About

This garden perennial, reaching 40-120cm, with a clump-forming habit with attractive foliage. It produces colourful flowers in pink. 'Pinky' is valued in garden settings.

About the genus

Tellima are clump-forming herbaceous perennials with rounded, lobed leaves and small, fringed, bell-shaped flowers in upright racemes

Plant details

Suggested usesBorders, cottage gardens

Care notes

CultivationFertile, moist but well-drained soil
PruningCut back in late autumn or spring
PropagationDivide every 3-4 years
Pest resistanceSlugs and snails possible
Disease resistanceMildew in dry conditions