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  • Thalictrum minus ‘Adiantifolium’ Fernleaf meadowrue Z 4-8

    Loose panicles of tiny yellowish flowers top fern-like foliage in mid-summer.    

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    Loose panicles of tiny yellowish flowers top fern-like foliage in mid-summer.    

    Size: 36" x 24"
    Care: part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil.
    Native: Europe, North Africa & Siberia
    Wildlife Value: Attracts Black swallowtail butterfly, Deer resistant.
    Awards: Rated as excellent by the Chicago Botanic Garden.

    Thalictrum is from Greek meaning “to flourish” or “look green.”  The species grown by English herbalist Gerard (1545-1612) in the 1590’s.

  • Thalictrum polygamum syn. T. pubescens Tall Meadowrue, King of the meadow Z. 4-8

    Showy, delicate ivory stamens July to September

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    Showy, delicate ivory stamens July to September

    Size: 3-8’ x 4’
    Care: part shade to shade in moist to moist well-drained soil.
    Native: Newfoundland west to the Mississippi River & south to Mississippi, Wisconsin native
    Wildlife Value: Attracts Black swallowtail butterfly
    Awards: Rated as “excellent” by the Chicago Botanic Garden

    Thalictrum is from Greek meaning “to flourish” or “look green.”  Iroquois smashed this Meadowrue to wash their heads and necks of nosebleeds. They also used it to remedy gall ailments.  For the Montagnais its leaves flavored salmon.  Collected before 1793. Grown at America’s 1st botanic garden, Elgin Botanic Garden 1811. Pressed specimen in Emily Dickinson’s herbarium.

  • Thalictrum rochebruneanum Lavender mist meadowrue Z 4-7

    Lacy, fine-textured, bluish-green, pinnately compound, columbine-like foliage topped by pendulous, lavender-purple flowers (sepals) with yellow stamens July-September in airy clusters rising well above the foliage to 4-6' tall. Extraordinary en mass.  One of internationally known garden designer Piet Oudolf's 100 "MUST HAVE" plants, Gardens Illustrated.

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    Lacy, fine-textured, bluish-green, pinnately compound, columbine-like foliage topped by pendulous, lavender-purple flowers (sepals) with yellow stamens July-September in airy clusters rising well above the foliage to 4-6′ tall. Extraordinary en mass.  One of internationally known garden designer Piet Oudolf’s 100 “MUST HAVE” plants, Gardens Illustrated.

    Size: 6’ x 30”
    Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
    Native: Japan
    Wildlife Value: Attracts Black swallowtail butterfly
    Awards: Missouri Botanic Garden Plant of Merit

    Thalictrum is from Greek meaning “to flourish” or “look green.”  This species collected before 1878. Likely named for French botanist Alphonse Trémeau de Rochebrune (1834-1912).

  • Thermopsis caroliniana syn. Thermopsis villosa Carolina lupine Z 4-9

    Dense spikes of buttery yellow in June, resembling Baptisia or Lupin with clover like foliage.

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    Dense spikes of buttery yellow in June, resembling Baptisia or Lupin with clover-like foliage.

    Size: 4’ x 2’ spreading
    Care: Sun in well-drained soil. Drought & Heat tolerant.
    Native: forest openings in the Appalachians
    Wildlife Value: Attracts bees & butterflies, Deer & rabbit resistant.

    Collected before 1843

  • Thymus pseudolanuginosus Woolly thyme Z 4-8

    Wonderful groundcover or in rock gardens for its miniature, very hairy silver leaves, resembling wool.  Lavender flowers in June.

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    Grown as a groundcover or in rock gardens for its miniature, very hairy silver leaves, resembling wool.  Lavender flowers in June.

    Size: 1” x 12” spreading slowly
    Care: sun to part shade in well-drained soil.
    Native: Europe
    Wildlife Value: Drought tolerant. Deer resistant

    Thymus from the Greek word for “odor” due to the plant’s fragrance. Ancient Greeks made incense with thyme.  This species 1st mentioned in Gardeners Dictionary by Phillip Miller of Chelsea Physic Garden fame, 1771.

  • Thymus serpyllum ‘Minus’ syn. T. praecox ‘Minus’ Dwarf thyme Z 2-9

    Purple flowers cover evergreen foliage in late spring on this tiny thyme-leaved plant. Good groundcover or for rock gardens

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    Purple flowers cover evergreen foliage in late spring on this tiny thyme-leaved plant. Good groundcover or for rock gardens

    Size: 3” x 12” and spreading
    Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
    Native: Europe
    Wildlife Value: Deer resistant.
    Size: Great for rock gardens, groundcover, drought tolerant.

    Thymus  from the Greek word for “odor” due to the plant’s fragrance. Ancient Greeks made incense with thyme.  ‘Minus’ described by Parkinson in 1640.  He called it Thymus serphyllum vulgare minus.

  • Thymus serpyllum syn. Thymus praecox Mother-of-thyme, creeping thyme Z 4-9

    Short purple spikes in June-July

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    Short purple spikes in June-July

    Size: 3” x 24”
    Care: sun in well-drained soil
    Native: Europe & Western Asia
    Size: groundcover, rock garden, herb, fragrant foliage, thyme lawn

    Thymus  from the Greek word for “odor” due to the plant’s fragrance.  Ancient Greeks made incense with thyme.   This species since at least 1753. Acc’d to Parkinson in 1640 this remedied hysterics in women.  Wm. Robinson wrote,”nothing can be more charming than a sunny bank covered with” Thymus serpyllum.  LH Bailey extolled it as “prized as an evergreen edging and as cover for rockwork and waste places …The leaves are sometimes used for seasoning.”

  • Tiarella cordifolia Allegheny foam flower Z 3-9

    White spikes in spring, gorgeous en masse. Make a great groundcover for shade.

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    White spikes in spring, gorgeous en masse. Make a great groundcover for shade.

    Size: 6-12”x 12-24” spreading
    Care: Shade to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
    Native: Novia Scotia to Georgia, native to Wisconsin.
    Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit.

    Tiarella is Latin meaning little tiara referring to the form of the pistil.   The common name is derived from the form of blossoms.  Cherokee used this plant to remove the white coating on their tongues.  For the Iroquois it increased the appetite of children and cured sores in their mouths. One of 1st No. American plants sent to Europe – grew in Tradescant the Elder’s South Lambeth nursery in 1634.  Grown at America’s 1st botanic garden, Elgin Botanic Garden 1811.  Botanist L.H. Bailey described Tiarella cordifolia as:” An elegant plant well worthy of general culture.”  Pressed specimen in Emily Dickinson’s herbarium.