Piggyback Plant
Tolmiea menziesii
Piggyback plant is a Pacific Northwest woodlander famous for sprouting new plantlets where leaf meets stalk, with spikes of slender chocolate-and-green flowers. A lush, easy groundcover for moist shade. Young spring shoots are edible raw, though notably bitter.
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- green, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AK, CA, OR, WA