This rhizomatous perennial has upright light green oak-like foliage with a dark blotch and quickly forms a clump. It produces tiny white bell-shaped flowers that appear in tall spike-like flower-heads above the foliage from mid-spring to early summer. 

Hardiness zones 3 to 9 

Tiarella cordifolia is naturally found in North America from Quebec to the Appalachian Mountains, Alabama and extending west Minnesota and south to Mississippi growing in deciduous and mixed woodlands, commonly along stream banks or in wet hollows from the coast to inland.

It prefers a semi-shaded wind protected position and grow in well to moderately drained organic rich moist soil with a pH 6.6-7.9 and is frost tolerant but drought tender. 

The Heartleaf Foamflower is grown for its foliage and flowers. It is planted in shaded rockeries or front borders and is used as a ground cover under trees. It is suitable for coastal and inland regions establishing in 1-2 years and is moderately long-lived. 

This attractive perennial is also grown in patio pots or planter boxes and used in shaded courtyards. Under cultivation the plant has a shallow roots and should not be allowed to dry out at any time. ID 3343

Tiarella (TEE-ah-REL-ah) cordifolia (KAW-dee-FOH-lee-ah)

Saxifragaceae (saks-ih-frag-AY-see-ee)
Saxifrages, Astilbes, Elephant’s Ears