Western Foamflower
Tiarella trifoliata
Western foamflower spreads into soft mats of maple-like leaves topped with frothy spires of tiny white flowers, a graceful native groundcover for moist Pacific shade.
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, container, rain garden, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, CA, ID, MT, OR, WA