Nursery Located At Ruckman Road 91 
TIARELLA. Foam Flower, (Saxifragaceae, Rockfoil Family) 
Tiarella cordifolia. An attractive evergreen ground cover for a shady location in a 
rich acid leafmold soil. Eight inch high spikes of creamy white, fluffy, foamy 
flowers in May held over mats of dark green heart shaped leaves about 3 inches 
high. One of our Eastern woodlanders, also good for the shady side of a wall. 
(pH 4-6) 
Tiarella cordifolia Collina. A selected pink form, discovered by Mrs. J. Norman Henry. 
It is similar in grace and beauty to the typical foam flower but the plant does not 
have runners and the flower spikes are shaded from the deep pink buds to a very 
delicate pale pink of the open fluffy flowers. The compact clumps are particularly 
ornamental and evergreen, It requires a rich acid leafmold soil in shade. (pH 4-6) 
Tiarella wherryi. Attractive low clumps of hairy, green, heart-shaped leaves about 3 
inches high with slender and graceful spikes of white foamy flowers in May and 
June. Very similar to T. cordifolia except that the plants do not creep by runners. 
It should be planted in a rich acid leafmold soil in shade. (pH 4-6) 
TRILLIUM. Trinity Lily. (Liliaceae, Lily Family) 
Trillium erectum. A tuberous rooted plant with stout stems about 12 inches high with 
three large leaves at the top and a single dark red, three petaled flower nestled in 
the leaves, It should be planted in thick colonies in a shady location in a cool, acid 
leafmold soil. (pH 4-6) 
Trillium grandiflorum. (Wake-Robbin) This is the showiest and easiest to grow in the 
rock garden. Stout stems from 12 to 15 inches high with the three large leaves at 
the top and large attractive white flowers in May. The flowers turn a rosy pink 
with age, It can be grown in either sun or shade in a rich acid leafmold soil. 
pH 4-6) 
Trillium stylosum. The plant is similar in habit to the above but the gracefully nodding, 
long petaled flowers are a delicate shade of rose. It likes a cool, moist acid leaf- 
mold soil in shade, A little more difficult to establish than the others. 
Trillium undulatum. (Painted Trillium) This one has the same stout stems and large 
green leaves as the others but the large flower is white, painted pink and red along 
the veins, giving it a.very colorful appearance. It requires a cool acid leafmold-soil 
in shade. (pH 4-6) It should be mulched with a thick layer of peat moss to keep 
the soil as moist and cool as possible in the hot summer months. 
TUNICA, Tunic Flower. (Caryophyllaceae, Pink Family) 
Tunica saxifraga flore-pleno. A large airy mass of twisting, very thin, fresh green stems 
about 8 inches high, bearing a profusion of tiny, fully double, rose pink flowers 
from June to November. It looks very much like the double Babysbreath of the 
florists. Excellent for walls, walks and clumps in the rock garden. It thrives in any 
ordinary garden soil in full sun. (pH 6-8): 
Tunica saxifraga flore-pleno alba. Similar to the one above but with fully double white 
flowers. Under some weather conditions the flowers may be suffused with pink and 
they usually turn pink with age. Another perfect wall plant. Easy and permanent - 
in any ordinary garden soil in full sun (pH 6-8) 
Tunica saxifraga flore-pleno 
