Terra Nova Showcases Its Signature Trailing Plant Collections
Terra Nova Nurseries is fueling a booming wave of interest in trailing foliage through three signature collections of Heucherella and Tiarella. Interest in the trailing habit continues to climb among finishing growers, retailers, landscape designers, and home gardeners, reflecting growing demand for reliable spillers and tidy, cohesive ground coverage in real-world plantings.
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“Trailing plants are making a resurgence for good reason,” says Chuck Pavlich, Director of New Product Development at Terra Nova Nurseries. “Used thoughtfully, trailing Heucherella and Tiarella can add soft edges to stonework, provide gentle spill in containers and baskets, knit together as low groundcover on slopes and borders — making them versatile choices across many climates and garden styles.”
Heucherella Falls Series
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 3 feet. Heucherella ‘Redstone Falls’ displays ruby-splashed, butterfly-like foliage that warms through the year, integrating into mixed borders where it threads color between upright grasses and structural perennials.
Heucherella Cascade Series
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 more saturated palette. ‘Plum Cascade’ — also in the Cascade™ Series — is Terra Nova’s first purple trailer, featuring ruffled purple-silver leaves, small light-pink summer flowers on short stems, and a strong, tidy habit that flows over raised beds and retaining walls.
Tiarella American Trails Series
The Tiarella American Trails Series delivers shade-ready trailers bred for quick coverage and refined habit. Tiarella ‘Appalachian Trail’ 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.
Terra Nova Nurseries has created “Plant Profile” pages and “Grower Recipe” sheets for each of these trailing varieties, which include detailed cultural information, growth habits, and fertilizer recommendations. These resources can be viewed and downloaded at the following profile links:
- Heucherella ‘Yellowstone Falls’
- Heucherella ‘Redstone Falls’
- Heucherella ‘Copper Cascade’
- Heucherella ‘Plum Cascade’
- Tiarella ‘Appalachian Trail’
- Tiarella ‘Happy Trails’
Growers can contact their Terra Nova Nurseries representatives or email the sales team to learn more at [email protected].
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