New and Unread Tree-Mails
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Piggyback Plant |
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Pickaback Plant |
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Piggyback-Plant |
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Thousand Mothers |
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Youth on Age |
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Mother-of-Thousands |
| Tolmiea menziesii | Accepted |
| Tiarella menziesii | Synonym |
| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Partial Shade to Full Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 7a -17.8 °C (0 °F) to -15 °C (5 °F) |
| Plant Height: | 18 to 30 inches (46-76cm) |
| Plant Spread: | 12 to 18 inches (30-46cm) |
| Leaves: | Evergreen |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Resistances: | Tolerates dry shade |
| Toxicity: | Leaves are poisonous Roots are poisonous |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Division Other: Produces plantlets along petiole at leaf node. |
| Containers: | Suitable in 1 gallon |
| Posted by Bonehead (Planet Earth - Zone 8b) on Jan 1, 2013 8:12 PM Native in the Pacific NW, found in the forest understory. I've had it migrate to my flower beds, and it makes a nice groundcover. Is also used as a house plant. The genus is named for William Tohmie, an early botanical collector and physician at Fort Vancouver; and the species is named for Archibald Menzies, an early botanist to explore the PNW coast. [ Reply to this comment | |
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