This section is from the book "A Practical Handbook Of Trees Shrubs Vines And Herbaceous Perennials", by John Kirkegaard. Also available from Amazon: A practical handbook of trees, shrubs, vines and herbaceous perennials.
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. |
 
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