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Tahitian Dawn (Lem's Cameo x Skipper)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 5' Early May Yellow Peach +5°F.
A very upright, only moderately branching plant with jade green leaves
that are held for 2 years. The basic bloom color includes bright yellow,
pale peach and tangerine tones animated in rounded and well-proportioned
clusters. (Korth) 8”- 10”, 12”- 15”
Tamarindos (Blue Bells x Purple Splendour)
Sun Medium 4’ Late May Violet gold-Eye -5°F.
Exquisite violet frilly-edged rounded blooms transcend to veiled lavender
within, beautifully highlighted with a golden-yellow flare on the
upper lobes. Slightly recurved, smooth-textured deep green leaves, abundantly
produced and nicely presented , mantle this rounded well-proportioned
plant. This plant is another global introduction from Germany that
will be easily admired for its wonderful springtime show. (Hachmann
1987) 10”- 12”
Tantramar (R. catawbiense Catalgia x Treasure)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 3’- 4’ April Magenta -15°F.
For the past 10 years we have been testing many hardy Canadian
hybrids by Captain Richard Steele. Even though our climate is much
more temperate, each plant needs other markers to be deemed a success.
This one grows a very dense, widely branching plant with a
bounty of deep green leaves covered by small red buds that open to
exhibit bright magenta pink laxed-shaped blooms. This is certainly
one of the better hardy Canandian hybids. (Steele) 10”- 12”
Tarantella (Odatorium x Hachmann’s Feuerschein)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 5’ Mid-May Red -15°F.
Deep red buds open to display luminous red ball-shaped blooms with
only moderate dark freckling on the dorsal lobes along with showy white
stamens. Matte green textured leaves, with a slight twist, shelter this
upright, well-mannered plant. This German cultivar produces a prodigious
display of flower power. (Hachmann 1988) 10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
∗Taurus (Jean Marie de Montague x R. strigillosum) (Triploid)
Sun or Part Shade Medium 5’ Mid-April Red -3°F.
A variety of some vigor, building a shapely, upright and spreading plant,
well-clothed with handsome forest green leaves bearing prominent and
showy red buds, that emerge into large ball-shaped brilliant red trusses
that are impressively displayed. It blooms as a 5-6 year-old. This is a
wonderful plant to add to your garden. (Mossman 1972) 8”- 10” thru
21”- 24”
∗Teddy Bear (R. bureavii x R. yakushimanum)
Some Shade Low 3' Early May Pink White 0°F.
A compact, rounded plant with lustrous dark green foliage above and
thick buff-colored indumentum below all handsomely presented and
abundantly produced. The blush pink-white rounded blooms are compact
and restrained. (Lem, Briggs 1992) 10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
Temple Bells (R. orbiculare x R. williamsianum)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Early May Rosy-Pink -5°F.
A wonderfully, dense mounding plant, heavily foliaged with smaller
heart-shaped forest green leaves, above which a profusion of buds open
to display rosy-pink laxed-shaped blooms daintily held in regal elegance.
(R.B.G., Kew 1916) 10”- 12”, 12”- 15”
Terra (Recital x Nelda Peach)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Late May Yellow-Pink 0°F.
A well-proportioned plant that handsomely bears rich olive green leaves
that shroud this rounded mulit-branching superstructure. Moderate red
buds open to display large 6” ball-shaped blooms with a pale yellow
throat that blends to shades of purplish-pink at the margins. Outside
bloom color has a pale yellow base turning to strong pink margins. The
flower throat has solid dark red tones which transform into freckling that
extends upward 1”. A small calyx has a pale yellow base that explodes
to a strong pink edge with red flares. (Barlup 2005) 12”- 15”
Tessa Bianca (Praecox x R moupinense)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Late February White Pink -5°F.
This early blooming, compact, well-branching plant is shrouded in 2” x
1” deep olive green leaves. Each stem produces many clusters of white
tubular blooms with a hint of pink accented by nuances of yellow in the
throat. (Brandt 1965) 6”- 8”
Thor (R. haematodes x Felis)
Some Shade Low 3' Mid-May Orange Red +5°F.
A beautiful showy plant displaying orange-red bell-shaped trusses, with
a large calyx poised with loose clusters, abundantly produced on a handsome
trim, widely branching plant with elegant lush green leaves, heavily
indumented (Brandt, 1963) 10”- 12”
Thumbelina (R. campylogynum Cremastum x R. glaucophyllum)
Sun/Pt. Shade Semi-Dwarf 18” Late April Dusty Pink -10°F.
Small, rich green leaves above interface with dull scaly moss green leaf
color beneath, collectively sheltering this multi-branching framework of
rough, slightly peeling bark. Dainty dusty pink open-faced bells are presented
on long 1” stems above the foliage in groups of three. A plant for
all seasons. (Dover) 10”- 12”
Tiger Lily - See Whitney Tiger Lily
Tiana (Sappho x R. yakushimanum)
Sun Low 3’ Mid-May White/Red-Eye -5°F.
Beautiful frilly white flowers with a butterfly-shaped deep red eye/freckling
within, are beautifully presented on a mounding plant, ornamented
above abundantly produced forest green leaves. (Brock, Murcott 1989)
12”- 15”
Tina Heinge (R. yakushimanum ‘Koichiro Wada’ x Kluis Sensation
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Mid-May Rosy Red -20°F.
Lustrous ball-shaped rosy-red blooms are nicely accented with a large
red eye/freckling in the upper lobes along with a paler pink coloration in
the throat that radiates outward to the flowers margins. This colorful
presentaion superstructures a rounded well-branching plant with amply
produced matte green leaves. (Heije 1982) 12”- 15”
Tip Toe (Nadia x Senator Henry Jackson)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Late April Greenish-Yellow 0°F.
Bright and sunny greenish-yellow buds unfurl to exhibit ball-shaped
blooms with a greenish-yellow throat that transition to a paler color tone
on the flowers perimeter. The bloom measures 4” high and 5” wide and
incorporates a small pale green-yellow calyx. This widely branching
plant is densely canopied by matte deep olive-green leaves. (Barlup
Hazelwood Gardens 2005) 12”- 15”
Titian Bouquet (Bridal Bouquet x Titian Beauty)
Sun or Part Shade Low 3’ Early May Pink 0°F.
Ball-shaped blooms exhibit 7 frilly-edged lobes of medium purple-pink
superimposed with vivid purple-pink freckling in the throat. This
rounded well-branching superstructure is nicely canopied with deep
olive green leaves. This shrub blooms as a 2-3 year old. (Ward 2000)
10”- 12”
∗Too Bee (R. campylogynum 'Patricia' x R. keiskei 'Yaku Fairy')
Sun or Part Shade Dwarf 1' Mid-April Rosy Pink -5°F.
A perfect mounding dwarf equally suitable for the rock garden or open
borders, amply clothed with elegant leaves gracefully bearing a profusion
of pretty small rosy-pink bells poised in loose clusters above the
foliage. (W. Berg 1983) 6”- 8” thru 12”- 15”
∗Top Banana (Unknown)
Some Shade Low 3' Late April Bright Yellow 0°F.
Hotei may have been used as one of the parents in this plant, as the
bloom color is the same, along with leaf size and shape. The two major
differences are the time of bloom (late April) and the fact that this plant
buds young, whereas Hotei buds as a 6 to 8 year-old. It is also more
upright in plant structure. Holds leaves for 2 years. Good drainage is
absolutely essential. (Whitney, Sather 1976) 6”- 8” thru 12”- 15”
Tortoiseshell Wonder (Goldsworth Orange x R. griersonianum)
Some Shade Medium 4’ Mid-May Salmon-Pink -5°F.
This attractive and elegant foliage presents a bounty of smooth-textured,
narrow elliptically shaped forest green leaves attached to the stems by a
mahogany-red petiole. These multi-branching stems, framework an
upright silhouette that displays rounded flat-topped blooms of salmon-
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