carpet for moist shade, gentle forage for the earliest small bees.
functions
ground coverpollinator foragewildlife habitat
light
shade tolerant
moisture
moist
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humus-rich, moist shade
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grower's notes
memberspropagation, guild role, and deeper ecology for foam flower — the members' view.
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relationships — grows well with
sweet woodruffgalium odoratum→lady's mantlealchemilla mollis→fringecupstellima grandiflora→lungwortpulmonaria angustifolia→
see foam flower on the relationship map →the takeaway
start a guild around foam flower
plant these together and the relationships on this page start working for you — feeders, protectors, and cover, layer by layer.
- groundcover
- foam flower — the anchor
- groundcover
- sweet woodrufffringecups
- herbaceous
- lady's mantlelungwort