| Description | An aggressive ground cover that grows in moist to wet sites. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (hoo-TIE-nee-a) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Groundcovers and vines |
| Hardiness Zone | (4)5-8 |
| Sunlight | full to partial sun |
| Moisture | moist to wet |
| Soil & Site | moist to wet |
| Flowers | white flowers on 1-2 inch spikes. |
| Leaves | The colorful foliage is the selling point of this plant. Heart shaped leaves are a patchwork of yellow, green, bronze and red. Foliage may deteriorate in hot dry sites. A slow plant to emerge in the spring. |
| Dimensions | indefinite spread |
| Maintenance | controlling the spread. |
| Native Site | It is native to a large range from Japan to the mountains of Java, and appears once again to the west in Nepal. |
| Misc Facts | The scientific plant name is in honor of a Dutch biologist Maarten Houttuyn (1720–1798. Was published in Flora Japonica by Carl Thunberg in 1784. |
| Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage), #06-Perennials for the American Gardens (Ruth Rodgers Clausen and Nicolas H Ekstrom) |
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