Tellima grandiflora
Alaska fringecup
Also known as Tellima brevifolia
- Height × spread
- 0.25m × 0.7m
- Position
- Part shade
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
- Flowers
- Spring, Autumn
Availability
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About this plant
This is a good groundcover plant for a cool and shady place, though it is also tolerant of sun. It has rather rounded, slightly lobed leaves with bumpy edges. From April to June there are columnar, airy spikes of tiny, golden flowers. It is primarily grown as a foliage plant because the leaves make strong, stable looking ground cover, the detail of their surface is interesting. They often take on pinkish-bronze tints, even in summer, the colour details vary from leaf to leaf.
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Autumn foliage
- Brown-bronze
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 0.25m
- Spread
- 0.7m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Summer, Winter
- Flowers in
- Spring, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Winter garden, Shady court, Prairie garden, Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes part shade, likes light shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam (normal), Poor soil
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Damp and wet soil, Well drained soil, Dry soil, Dry and shady soil
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Ground cover
- Maintenance
- Easycare – low/no maintenance
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water during drought
After three or four weeks without rain, except for drought tolerant plants, those in the ground often get stressed. Adopt the habit of deep-watering one section of the garden each day. Check plants in pots more frequently, especially in hot weather.
Encourage plants to develop good root systems by giving occasional deep watering. Some plants, such as conifers and heathers, do not show much sign of distress so water these if in doubt.
Spring - early-mid · Planting
Divide when too large
The plant can be divided if it becomes too large or another plant is required. This may involve physically dividing the clump in two, removing offsets or small bulbs or dividing rhizomes. The new plants can be grown in pots or planted in the ground.