All Plants
Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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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 | ||
Perennial | TANACETUM coccineum ‘Robinson’s Rose’ | Painted Daisy | Deep rose pink daisies in June-July over lacy foliage. |
2-3 feet | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | TANACETUM ‘James Kelway’ | Painted Daisy | An old fashioned perennial that makes a wonderful cut flower with bright, richly colored daisies. Keep deadheading to encourage rebloom. Requires a well drained soil in the sun. |
18-24" | Sun | 3 | ||
TAXUS bacata ‘Amersfoort’ | Dwarf English Yew | Needles are shorter and more oval than other yews on outspreading branches. Interesting texture lends itself to bonsai. |
Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 5 | |||
Conifer | TAXUS baccata ‘Amersfoort’ | Amersfoort English Yew | A dwarf cultivar that grows very slowly to 5-8’ tall that form an attractive, slow-growing shrub over the first 10 years with stiff, outward-spreading branches and dark-green, short, oval, flattened needles that are unusual for this species. |
dwarf 1-6 inches/year (1 to 5 feet in 10 years) | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
TAXUS cuspidata ‘Dwarf Bright Gold’ | Dwarf Golden Yew | Slow-growing and spreading but taller than T. ‘Nana Aurescens’ with similar golden-yellow color. Protect from winter sun and wind. |
3 feet tall by 5 feet wide | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | ||||
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 ‘Maureen’ | Dwarf Yew | A narrow, columnar form with dark green needles. |
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 | 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 aquilegifolium ‘Nimbus Pink’ | Meadow Rue | Large heads of fluffy pink flowers on dark stems over columbine-like foliage in early summer. |
26-28 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | THALICTRUM aquilegifolium ‘Nimbus White’ | Meadow Rue | Large heads of fluffy white flowers on dark stems over columbine-like foliage in early summer. |
26-28 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | THALICTRUM ‘Hewitt’s Double’ | Double Meadow Rue | From midsummer through fall this tall plant is covered with large cloud-like flower heads of small, lavender, pompom-like, double flowers over airy maidenhair fern-like, deer-resistant foliage. Attracts bees and butterflies Deer and rabbit resistant |
4-6 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | THALICTRUM rochebrunianum ‘Lavender Mist’ | 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 | ||
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 | ||
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 ‘Filiformis’ | Thread-leaf Arborvitae | Upright form with long thread-like, pendulous branches. Amy calls this plant “Cousin It”. |
Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Conifer | THUJA occidentalis ‘Filip’s Magic Moment’ | Arborvitae | Yellow-green to gold foliage on a upright conical shrub. A mutation from T. ‘Smaragd’. From Proven Winners. |
6-8 feet tall by 1-3 feet wide | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Conifer | THUJA occidentalis ‘Fire Chief’ | Arborvitae | The foliage is bright yellow with an orange cast. When young the plant has foliage like an Erica and is globose. Slowly grows to 9′ pyramid. |
Intermediate (6-12 inches/year)6-12 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
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 ‘Primo’ | Arborvitae | A dwarf upright form from Iseli Nursery with rich green foliage in sculptural fans like a Hinoki cypress. |
Dwarf (3-6 inches/year)3-6 feet in ten years. | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Conifer | THUJA occidentalis ‘Spiralis Mini’ | Arborvitae | A slow-growing, very narrow cultivar with fans of twisted bright green foliage. |
Miniature (less than 3 inches/year)Less than 3 feet in ten years. | Full Sun/Part Shade | 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 ‘Yellow Ribbon’ | Arborvitae | Narrow upright form with bright yellow foliage. |
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 | 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 ‘African Sunset’ | Black-Eyed Susie Vine | Sunset-colored blossoms with a dark eye-zone flowers all summer on this vigorous vine. Provide support or a hanging basket to view these lovely flowers at their best. Attracts hummingbirds and other pollinators. |
3-6 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
THYMUS citriodorus | Lemon Thyme | Lemon-scented, dark green foliage in low mats. Profuse lavender flowers in late summer. |
4-6 inches | |||||
THYMUS lanuginosus | Woolly Thyme | Woolly carpet of gray. Wonderful texture. Few flowers. |
1-2 inches | 3 | ||||
Perennial | THYMUS praecox ‘Pink Chintz’ | Creeping Thyme | Long-blooming profuse light pink flowers on gray-green mats. |
1-2 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
THYMUS praecox ‘Alba’ | Creeping Thyme | Emerald green mats with white flowers in May-June. |
1-2 inches | 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 | ||
THYMUS praecox ‘Elfin’ | Creeping Thyme | Tight domes of minute leaves. Great for troughs. |
1-2 inches | 3 | ||||
Perennial | THYMUS praecox ‘Purple Carpet’ | Purple Creeping Thyme | Flat, fine foliaged form. Purple flowers in June. |
1-2 inches | Sun | 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 ‘Elizabeth Oliver’ | Foamflower | Red-veined deeply lobed foliage topped with white flowers tinged pink in the spring. |
12-14 inches | Part Shade/Shade | |||
TIARELLA ‘Pink Skyrocket’ | Foamflower | Deeply divided, green foliage with with dark central blotch. Profuse, fragrant pink flowers. |
10-12 inches | Part 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 | ||
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 | ||
Annual | TORENIA ‘Summer Wave Bouquet Blue’ | Wishbone Flower | Blue and white bicolor with yellow throats; blossoms keep going throughout the summer heat. Mounding/trailing. Self-cleaning. |
10-12 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
Annual | TORENIA ‘Summer Wave 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 | ||
TRADESCANTIA x andersoniana ‘Charlotte’s Web’ | Spiderwort | Clear yellow foliage with contrasting lavender-blue flowers. Blooms spring through midsummer. More sun tolerant than other gold-leaved spiderworts. Try with burgundy Heucheras! |
14-16 inches | Sun/Part Shade | ||||
Perennial | TRICYRTIS ‘Dark Beauty’ | Toad Lily | Late summer through early fall clusters of purple spotted orchid-like flowers heavily spotted in purple appear on tall arching stems making this perfect for cutting. |
24-36 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 |