Perennials

Tellima
fringecup

- Height 11/2-2 ft (45-60 cm)
- Planting distance 11/2 ft (45 cm)
- Flowers late spring to early summer
- Moist, humus-rich soil
- Partial to full shade
- Semi-evergreen
- Zones 4-9

An effective ground cover plant, fringecup (Tellima grandiflora) is grown mainly for its broad maplelike foliage, which forms a thick mat close to the ground, topped from late spring with spikes of numerous bell-shaped flowers. The hairy lobed leaves are bright green and 4 in (10 cm) wide. The flowers are greenish white to green-yellow, turning reddish as they age. The leaves of 'Purpurea' turn purplish in winter.

Perennials