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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. 

4" pot $7.00 Limit 3

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.

4" pot $4.00 Limit 3
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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.

4" pot $5.00 Limit 3
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 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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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.

4" pot $4.00

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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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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.

4"pot $10.00 Limit 3
   
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