groundcover layer
fringecups
tellima grandiflora
scalloped evergreen leaves and tall wands of tiny fringed bells — a quietly spreading, self-seeding cover for dry-to-moist shade that fills the gaps others leave.
functions
ground coverpollinator forage
field guide
light
shade tolerant
moisture
moist
soil
humus-rich, damp shade
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relationships — grows well with
foam flowertiarella cordifolia→sweet woodruffgalium odoratum→bugleajuga reptans→lady's mantlealchemilla mollis→
see fringecups on the relationship map →the takeaway
start a guild around fringecups
plant these together and the relationships on this page start working for you — feeders, protectors, and cover, layer by layer.
- groundcover
- fringecups — the anchor
- groundcover
- foam flowersweet woodruffbugle
- herbaceous
- lady's mantle