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Trachelospermum asiaticum 'Ogon nishiki' -- An unusually colorful vining plant that also works well as a groundcover, and may vine to 20', but is slow-growing. Multicolored spring growth settles down to green-variegated as foliages ages, but new growth keeps coming, and the plant is evergreen. Previously thought hardy only in warm climates, these have taken zone 7 winters. Terminal cymes of 3/4" white to cream flowers are fragrant. Korea and Japan.

 



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Trachycarpus fortunei -- Chinese Windmill Palm -- Usually considered the cold-hardiest of all palms, Trachycarpus is an unbranched palm with deeply-lobed leaves to 30" long. In theory, the tree can grow to 50', but it grows quite slowly, especially in cold climates. If you're planning to try growing one in a cold climate, you should probably grow it in a pot and bring it indoors for a few years, until the trunk develops the heavy fibrous covering that protects the core of the tree from cold.

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Tradescantia 'Blushing Bride -- This new Spiderwort is unusual in that it's grown in part for its foliage. The 12-15" foliage on this plant is dark green and sturdy, almost succulent. The bases of many of the leaves, though, are tinged with a very attractive mix of pink and white. This is mainly a spring and early summer phenomenon, the variegation changing to white or disappearing later in the year, but is very striking while it lasts, and can be prolonged by cutting the foliage back. Small white flowers over a long season. Hardy to zone 4 as a spreading perennial, but also used as a houseplant and in hanging baskets. Although Tradescantias grow in either sun or shade, shade is best for this variegated variety.

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Tricyrtis -- Japanese Toad Lilies are surprisingly underused, considering that they're among the few hardy garden plants that bloom both in the fall and in the shade, a time and place where flowers are hard to come by. These flowers are often described as orchid-like, with an interesting 6-tepal structure and prominent stamens. Cream-colored flowers are often maroon-spotted and may also have color in the tepals. We find Tricyrtis best it total shade.

Tricyrtis formosana 'Hatatogisa' -- Flower petals are basically white, but washed and tipped with a dusty blue, with tiny maroon spots. Interior parts are soft yellow and maroon, and the buds are deep purple, contrasting nicely with the deep green, spotted leaves. To about 2', and nearly as wide, it will form a patch in moist shade and bloom in fall. Zones 5-9.

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Tricyrtis hirta 'Moonlight' is 5-20" tall, with veined chartreuse leaves that brighten a shady corner and serve as a backdrop for the purple-spotted white flowers, with the spots merging into a purple ring at the throat. Japan. Zones 4-9.

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Tricyrtis macropoda 'Tricolor' -- has creamy flowers with tiny wine-red spots and reflexed purple sepals. Flowers are at the ends of the stems. Leaves may be spotted when young, then develop streaks of white and sometimes pink. Grows to 2' or a bit more. Zones 4-9

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Trilliums are the most familiar and beloved of the traditional woodland wildflowers. Aside from the aptness of their name (plants typically have 3 leaves, 3 sepals, 3 petals, 3 stigmas, and 6 stamens), Trilliums seem to have an effect on many people that relates to early childhood memories. To many, there is only one Trillium, and it has white flowers. In fact, there are about 30 species, with flower colors including red, pink, purple, yellow, beige, and green. There are two basic forms: sessile, in which the flower arises directly from the stem, and pedicellate, in which the flower is on a pedicel, or stalk.
Trillium catesbaei -- Pink Wakerobin, Catesby's Trillium is a rare Trillium to 8", with nodding pink or rose flowers among 3-lobed leaves. Appalacians. Zone 5. This is a small Trillium, so the rhizomes you receive will be small, but they should be at or near flowering size.

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  Trillium flexipes Bent Trillium --Large plant, usually with white flowers, sometimes maroon, which nod beneath the leaves, hence the common name. New York to Minnesota Zone 4.Some sources say T. smilii. This is our favorite white species, quite distinct from the more common T. grandiflorum.

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Trillium grandiflorum -- White Trillium -- This is for you diehards who think that the only real Trillium is a white Trillium, and they aren't nodding, either, by golly. Well, you're right, this really is one of the showier species, and grows to 15 inches or more, forming patches slowly.

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Trillium pusillum is called Least Trillium, which I think is a charming example of the dialect in its native southeast. It is, of course, the smallest of the Trillium species, but by no means the least beautiful. The flowers are the palest pink, sometimes downright white, or with fine pink striping. Flowers often show more pink as they get older. Endangered in much of its range. Southeastern US, zone 6.

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Trillium vaseyi, Sweet Wakerobin, Sweet Beth, the largest non-hybrid Trillium to 2', with large, deep, rich maroon flowers with swept-back petals. Although sometimes called a variety of T. erectum, it is in every way a distinct species, with differences including a sweet fragrance and much larger flower size. Other colors and even stripes are known; keep it long enough and you may see some.A late bloomer from the southern Appalachians. Zone 6.

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Trillium sessile, Toadshade, is one of our favorites. This is a clump-former to 15" with red-brown flowers in spring, nestled in a collar of 3-lobed leaves with white, pale green, or bronze markings when young. Southeastern U.S. Zone 5.

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Tritonia securigera grows to about 1' tall, but the 15" long stems arch and trail. Notable for its distinctive and prolific, 1" wide light orange trumpet blossoms that occur over several weeks. We've found this South African native to be hardy in zone 8, given good drainage and a winter mulch.

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Tupistra nutans -- This Himalayan plant is in the family Ruscaceae, which includes what was once the family Convallariaceae, which was formerly part of the Liliaceae, or Lily family. It has long strap leaves and interesting, cream and purple, fleshy flowers which are eaten as a vegetable in the eastern Himalayas. The flowers are produced in late summer, and open over a long period. Not much is known about hardiness, since is almost unknown in the west and has not been tested, but the plant likes relatively cool temperatures and high soil moisture.

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Typhonium venosum AKA Sauromatum venosum -- Though often considered a tropical, this extremely strange plant actually turns out to be hardy to zone 6. Very narrow 3' flower heads emerge before leaves in spring, then unfurl into only kind of narrow, with intricate maroon and cream patterning. When the leaves do appear, they're large and compound, similar to Arisaema, on a stalk that is light green and black-patterened, like Amorphophallus. Naturally, a "distinctive" odor for a few hours when first blooming is part of the deal.

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