This herbaceous rhizomatous perennial forms a clump without stolons and has pale green lobed leaves that turn crimson during autumn. It produces white starry flowers in a slender upright raceme above the foliage from late spring to summer.

Hardiness zones 5 to 10

Tiarella wherryiis naturally found in North America from Virginia and Tennessee to Georgia, Alabama and extending to Mississippi growing in deciduous and mixed woodlands along stream banks or in wet hollows on the coast and inland.

It prefers a semi-shaded to shaded wind protected position and grows in organic rich moist but well-drained soils that are tending acidic, pH 6-7.5 and is frost tolerant but drought tender.

Wherry's Foamflower is grown for its flowers and foliage. It is planted in small or cottage gardens along shaded borders or rockeries and can be used in patio pots and planter boxes. It is suitable for mountainous regions establishing in 3-4 years and is moderately long-lived. This perennial is also grown in woodland settings or used around or water features in damp soil.ID 3477

Tiarella (TEE-ah-REL-ah) wherryi (WEH-ree-eye)

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