All Plants
| Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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| Tree/Shrub | SYRINGA vulgaris New Age ‘Lavender’ | Lilac | More compact but with full-sized lavender flowers that are fragrant and beautiful in spring. Resistant to mildew. Good cut flower |
5-6' | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | SYRINGA vulgaris ‘Yankee Doodle’ | French Hybrid Lilac | A Fiala hybrid with large, profuse clusters of single very dark purple flowers. |
10-12 feet | Sun | 3 | ||
| Annual | TAGETES erecta ‘Sugar & Spice White’ | Marigold | 3″ wide creamy-yellow double flowers fade to white with a frosting of pink all summer and peaking in late summer. Deadheading will keep the plants producing flowers more abundantly. |
18-24 | Full sun | Tropical | ||
| Annual | TAGETES patula ‘Strawberry Blonde’ | Marigold | A color-changing and ruffled marigold that opens red and age to cream and pink. More vibrant colored once the temps begin to drop in the fall. Great for containers. Remember to deadhead to keep it neat and keep it flowering well. |
8-12 | Full sun | Tropical | ||
| Annual | TALINUM paniculata | Rock Pink | Chartreuse succulent foliage and clouds of tiny pink flowers all summer. Drought tolerant |
6-8 inches | Sun | 6 | ||
| Annual | TALINUM paniculatum ‘Variegata’ | Jewels of Opar | Large succulent rosettes of cream-edged green foliage and 2’ tall panicles of small pink flowers. Will self-sow with abandon. |
12-18 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
| Conifer | TAXODIUM distichum ‘Shawnee Brave’ | This Bald Cypress has soft green needles that turn reddish tones then are shed in the fall. In winter the shedding bark creates interest and provides nesting material for birds in spring. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||||
| Conifer | TAXUS cuspidata ‘Emerald Spreader’ | Spreading Yew | Low-spreading cultivar with attractive emerald green foliage. |
30 inches tall by 8 feet wide | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Conifer | TAXUS cuspidata ‘Nana Aurescens’ | Dwarf Golden Yew | Low and spreading with bright golden-yellow needles. Slow-growing. Protect from winter sun and wind. |
Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Conifer | TAXUS media ‘Taunton’ | Taunton's Yew | A dwarf, spreading cultivar with dark green needles noted for their resistance to winter burn and tolerance of summer heat. Great for hedges, screens and foundation plantings. |
Intermediate (6-12"/year)6-12 feet in 10 years | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| TEUCRIUM canadense ‘Summer Sunshine’ | Creeping Germander | Low-growing groundcover with small, scallop-edged, bright yellow leaves in spring that mature to lime. Pink flowers on short spikes appear in mid to late summer. |
6-8 inches | |||||
| Perennial | TEUCRIUM chamaedrys | Wall Germander | Compact and shiny foliage forms a clump of aromatic leaves topped with rosy-purple tubular flowers in mid-summer. Can be clipped to form a short hedge. Attracts pollinators Drought tolerant Deer resistant |
10-12 inches | Full sun | 5 | ||
| Perennial | THALICTRUM aquilegifolium | Meadow Rue | Fluffy lilac-rose flowers in dense panicles bloom in June-July over columbine-like foliage. |
2-3 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Perennial | THALICTRUM rochebrunianum | Lavender Mist Meadow Rue | Numerous small, airy, lavender flowers on tall stems from July-August. Self-supporting if in sun. |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | THALICTRUM ‘Splendide’ | Very much like ‘Lavender Mist’ but all parts are more delicate looking. Clouds of small lavender flowers float above ferny foliage mid to late summer. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||||
| Fern | THELYPTERIS novaboracensis | New York Fern | Soft, finely textured fern crows in clumps but can multiply quickly forming dense colonies. Deer resistant. |
12-24 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | THERMOPSIS caroliniana | Carolina Lupine | Yellow lupine-like flowers on 4’ spikes in June-July. Attracts bees and butterflies |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| THERMOPSIS villosa | A Baptisia relative with spires of bright yellow pea-like flowers in spring. Drought tolerant Cut flower Deer & rabbit resistant Attracts pollinators |
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| Conifer | THUJA occidentalis ‘Autumn Moon’ | Arborvitae | A nice rounded form with bright yellow fans. |
Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Conifer | THUJA occidentalis ‘Brobeck’s Tower’ | Arborvitae | A narrow, columnar form with twisted fans of bright green foliage. |
Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Conifer | THUJA occidentalis ‘Kelsoki Spire’ | Similar to Hinoki Cypress with a narrow shape and textured foliage. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||||
| Conifer | THUJA occidentalis ‘Malonyana Holub’ | Dwarf Arborvitae | A dwarf form with twisted, congested foliage and irregular habit. Bronze green in winter. |
Miniature (less than 3 inches/year)Less than 3 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| THUJA occidentalis ‘North Pole’ | Arborvitae | Another Proven Winners selection. This cultivar is dense and columnar with dark green foliage. Resistant to winter burn, selected in Minnesota. |
10-15 feet tall by 5-7 feet wide | 3 | ||||
| Conifer | THUJA occidentalis ‘Technito’ | Arborvitae | A dense-growing, compact form of Thuja ‘Techny’ with the same bright green color retained through the winter. |
Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Conifer | THUJA occidentalis ‘Zmatlik’ | Arborvitae | A slow-growing, narrow, columnar form with twisting foliage similar to T. ‘Degroot’s Spire’. |
Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Conifer | THUJOPSIS dolabrata var. hondae | Distinctive foliage is flattened like fern fronds and an arching habit. Shrubby at first but will over time grow into a full sized tree. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||||
| Conifer | THUJOPSIS dolabrata | Staghorn Arborvitae | Unusual flattened sprays of emerald green foliage on a lovely conifer from northern Japan. Shelter from winter sun and wind in Vermont. |
Large (over 12 inches/year)over 12 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Annual | THUNBERGIA alata ‘Rose Sensation’ | Black-Eyed Susie Vine | Large rose-pink trumpet flowers with a dark eye all summer on vigorous vines. |
3-6 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | |||
| Annual | THUNBERGIA grandiflora ‘Variegata’ | Clock Vine | Large soft blue flowers and variegated foliage on this lovely vine. |
10-12 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | Overwinter Indoors | ||
| Perennial | THYMUS ‘Pseudolanuginosus’ | Woolly Thyme | Woolly carpet of gray. Wonderful texture. Few flowers. |
1-2 inches | Full sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | THYMUS praecox ‘Pink Chintz’ | Creeping Thyme | Long-blooming profuse light pink flowers on gray-green mats. |
1-2 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | THYMUS praecox ‘Albus’ | Creeping Thyme | Dwarf, creeping aromatic foliage forms a carpet bearing white flowers that attract Butterflies and bees. Blooming profusely through the summer, the flowers are rich in nectar. Deer and drought tolerant |
2-3" | Sun | 5 | ||
| Perennial | THYMUS praecox ‘Coccineus’ | Creeping Thyme | Tight dark green foliage. Purplish red flowers in June. A good bloomer. |
1-2 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | THYMUS praecox ‘Elfin’ | Creeping Thyme | Tight domes of minute leaves which are covered in tiny pinky-lavender flowers through the summer months. Great for troughs. Attracts pollinators Deer resistant Drought tolerant |
1-2 inches | Full sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | THYMUS praecox ‘Purple Carpet’ | Purple Creeping Thyme | Flat, fine foliaged form. Purple flowers in June. |
1-2 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | TIARELLA ‘Angel Wings’ | Foamflower | Large, deeply notched heart-shaped leaves with dark maroon veining. Dense, upright racemes of fluffy, pale pink flowers bloom from late spring into summer. Attracts bees & hummingbirds Deer resistant |
8-12" | Part Shade | 4 | ||
| TIARELLA cordifolia | Foamflower | A northeast native with white foamy flowers in spring over heart-shaped foliage. Will form large mats in shady, moist sites. |
10-12 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | |||
| Perennial | TIARELLA ‘Cutting Edge’ | Foam Flower | Finely dissected green leaves have dark burgundy centers and form a rounded, clumping habit. Creamy bottlebrush-like flowers in spring. Attracts bees & butterflies Good cut flower |
8-10" | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | TIARELLA ‘Sugar and Spice’ | Foamflower | Deeply dissected leaves are centered with a dark blotch and covered with a profusion of pink and white flowers in the spring. |
8-10 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | TIARELLA ‘Pink Skyrocket’ | Foam Flower | Clump forming plant bearing beautiful foliage with bronze markings and pale pink spikes of fluffy florets in spring. In fall the foliage takes on bronze tones. Deer and rabbit tolerant |
6-12" | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Annual | TIBOUCHINA urvilana ‘Athens Blue’ | Clusters of large deep purple blooms from fuzzy buds covered in red hairs. |
24-36 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | Overwinter Indoors | |||
| Tree/Shrub | TILIA cordata ‘Akira Gold’ | Linden | A cultivar with beautiful butter yellow heart-shaped foliage. |
20-25 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | TILIA cordata ‘Girard’s Nana’ | Dwarf Weeping Littleleaf Linden | Dwarf selection with a pendulous, rounded habit and bonsai-like framework. Fragrant yellow flowers in mid-late spring. Yellow fall color. |
6-9 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | TILIA cordata ‘Lico Dwarf’ | Dwarf Linden | A very dwarf form of Linden with compact rounded head. Pale yellow, fragrant blooms. |
2-4 feet | 4 | |||
| Tree/Shrub | TILIA cordata ‘Monto’ | Very compact and slow growing this Little Leaf Linden will fit into the landscape border or even can be pruned for bonsai cultivation. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||||
| Annual | TORENIA ‘Magenta Moon’ | Wishbone Flower | Magenta-pink with yellow throats all summer on a mounding plant. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | ||||
| Annual | TORENIA ‘Large Silver’ | Wishbone Flower | Light lavender, snapdragon-like flowers all summer. Fast-growing and heat-tolerant. Trailing to 18 inches. |
6-10 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
| Annual | TRACHYCARPUS fortunei ‘Landcraft’ | Windmill Palm | This hardy selection from Landcraft Environments adds a great architectural element to containers. Large fan-shaped leaves on thick trunks. |
3-4 feet in a container | Sun | Tropical | ||
| Annual | TRADESCANTIA spathacea ‘Tricolor’ | |||||||
| Perennial | TRICYRTIS formosana ‘Samurai’ | Toadlily | Similar to T. ‘Gilt Edge’ with darker purple flowers and more compact. Clean gold-edged foliage. |
18-20 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 5 |