Torenia fournieri ( Panda Series Torenia )

Panda Series are compact, producing white, pink, purple or lavender-blue flowers. In general, Torenia fournieri is a bushy, compact summer flowering annual. Flowers are light blue, with darker blue markings, bright yellow throats, resemble tiny gloxinias. The stamens form a […]

Toona sinensis ( Toona )

Tall, deciduous tree with brown bark that peels. Foliage is fragrant and pink when juvenile, maturing to creamy yellow and then bright green. Pendent panicles of fragrant white or greenish white flowers bloom in midsummer. Also known as Cedrela sinensis.

Tolmiea menziesii ( Piggy-back Plant )

Tolmiea menziesii is a perennial plant, also grown as an indoor plant, primarily for its attractive foliage. Leaves are 5 inches wide, lobed, forming a nice basal rosette. New leaves form at the juction of the leaf stalk, on top […]

Todea barbara ( Todea Fern )

Fern that is tree-like due to its short, thick trunk. Fronds are shiny and bright green. Grow in greenhouse where not hardy. In warm climate, grow in woodland garden.

Tithonia rotundifolia ( Sundance Mexican sunflower )

Sundance has bright orange flowerheads. In general, Tithonia rotundifolia is a perennial sunflower, usually grown as an annual. It is a fast growing, somewhat coarse plant, with green hairy leaves, reaching 4 to 6 feet tall rapidly. Spectacular flowers, yellow […]

Tipuana tipu ( Brazilian Rosewood )

Rounded, semi-evergreen tree with pinnate leaves made up of bright green leaflets with notched tips. Pea-like flowers in yellow or apricot with rusty red veins bloom in spring. Woody seed pods follow blooms. Also known as Tipuana speciosa.

Tipuana ( Tipu Tree )

This semi-evergreen tree is native to the tropical forest of South America. Grown primarily for it’s panicles of pea-like spring flowers, the foliage is not bad either: bright green leaves that are oblong with notched tips and downy undersides. Grow […]

Tillandsia stricta ( Air plant )

Stricta is a clump-forming, short-stemmed, epiphytic perennial with rosettes of gray-scaly, pale green leaves. Produces cone-shaped spikes of 40 or more slender, funnel-shaped, blue or purple flowers with yellowish white to rose-pink floral bracts. In general, Tillandsia is a large […]