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Tiarella trifoliata
Also called Sugar Scoop, Lace Foamflower, Laceflower, Three Leaved Foamflower, Western Foamflower, Threeleaved Foamflower, Sugarscoop
Threeleaf foamflower is a native perennial woodland herb from western North America, grown for its white flower spikes and leaves. It thrives in cool, moist, shaded spots, so the key is keeping it out of hot sun and dry soil.
Tiarella trifoliata, the three-leaf foamflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae. The specific name trifoliata means "having three leaflets", a characteristic of two of the three recognized varieties. Also known as the laceflower or sugar-scoop, the species is found in shaded, moist woods in western North America.
In western North America, Tiarella trifoliata prefers shaded, moist, sometimes dense woods up to 1,900 m (6,234 ft). It ranges from northern California through western Canada northward to Alaska, and eastward to Montana. Within this region, the varieties of T. trifoliata have overlapping ranges:
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tiarella trifoliata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
