Terra Nova Nurseries supports trailing-plant trend with 3 series

Terra Nova Nurseries is responding to increased demand for trailing foliage by promoting three collections of heucherella and tiarella suited for growers, retailers and landscape uses.

Interest in trailing forms has grown among finishing growers and landscape professionals seeking plants that offer controlled spread, container spill and cohesive ground coverage. Terra Nova is emphasizing cultivars selected for reliable rooting, shelf life and establishment in both sun and shade, including dry shade common beneath deciduous trees.

“Trailing plants are making a resurgence for good reason,” said Chuck Pavlich, director of new product development at Terra Nova Nurseries.

Terra Nova offers six standouts across three featured series: heucherella Falls, heucherella Cascade and tiarella American Trails.

The heucherella Falls series showcases vigorous trailers lauded for shifting seasonal color and broad adaptability. Heucherella ‘Yellowstone Falls’ offers chartreuse, lobed leaves with deep crimson veining and stems that can trail up to three feet, creating a cohesive surface on gentle slopes that visually unifies the grade.

Heucherella ‘Redstone Falls’ displays ruby-splashed, butterfly-like foliage that warms through the year, elegantly integrating into mixed borders where it threads color between upright grasses and structural perennials.

The heucherella Cascade series includes ‘Copper Cascade,’ a small-leaf trailer with rosy copper-gold foliage that holds its color year-round and drapes cleanly— ideal for spilling from window boxes and balcony planters. ‘Copper Cascade’, in comparison with ‘Redstone Falls’, sits lower, carries more flexible stems, shows smaller leaves, and presents a rosier, more saturated palette.

The Tiarella American Trails series delivers shade-ready trailers bred for quick coverage and refined habit. Tiarella ‘Appalachian Trail’ (top photo) forms a fast, well-mannered carpet with boldly splattered foliage and short white flowers, well-matched for edging woodland paths and stepping-stone runs. Tiarella ‘Happy Trails’ also produces abundant runners for cohesive coverage; its compact, rounded lobes with a distinctive dark vein band and subtle blooms shine when underplanting with shrubs and roses.

Photos courtesy of Terra Nova Nurseries.