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Plants beginning with 'T'
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Tetrastigma
voinieranum -- Chestnut Vine -- This is a giant vine in the
grape family, endemic to Vietnam. Foot-long, shiny, deep green leaves
with silvery green fur on the underside, are held away from woody, brown,
furry stems on long stalks. Long, sturdy tendrils sprout from the bases
of the leaf stalks. These tendrils are constantly trying to find a toehold
(falling asleep next to this plant is not recommended). Given its southeast
Asian origins, he plant is understandably regarded as tender, however
I once left a large one outside in a pot next to the house during a
zone 8 wnter, and it resprouted from the root the following summer.
I wouldn't guarantee its survival outside below zone 9, but as in indoor
plant it's trainable around windows and up railings, and can be used
to fill the odd spare room. Someone asked if it was suitable for a hanging
basket. The answer is yes, if the basket is under a hot-air balloon.
This plant routinely crawls under our greenhouse benches for 20 feet
before we catch it and cut it back when it tries to get outside.
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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
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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
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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. | |
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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.
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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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Trillium grandiflorum -- Eastern White Trillium -- The classic Trillium that everyone remembers from childhood, if they grew up east of the Rockies. To about 15", with showy, white, pleated flowers, it grows in shade and likes loose soil rich in organic matter. Summer dormant in most areas. Lots of people think this is the only kind of Trillium, but read on, there are species of several colors and sizes.
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Trillium sessile, Toadshade, 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. Trilliums are either sessile, with the flower coming right out of the stem at the base of the leaves, like this one, or else on a separate flower stalk or pedicel, like the ones above and below.
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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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Tulbaghia
cominsii -- South
African bulb rare in cultivation in the US and endemic to the eastern
Cape, known in only a few populations. A small plant to 6-8" that does
well in a rockery or container. Creamy white, clove-scented flowers can
be produced for as long as 9 months. Nobody seems to want to commit to
a hardiness figure on this plant. We'll say zone 8, with the caveat that,
like many South African bulbs, they will take more cold if grown in very
well-drained soil, but are prone to rotting otherwise.
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Tulipa turkestanica -- An alpine tulip from Iran and Turkestan. Very early blooms are white to cream with yellow centers, a bit over an inch across and reminiscent of miniature daffodils. Flowers are abundant and fragrant. Hardy in zones 3-8, this plant will grow anywhere in the continental US except for the warmest zones of California, Arizona, Texas, and Florida.
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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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