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Monday, 15 October 2018

GBBD/IAVOM ~ Foxy Lady


It's a case of two for the price of one today celebrating both Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day and In A Vase On Monday.

One of my plant purchases at the Southport Flower Show in August this year was tiarella 'Emerald Ellie' bred by Vicky and Richard Fox of 'Plantagogo'. This Cheshire based nursery is fairly local to me and holds the only National Collections of heuchera, heucherella and tiarella. The nursery exhibits at all the major flower shows, has earned a host of well deserved gold medals and sells very happy and healthy plants.


I was initially drawn to the plant by its striking foliage but when I found out that it bears white flowers I was even more excited. I was anticipating that it wouldn't flower until spring but then in September noticed what looked like emerging flower bearing stalks. Closer examination of the plant label told me that the plant flowers both in spring and autumn! As it is still a new plant to me I'm not sure whether it will still be in flower quite so late every year but I'm really appreciating these frothy white little spires right now. I picked a trio of flowering stems to put in a vase so that I can gaze upon them at close quarters.



With many thanks to both hostesses Carol over at May Dreams Gardens and Cathy from 'Rambling In The Garden' , for enabling us to share our blooms.
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10 comments:

  1. Sue Garrett15 October 2018 at 19:22:00 BST

    The tiarella is lovely especially at this time of year, Is it a bee magnet like heuchera flowers are?

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  2. Lea15 October 2018 at 19:51:00 BST

    Very pretty!
    Have a wonderful week!

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  3. Kris Peterson15 October 2018 at 21:17:00 BST

    The foliage and flower of the Tiarella are beautiful, Anna. I've tried growing Tiarella here but it doesn't like my climate - sadly, I can't even get most Heuchera to live beyond a single season.

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  4. Cathy15 October 2018 at 21:46:00 BST

    I have bought my more recent heuchera from Plantagogo, having seen them at Gardeners' World Live one year - they have such an amazing range, although sadly not always in stock, and the tiarella in particular often have really pretty leaves. How lovely to have this unexpected froth now, when you least expect it. And they look especially delightful in that familiar little inkpot

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  5. Dorothy Borders15 October 2018 at 21:58:00 BST

    That tiarella is just beautiful! Happy Bloom Day.

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  6. Rebecca15 October 2018 at 22:08:00 BST

    I love tiarella, but we don't have good luck with it here. When I was a students at Longwood, they used it a lot in their woodland gardens. It's a great plant and looks so sweet in your vase.

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  7. Chloris16 October 2018 at 10:21:00 BST

    What a beauty and as you say the flowers are an added bonus, the leaves are exquisite.

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  8. outlawgardener16 October 2018 at 15:26:00 BST

    A perfect match of flowers and vase and w wonderful plant to boot! Happy GBBD.

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  9. Andrea18 October 2018 at 02:07:00 BST

    The leaves are so wonderful and beautiful. Maybe if the flower shoots will be pricked prior to growth, the leaves will continue to be producing more. But anyway the flowers are lovely as well. Happy GBBD.

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  10. Cathy19 October 2018 at 20:42:00 BST

    Such sweet little flowers. And a nice surprise that it flowered so late for you too! :)

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- Anna.

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