Botanical Name

English Name

1 Deciduous

2 Evergreen

3 Vine

4 Herbaceous

Perennial

Ultimate Height in feet

Color

Time of Bloom

Remarks

Taxus baccata var. ar-gentea

Golden Yew

2

6-8

S. Brilliant yellow foliage. Irregular and bushy in habit of growth. Very effective with dark-leaved evergreens. B. C. F.

Taxus baccata var. fas-tigiata

Irish Yew

2

8-10

T. Columnar in growth. Foliage glossy, dark green. A beautiful small tree, but requires a very sheltered position. B. C. F.

Taxus canadensis

American Yew

2

3-4

S. A low spreading shrub with dark green foliage. Good on banks and under trees in low places. It has very ornamental crimson fruit in winter. C.F.

Taxus cuspidata

Japanese Yew

2

3-4

S. Spreading and irregular in growth. Foliage coarse and glossy green. The hardiest of the Taxus and excellent in masses against taller evergreens. A.G.

Tecoma radicans

Trumpet Vine

1&3

15-20

Orange-scarlet

July

A coarse climbing vine or shrub with large trumpet-shaped flowers in clusters, and dark green foliage. Good for covering large rocks or tree trunks to which it clings by rootlets. Good also on heavy trellises. A. D.G.

Tecoma grandiflora

Chinese Trumpet Vine

1&3

15-20

Deep scarlet

July

Flowers large and of a most beautiful deep scarlet color. It is less hardy thanT. radicans and can be grown only in sheltered places. B. C. D. G.

Thalictrum aquilegifoli-um

Feathered Columbine

4

3

White

June & July

Foliage resembling that of the Columbine. Flowers feathery and in loose clusters. Pretty in the rock-garden. A. G.

Thalictrum polygamum

Tall Meadow-rue

4

3-5

White

July & Aug.

More robust than the preceding species; particularly good for wet places. A. F.

Thermopsis caroliniana

4

3

Bright yellow

June & July

Leaves clover-like; flowers pea-shaped, in racemes. Good for the wild-garden. A. G.

Thermopsis mollis

4

3

Sulphur-yellow

May to Aug.

An erect branching plant with showy flowers in spikes. Good in clumps with shrubs or for the border. A. G.

Thuya occidentalis

American Arbor Vitae

2

15-20

T. The most common arbor vitae, and used extensively in making dense screens and hedges. Its foliage is bright green above and yellowish underneath. Branches short and horizontal, forming a narrow, pyramidal tree. A. D.G.

Thuya occidentalis var. alba

Queen Victoria's Arbor Vitae

2

10-15

T. Leaves variegated with white. A. D.G.