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| Talinum calcaricum |
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| Limestone Fameflower |
Zones: 6, 7
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Fameflower is a beautiful little succulent that occurs only in the open, gravelly, limestone glades of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama where is it rare throughout. It forms small clumps of plump, needle-like, succulent, 2 _", gray-green leaves. One-foot tall flower stalks support dozens of brilliant, 1", 5-petaled flowers from early summer to fall. Curiously, the flowers only open during the late afternoon and only on sunny days. We grow this perennial like a rock garden plant - with excellent drainage in sharp grit in full sun and also in planters with other drought loving succulents. Good companions would be any of the sun loving Sedums, birdsfoot violet, Tennessee Coneflower, and Dianthus Firewitch. This is really an unusual, neat, and pretty little plant. Who knows, it may be the next roof garden star! Cat# 1536
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| Carolina Bushpea |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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Here is an unusual perennial for the middle or rear of the flower bed. Plants attain 3 to 5 feet in height and a stiff upright aspect with elongate clover-like leaves. Dozens of bright yellow flowers resembling those of Lupine are arranged on the upper 1 or 2 feet of the flower spikes in May. These are followed by seed pods tightly pressed against the old flower stalks. Carolina Bushpea makes its natural home in forest clearings of the southern Appalachian Mountains, but when given rich soil, full sun, and moisture during dry spells in the summer, it is rewarding and easy to grow. It looks striking growing with Blue Star. It is always a focal point in the garden. Cat# 1212
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Photo courtesy of Missouri Botanical PlantFinder
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| Tiarella 'Jeepers Creepers' |
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| Foamflower, 'Jeepers Creepers' |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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'Jeepers Creepers' is a creeper with large deeply cut leaves (like a Japanese Maple) with striking dark purple coloration. Flowers are very large for a creeper. It differs from 'Running Tapestry' in being all together larger, a slower spreader, and leaves are more deeply cut. This is a knock-out with Blue Phlox and Celandine Poppy. Terra Nova Nursery gets the credit for this introduction. Cat# 1286
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| Foamflower, 'Neon Lights' |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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In spring, the huge leaves of clumping-slowly-creeping 'Neon Lights' are mostly dark, dark purple with near neon green edges. They are very deeply cut with round lobes. Let it share space with Asarum and Painted Ferns. Cat# 1287
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| Tiarella cordifolia 'Elizabeth Oliver' |
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| Foamflower, 'Elizabeth Oliver ' |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Elizabeth Oliver', a Primrose Path introduction, has deeply lobed leaves with heavy burgundy markings and light pink flowers. It is slowly spreading by runners forming open patches. This is the parent of many later Foamflower selections. Cat# 1456
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Photo courtesy of The Primrose Path
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| Tiarella cordifolia 'Mixed Bag' |
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| Foamflower, 'Mixed Bag' |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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One of the neat things about Foamflowers is that if you have 2 or more different forms, they are likely to hybridize and the resulting seedlings may show all kinds of interesting variations. Over the years, we have observed and selected many with unique leaf shapes and coloration-too many to name but too pretty to keep to ourselves. So 'Mixed Bag' Foamflowers are ones we think are especially different and interesting. Leaf shapes range from being nearly circular to nearly spider-like, some with extra leaf coloration, some without. Let us pick a unique one for you. Cat# 1217
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| Tiarella cordifolia 'Pink Brushes' |
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| Foamflower, 'Pink Brushes' |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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This is another Primrose Path introduction selected for its new good flower color, extended bloom time, and vigor. Individual flowers, densely born on 18-inch stalks, are a beautiful light pink fading to white over time. Flowering persists from mid-spring on into early summer. Deeply lobed, 4-inch leaves are attractively quilted and marked with a seasonally variable dark central blotch over shiny green. 'Pink Brushes' is a very vigorous selection and plants should make a dense clump in a short time. While most Foamflowers prefer shade and good, moisture retentive soil, this one seems to tolerate dry shade once established. 'Pink Brushes' will form 10 inch by 12 inch evergreen clumps. Would be pretty in front of any of the ferns. Cat# 1457
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Photo courtesy of The Primrose Path
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| Tiarella cordifolia 'Pink Skyrocket' |
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| Foamflower , Pink Skyrocket |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Pink Skyrocket is a lovely soft pink flowering foamflower introduced by Terra Nova Nurseries. Plants form 1' wide clumps of shiny, deeply dissected leaves with a center splotch. In mid-late spring, they are covered with 1' tall spikes of pink budded, white flowering brushes. Pink Skyrocket forms neat clumps and would be suitable along a path or in the front of a shady garden with good soil. Great companions include Celandine Poppy, ferns, and Blue Phlox. Cat# 1557
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Photo courtesy of Terra Nova Nurseries
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| Tiarella cordifolia 'Running Tapestry' |
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| Foamflower, Creeping, 'Running Tapestry' |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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If you want a vigorously creeping foamflower, this one is for you. But aside from its ability to creep over and around just about anything in good soil in the shade, this one has rich deep purple/black coloring that radiates out from the leaf centers. The 2-inch leaves are slightly puckered, bright green, and weakly evergreen. The dark vein coloring and the plant's vigor combine to create a very beautiful picture. Flowering is typical for foamflower - 9-inch spikes of puffy white flowers from mid to late spring. Let this one cascade over rocks or ramble in and out of other flowers. Cat# 1537
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| Tiarella cordifolia 'Sugar and Spice' |
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| Foamflower , Sugar and Spice |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Sugar and Spice is one of the best foamflower introductions from Terra Nova Nurseries. Plants form 1' wide clumps of shiny, deeply dissected leaves with a center splotch. In mid-late spring, they are covered with 1' tall spikes of very pale pink budded, white flowering brushes. Sugar and Spice forms slowly expanding to trailing clumps and would be suitable along a path or in the front of a shady garden with good soil. It differs from Pink Skyrocket by having whiter flowers and by spreading faster. Great companions include Celandine Poppy, ferns, and Blue Phlox. Cat# 1558
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Photo courtesy of Terra Nova Nurseries
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Available: Currently
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| Tiarella cordifolia var. collina |
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| Foamflower, Clumping |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Foamflower forms compact bright green clumps that get about 6 inches tall and 1 foot wide. Spikes of fuzzy white flowers rise an additional 6 inches from mid to late spring. The flowering clumps are very showy and sweetly fragrant. Clumping Foamflower is very well-behaved and might be a good choice for a shady place needing tidy, neat clumps. Cat# 1214
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| Tiarella cordifolia var. cordifolia |
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| Foamflower , Creeping |
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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This Foamflower is stoloniferous-it spreads quickly by means of slender runners which sprout up new plantlets. Also, the flower stalks are a little shorter, and flowering starts a little later in the spring and continues well into June here in Tennessee. Overall, it is more delicate looking than Clumping Foamflower, and it is a good naturalizer over and around rocks in the shade. Perfect with Blue Phlox and Celandine Poppy. Cat# 1215
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| Spiderwort, Osprey |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Osprey Spiderwort is a perennial resembling the houseplant Wandering Jew. Clumps of grassy, strap-like leaves grow to 2 to 3 feet and are topped by clusters of large white flowers with feathery blue stamens during early- to mid-summer. The 1-inch, 3-petaled, triangular flowers open in the morning and dissolve away in the afternoon leaving no mess. Spiderwort can take full sun or partial shade in average soil. It will grow rampantly in moist soil and tolerates anything except drought. After flowering the foliage may sprawl and look untidy, at which time you might cut it down to the ground to rejuvenate it. We like Spiderwort with Sundrops and White Beard-tongue. Cat# 1397
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| Spiderwort , Virginia |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Spiderwort is a perennial resembling the houseplant Wandering Jew. Clumps of grassy, strap-like leaves grow to 3 feet and are topped by clusters of blue or purple flowers during early- to mid-summer. The 1-inch, 3-petaled, triangular flowers open in the morning and dissolve away in the afternoon leaving no mess. Spiderwort can take full sun or partial shade in average soil. It will grow rampantly in moist soil and tolerates anything except drought. After flowering the foliage may sprawl and look untidy, at which time you might cut it down to the ground to rejuvenate it. We like Spiderwort with Sundrops and White Beard-tongue. Cat# 1222
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| Tradescantia x 'Red Cloud' |
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| Spiderwort, Red Cloud |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8
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'Red Cloud' has smoother and narrower leaves than either of the other Spiderworts and its flowers are a bright fuschia red. It's a very rapid spreader in moist places. Cat# 1221
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Photo courtesy of Walters Gardens
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| Trillium, Little Sweet Betsy |
Zones: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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Little Sweet Betsy, the largest of the eastern sessile Trilliums (up to 15" tall), has dark red flowers and beautiful mottled foliage and tends to form clumps. It occurs from southern Kentucky to Alabama and Mississippi west of the Appalachians. In rich, upland woods on limestone soils, it may grow by the thousands. This Trillium flowers before the others - mid-March here in Tennessee. Flower odor is slightly spicey. Cat# 1506
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Photo courtesy of Tom Barnes
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| Trillium, Bent |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Bent Trillium has thick, creamy white flowers and dark green leaves . Its flowers are stalked and usually bent off at an angle, hence the common name. It is common west of the eastern mountains and south of the Great Lakes extending down to northern Kentucky on rich wooded slopes on limestone soils. Mid spring flowering.; Cat# 1507
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Photo courtesy of Tom Barnes
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| Trillium, Great White , Showy Wake-Robin |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7
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Undoubtedly the best known, most widely grown, and maybe the most satisfying of all the species to grow, Trillium grandiflorum has a very large natural range over nearly the entire eastern United States and southern Canada down to the mountains of Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee. If you have ever been in the rich woods and coves of the southern Appalachians in mid to late spring, or in fertile woodlands of Michigan or Ohio, you have doubtless been struck by the incredible beauty of these plants growing in great abundance. Flowers are large, up to 6 inches across, and start out white then turn pink as they age. Mature plants may have many stems up to 15 inches tall but it takes some time to make a big clump. A big clump or many small ones is very beautiful. This plants beauty has also led to its demise, as it is probably the wildflower that is dug from the wild in the greatest numbers. Our's, however, have been 100% nursery propagated and have spent 5 or 6 years growing in nursery beds. Grow them in the shade of deciduous trees where they enjoy sunny days in the spring but then go dormant and rest in the shade for the rest of the year. They want good, humus-rich, limey soil and even moisture. Natural companions would be ferns, Celandine Poppy, Blue Phlox, Shooting Stars, Foamflower, Goldenseal, Devils Bit, Bloodroot, and many more.;We ship these plants only when they are dormant and only as bare roots. We highly recommend ONLY June through October shipping. ; Cat# 1494
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Photo courtesy of Tom Barnes
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| Trillium, Yellow |
Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Yellow Trillium is the most common species in our area, Tennessee, where it can be seen by the thousands. Its natural range is from north Georgia to southern Kentucky in rich deciduous forests on basic soil. It has large yellow/green flowers that sit right on top of beautifully mottled leaves up to 14" tall. Flowers smell strongly of lemons. Mid to late spring blooming. Cat# 1505
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| Trillium, Southern Red |
Zones: 6, 7, 8
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Southern Red Trillium has large purple-maroon flowers that are stalked and stand up above very large, bright green leaves. Flowering stems may be up to 20 inches tall. It grows naturally in rich deciduous forests mainly west of the Appalachians from southwest Virginia to northeastern Alabama. This one differs from the others in its preference for slightly acidic soil. Grow it on east or north facing slopes and it can form lovely majestic clumps. Mid to late spring blooming. Cat# 1508
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