Tiarella 'Sugar and Spice'
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Tiarella 'Sugar and Spice': Cinnamon-Splashed Lace, Pink Froth on Top
'Sugar and Spice' is sweet on the outside, with soft pink flowers and lacy, glossy leaves. Check the middle, though, and there's a cinnamon-burgundy streak. EVERYTHING NICE, WITH A LITTLE KICK.
Plant Characteristics:
- Botanical Name: Tiarella hybrid
- Common Name: Foamflower
- Height: 20 cm (8 in) in foliage; flowers to 33 cm (13 in)
- Spread: 30 cm (12 in)
- Flowers: Lightly fragrant, soft pink, opening from pink buds with white interiors
- Bloom Time: Late spring to early summer (May to June)
- Foliage: Lacy, glossy, deeply cut green leaves with a dark cinnamon to burgundy centre
- Features: Compact
Where to Plant: Plant it along a shady path, at the front of a woodland border, or in groups as a low groundcover under shrubs. It's also small enough for containers and shady rock gardens.
Companion Plants: Use 'Sugar and Spice' in a moist, shady bed with silver brunnera, a gold hosta and dark bugbane. Brunnera 'Sea Heart' opens blue sprays at 30 cm in April and May over silvery leaves. Hosta 'Sun Power' adds bright gold leaves at 60 to 70 cm. Cimicifuga 'Chocoholic' brings dark leaves and mauve-pink spikes at 90 to 120 cm from August to October. Carex 'Blue Zinger' fills in with arching steel-blue blades at 30 to 45 cm.
Plant Care: Plant in part to full shade in rich, moist, well-drained soil. It tolerates clay or sandy soil better if you add compost. Keep it out of hot afternoon sun. Water regularly the first season and during summer droughts. Mulch with shredded leaves to keep the soil cool and moist. Snip off finished flower stalks. Tidy any winter-burned leaves in spring. Divide in spring if the clump gets crowded.
History: 'Sugar and Spice' was bred by Gary Gossett at Terra NovaÂź Nurseries in Canby, Oregon. It came from mass-pollinated hybrids, so its exact parents aren't known, though its looks suggest the cut-leaf western foamflower and Tiarella wherryi are in its background.
Final Thoughts: Compact, deer resistant and easy in part to full shade. Bake it into your woodland border. NO OVEN MITTS NEEDED.