Tellima grandiflora

Though ?fringe-cups? may be a bit grandiloquent for the tiny flowers of this gentle easy-going wildflower, its attractive leaves, with their long white hairs, make pleasing edges along moist meadows, streams, and woodlands. S-PSh-Sh/M-W

A charming native plant with a rosette of large green leaves and spikes of airy white flowers. Good for shade. Young leaves have red veins. An all-purpose evergreen ground cover for any light condition and all but the driest or wettest soils. Nice creamy yellow flowers that are good for bouquets. A good backdrop for late spring bulbs. Native to BC.

An evergreen, low growing perennial. The flower is about 50- 1/2" pink folded stars on a 2' stalk. The rosette of leaves look like a bouquet of grape leaves. Fringecup makes an excellent ground cover as it spreads easily and looks fabulous en masse. Good for a small scale groundcover in a shady moist spot in the garden. It would also be useful as the front border of a small perennial garden. Hummingbirds like the high flower spike. Native to California and is also found elsewhere in North America and beyond. Hummingbirds love its nectar rich flowers. A decoction of the pounded plant has been used to restore the appetite and to treat a range of sicknesses. Found in found in moist woods. Communitites located in Redwood Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Yellow Pine Forest Between 0 and 5000 feet.

A choice California native shade plant, “Fringe Cups” combines wonderfully with ferns. The creeping rootstock sends up leafstalks to 8” long set with maple-like, softly hairy leaves, forming clumps. Where Winters are mild it’s evergreen. Small, urn-shaped, Spring flowers with tiny, fringed tips open green & age to deep red & are attractively arranged along slender stems to 30” tall. Very useful on the northside of a house, under Redwoods, Oak trees & in woodland gardens. Good composty soil is best.