Foamflower spreads through short runners, making a low carpet of lobed leaves beneath airy spikes of white spring flowers.
- Height
- 12–31 cm / 0.4–1 ft
- Spread
- 30–46 cm / 1–1.5 ft
- Light
- Shade / Partial shade
- Soil moisture
- Moist, well-drained
- Flowering
- Spring
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Maintenance
- Low
- USDA zones
- 3a–8b
Planting
Use dappled to full shade with humus-rich, moist but draining soil. It suits woodland edges, shaded borders and mixed containers where the root zone stays cool.
Care
Water during dry weather; this is not a drought-tolerant ground cover. Remove winter-damaged leaves as growth restarts, and allow young runner plantlets two growing seasons before separating them.
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Sources & photo credit
Plant reference: NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox. Content checked . Flowering seasons vary with local climate; USDA zones describe winter cold tolerance.
- Foamflower: David J.Stang · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized, converted to WebP and cropped for display.
- Barrenwort: Peter coxhead · CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized, converted to WebP and cropped for display.
- Bearberry: Walter Siegmund · CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized, converted to WebP and cropped for display.
- Bergenia: Syrio · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized, converted to WebP and cropped for display.