Rhizomatous perennial with a woody base and trailing to upright habit. Leaves are oval, fleshy, and blueish green to green. Cymes of white flowers bloom in spring.
Tecophilaea violacea ( Chilean Blue Crocus )
Var. violacea produces deep violet flowers. Cyanocrocus is a small, cormous perennial with semi-upright, narrowly lance-shaped, basal leaves. Produces 1 or 2 open funnel-shaped deep violet flowers. In general, this cormus perennial has narrow, lance-shaped leaves, and crocus-like flowers that […]
Tecophilaea cyanocrocus ( Chilean Blue Crocus )
Cyanocrocus is a small, cormous perennial with semi-upright, narrowly lance-shaped, basal leaves. Produces 1 or 2 open funnel-shaped, intense gentian-blue flowers with white throats and faint white veins. In general, this cormus perennial has narrow, lance-shaped leaves, and brillant blue, […]
Tecomanthe speciosa ( CommonName Not Available )
Speciosa is an evergreen twining climber with sparsely branced stems and branched leaves, each with 5 widely obovate, thick, lustrous, deep green leaflets. Produces light yellow-green flowers with downy lobes in dense racemes. In general, this tropical, evergreen flowering vine […]
Tecomanthe ( CommonName Not Available )
This tropical, evergreen flowering vine climbs by twining and is grown primarily for its trumpet or funnel-shaped, 5 lobed flowers that hang in pendent racemes from bare branches. Leaves on younger plants are skimpy, but fill in with age. Leaves […]
Tecoma capensis ( Lutea Cape Honeysuckle )
Lutea is slow-growing, with dark yellow flowers. Capensis is an uright, scarmbling, evergreen shrub with slender stems and pinnate, lustrous, mid- to dark green leaves, each with 5 to 7 elliptic-ovate to roughly diamond-shaped, toothed leaflets. Produces racemens that are […]
Tecoma capensis ( Aurea Cape Honeysuckle )
Aurea produces yellow flowers to 2 inches long. Capensis is an uright, scarmbling, evergreen shrub with slender stems and pinnate, lustrous, mid- to dark green leaves, each with 5 to 7 elliptic-ovate to roughly diamond-shaped, toothed leaflets. Produces racemens that […]
Tecoma ( Tecomaria )
This lovely rambling shrub or climber makes as nice loose, large-scale plant for slopes or works well when trained over arches or espaliered against a wall. Summer flowers are tubular, slender and orange or scarlet and foliage is medium to […]
Taxus media ( Viridis Yew )
This yew has foliage that is paler than the normal, new growth is vivid yellow-green with twisted needles. It is slow growing narrow, columnar form. In general, form is broadly pyramidal with a central leader. Similar to Taxus cuspidata, the […]
Taxus media ( Tauntonii )
This yew is one of the only T.x media type to resist winter burn and handles the heat equally well. A spreader form grows to about 4 feet in height. In general, form is broadly pyramidal with a central leader. […]
