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Tanacetum coccineum Robinson's Red
Sometimes flower pictures are doctored so that the colours look brighter than they are in the flesh but not here! Flat daisies with shocking pink petals arranged around a bright yellow centre catch the eye through late spring-mid summer. Makes a good cut flower.
Grow in sun on any reasonable soil 60cm.
Grow in sun on any reasonable soil 60cm.
Tellima grandiflora Forest Frost
Low mounds of evergreen foliage take on dark, almost black, veins with a tracery of silver across the leaf in autumn and through winter months. Fresh spring growth is bright green and is followed by slender stems to 65cm studded with lime green flowers, creating a lovely froth when planted en masse.
Very useful ground cover in shady spots even those that dry out later in the season. Likes good winter drainage
Very useful ground cover in shady spots even those that dry out later in the season. Likes good winter drainage
Tellima grandiflora Forest Frost
Low mounds of evergreen foliage takes on deepest red tints in autumn and through winter months. Fresh spring growth is bright green and is followed by slender stems to 65cm studded with lime green flowers, creating a lovely froth when planted en masse.
Very useful ground cover in shady spots even those that dry out later in the season. Likes good winter drainage
Very useful ground cover in shady spots even those that dry out later in the season. Likes good winter drainage
Tellima grandiflora
Low mounds of evergreen foliage. Fresh spring growth is bright green and is followed by slender stems to 65cm studded with lime green flowers, creating a lovely froth when planted en masse.
Very useful ground cover in shady spots even those that dry out later in the season. Likes good winter drainage
Very useful ground cover in shady spots even those that dry out later in the season. Likes good winter drainage
Teucrium hircanicum
Low tight mounds of evergreen foliage bush up as season starts and produce a mass of dark dusky purple wands from July-Sept. Likes sun on well drained soil and tolerates drought well, once established. Also great for attracting bees
Thalictrum Black Stockings
1.2 metres. Recent introduction with lovely dark stained stems that are clothed in attractive grey green leaves and topped by clouds of lavender mauve flowers in late spring and early summer. Likes sun or light shade on any reasonable soil
Thalictrum delavayii Album
Upright herbaceous perennial growing to around 1.5m, with leaves divided into many small oblong leaflets, and large open panicles of white flowers 2cm in width with prominent stamens.
Grow in sun or light shade on any reasonable soil
Grow in sun or light shade on any reasonable soil
Thalictrum rochbruneanum
Tiarella Sugar and Spice
Low mounds of deeply lobed mid-green leaves with striking, dark-brown, central markings. Small, pale-pink flowers are clustered along each flower stem giving a frothy, wand-like appearance from spring to early summer. Grow in light shade on humous rich soil
Tricyrtis formosana Dark Beauty
Clumps of slightly arching stems to 1 metre are clothed in lance shaped leaves that clasp the stems at alternate intervals. August-October flower buds appear in leaf axils towards the top of the stems and open to reveal irregular deep purple blotches and spots.
Adds useful late interest in a shady border on a retentive soil
Adds useful late interest in a shady border on a retentive soil
Trifolium rubens
Clump forming herabceaous member of the clover family. Large raspberry pink conical flower heads open early summer and keep on coming if you deadhead. Very popular with the local bee population.
Happy in an open sunny spot on any reasonable soil
Happy in an open sunny spot on any reasonable soil
Trifolium tricocephalum
Low growing clumps to 25cm of attractive trilobed grey green leaves are topped by rounded heads of palest creamy yellow flower heads from May - June and later if you remove faded flowers.
Does best on well drained soil in a reasonably sunny spot and keeps the local bees busy
Does best on well drained soil in a reasonably sunny spot and keeps the local bees busy
Trollius chinensis Golden Queen
AGM. Clump forming perennial, a well behaved cousin to the buttercup. May-June slender stems up to 75cm branch and are topped by 3-7 bowl shaped deep golden yellow flowers each with an unusual 'crown' of inner spiky petals.
Likes sun or light shade on a retentive soil that doesn't dry out
Likes sun or light shade on a retentive soil that doesn't dry out
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