This plant is called a Stoplight Foamy Bells because the leaves have the colors of a stoplight and during the summer months it bears masses of tiny foam-like flowers on stalks held about the plant.

In spring the leaves of Stoplight foamy bells are yellow with bright red centers however these leaves become a chartreuse lime-green during the summer months although still retaining their striking red centers. the foliage of this plant grows to about a foot in height and the flower stalks are about eighteen inches high. The plant grows to be about a foot wide. In order to preserve the striking colors it is important to limit the amount of direct light, although a few hours is optimal. This plant likes cool moisture rich, but well-drained sites and has similar requirements to many ferns and woodland plants. The striking colors of this plant lend it to planting with darker foliaged plants and containers.