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Tradescantia virginiana Spiderwort Z 4-9
bluish lavender to purple 3 petaled stars with showy yellow stamens
Prominent pendulous buds open to bluish lavender to purple 3-petaled stars with showy yellow stamens. Free blooming from June thru September.
Size: 18-24" x 24"
Care: Full sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: From New York to South Dakota, Virginia and ArkansasNamed after English planthunter John Tradescant the Younger, who introduced this plant to garden cultivation in 1637. Parkinson explains the origin of this plant: “This Spider-wort is of late knowledge, and for it the Christian world is indebted unto that painfull industrious searcher, and lover of all natures varieties, John Tradescant who first received it of a friend, that brought it out of Virginia,” (1639). Cherokee ate the young greens and prescribed it to cure stomachaches after overeating, female illnesses, cancer and insect bites. Menominee revived those “defiled by touch of bereaved.” By 1659 ones with white, light blue and reddish flowers grown in England.
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Tricyrtis hirta Japanese Toad Lily, Hairy toadlily Zone 4 – 8
flowers white with purple spots. Valuable fall-blooming flower
From August to October flowers white with purple spots. Valuable fall-blooming flower, not many shade fall bloomers.
Size: 2’ x 2’
Care: Moist well-drained soil in sun to shade
Native: Japan
Awards: Oklahoma Proven 2010, Rated good by the Chicago Botanic GardenName Tricyrtis is Greek meaning “three cavities”, supposedly describing the outer petals. The Japanese name for this plant hototogisu, means “cuckoo” because the purple dots on the petals resemble the spots on the cuckoo bird’s chest.
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Trillium grandiflorum Large flowered Trillium, Wake robin Z 4-8
Pure white trio of petals atop whorl of leaves in May. Ephemeral.
OUT OF STOCK – Available for purchase in Spring only
Pure white trio of petals atop whorl of leaves in May. Ephemeral.
Size: 12-18” x slowly spreading
Care: shade to part shade in moist soil
Native: Quebec to Georgia, west to Minnesota WI native
Awards: Elisabeth Carey Miller Botanical Garden Great Plant PicksChippewa made decoctions of Trillium for aching joints & sore ears. Menominee cured many ailments with this Trillium: irregular menstrual periods, cramps, diuretic, swollen eyes and “sore nipples and teats pierced with a dog whisker.” Collected by Frenchman André Michaux (1746-1802) who spent 11 years in America collecting hundreds of new plants.
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Trillium luteum Yellow Trillium Ephemeral Z 4-8
Sometimes mottled, hosta-like leaves support a lemon-scented, three-petaled yellow blossom in April-May
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Sometimes mottled, hosta-like leaves support a lemon-scented, three-petaled yellow blossom in April-May
Size: 15” x 8”
Care: Shade to part shade in moist, well-drained soil
Native: Southeastern US
Wildlife Value: Attracts bees
Awards: Elisabeth Carey Miller Great Plant Pick, recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden MeritFirst published description by Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753-1815) American botanist Lutheran minister and college president.
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Trollius europaeus Globe flower Z 5-8
Ball-shaped deep golden buds opening to nearly orange cups with prominent stamens from May to June & sporadically in September
Ball-shaped deep golden buds opening to nearly orange cups with prominent stamens from May to June & sporadically in September
Size: 18-24”x 24”
Care: Full sun to part shade in moist to wet soil
Native: Northern EuropeTrollius is derived from the old Swiss-German word trol meaning “something round,” referring to the shape of the flower. Swedish used the fragrant drying flower petals for a strewing herb. Introduced to European gardens by the 1500’s and cultivated in America in the 1700’s. Grown in the Eichstätt Garden, the garden of Johann Konrad von Gemmingen, prince bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria, c. 1600.
Grown by Jefferson.
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Tulipa linifolia Flax-leaf tulip Z 3-8
Striking scarlet species tulip
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Note: This is a plant not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.Striking scarlet species tulip with target black centers, flowering in mid to late spring. Unlike today’s hybrids these come back year after year and multiply if happy.
Size: 6" x 4"
Care: sun in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
Native: Uzbekistan, northern Iran and Afghanistan.1st described in 1884 by German botanist Eduard August von Regel.
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Tunica saxifraga syn. Petrorhagia saxifraga Tunic flower Z 4-8
pixie, palest of pink blossoms
Free blooming pixie, palest of pink blossoms from June through October on wiry stems form a 4″ tall mound. Perfect for rock gardens, front of borders or groundcover.
Size: 4" x 8"
Care: sun in well-drained soil. Drought tolerant.
Native: Pyrenees and AlpsTunica is Latin meaning “tunic” or “coat” referring to overlapping bracts beneath the flower. Near the turn of the century William Robinson described the Tunic flower as having ” elegant little rosy flowers … a neat plant for the rock garden and fringes of borders and thrives like a weed between the stones in a rough stone wall.” “Suggestive of a miniature gypsophila.” H.H. Thomas, 1915. Cultivated in the U.S. since the 1800’s.
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Uvularia grandiflora Largeflower bellwort, Fairybells Z 4-9
Graceful, hanging pale yellow bells, like a gypsy’s skirt, in spring
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Graceful, hanging pale yellow bells, like a gypsy’s skirt, in spring
Size: 10-20” x 6” spread slowly
Care: part shade to shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: Quebec to Ontario, NH to ND, Louisiana to Georgia, Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: Attracts bees
Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of MeritMenominee reduced swelling with this plant. Ojibwa cured stomach pains and Potawatomi mixed it with lard to cure sore muscles & backaches. Collected for gardens by 1802. Wm. Robinson considered this a “graceful perennial … the finest of the species.”
