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teucrium	triteleia
thalictrum	tritonia
thymus	trollius
tradescantia	tulbaghia
trifolium	tulipa
TRILLIUM

TEUCRIUM

ACKERMANNII
A small shrub with narrow silver-grey leaves. Two-tone purple flowers in round clusters in summer. Prefers well-drained soil. A more unusual alpine, not often seen. 15 cm

HIRCANICUM
Typical woodsage leaf. Long, narrow spikes of dusky-maroon, purple flowers from June. Gently self-seeds.
45 cm

X LUCIDRYS (syn. T. CHAMAEDRYS)
A good dwarf hedging plant. Lilac pink flowers in late summer. Can be pruned right back in late February and March to keep its shape. Loved by the bumble bees.
25 cm

MARUM
Small oval green leaves with white undersides, send up spikes of pink flowers in August. Quite aromatic foliage. 20 cm

PYRENAICUM
The round green leaves make a low clump, covered in summer by flat heads of purple flowers with a creamy white lower lip. 10 cm

THALICTRUM

AQUILEGIIFOLIUM
Aquilegia-type foliage with short stems of fluffy, pinky-lilac flowers in early summer. 1 m

The Mead Nursery - Thalictrum aquilegiifolium album

AQUILEGIIFOLIUM var. ALBUM
Aquilegia-type foliage with tall stems of dainty white flowers in early summer. 1 m

DELAVAYI
Sprays of mauve-purple flowers in late summer, on tall stems, giving a willowy appearance. Likes a cool situation in neutral to acid soil. 1.6 m

The Mead Nursery - Thalictrum delavayi 'Hewitt's Double'

DELAVAYI ‘HEWITT’S DOUBLE’
Double-flowered version of above, always very popular when seen. 1.6 m

TUBEROSUM
Dainty white flowers in a small clump. Goes dormant towards late summer. 30 cm

thermopsis

LANCEOLATA
False Lupin. A shrubby perennial with pale yellow lupin-like flowers in May. Am I tempting fate to say that we have never had any infestation of lupin aphid on this, which is a good enough reason for us to grow it and not to grow real lupins? Oh, and the flowers are attractive to butterflies and bees! 90 cm

THYMUS

All the following thymes are evergreen, with lovely scented foliage. They all grow well in amongst paving; the prostrate varieties, such as T. ‘Bressingham’ having the advantage that they will not suffer too much if trodden on! Like a lot of herbs, they do like a sunny position in well-drained soil.

‘BRESSINGHAM’
A flat mat of green leaves with a covering of pink flowers in May and June. 2 cm

The Mead Nursery - Thymus 'Coccineus Major'

‘COCCINEUS MAJOR’
Deepest pink, almost red flowers in midsummer. A flat mat. 2 cm

The Mead Nursery - Thymus 'Doone Valley'

‘DOONE VALLEY’
A lemon-scented dark green low mound, splashed with yellow. Lilac flowers in summer. 15 cm

The Mead Nursery - Thymus 'Fragrantissimus'

‘FRAGRANTISSIMUS’
A bushy habit, with orange scented glaucous foliage, and pale pink flowers in summer. 30 cm

HERBA-BARONA
Caraway scented foliage with a very prostrate growth. Pink flowers in summer. 2.5 cm

NEICEFFII
A very distinctive thyme with wiry stems and dense narrow grey leaves. Soft pink flowers in summer. Due to the dense nature of the leaves and prostrate growth, it is probably best grown in a gravel bed to keep the soil from splashing up. Prefers well-drained soil. 10 cm

‘PINK RIPPLE’
A fairly prostrate thyme with lemon-scented foliage and pretty pink flowers in summer. 10 cm

‘PORLOCK’
Forms a mat of dark green leaves, with pink flowers
in summer. Can be used in cooking like common thyme. 30 cm

THYMUS

PULEGIOIDES ‘BERTRAM ANDERSON’
Low, golden mounded thyme with lilac flowers in summer. 25 cm

The Mead Nursery - Thymus serpyllum 'Goldstream'

SERPYLLUM ‘GOLDSTREAM’
Flat creeping mats of green, splashed golden foliage ideal for paving. Lemon scented. 2 cm

The Mead Nursery - Thymus serpyllum 'Minimalist'

SERPYLLUM ‘MINOR’
Very flat mat, with tiny leaves. Pink flowers. 2 cm

The Mead Nursery - Thymus serpyllum 'Pink Chintz'

SERPYLLUM ‘PINK CHINTZ’
Grey-green slightly hairy leaves form a low spreading mat, covered in pink flowers in late summer. 2 cm

The Mead Nursery - Thymus serpyllum 'Snowdrift'

SERPYLLUM ‘SNOWDRIFT’
A flat carpet of scented green leaves almost totally covered with tiny white flowers in summer. 2.5 cm

The Mead Nursery - Thymus serpyllum 'Silver Queen'

‘SILVER QUEEN’
Silver variegated, lemon scented thyme, forms a low rounded plant. Lilac flowers, which are attractive to bees, from mid to late summer. 30 cm

The Mead Nursery, Brokerswood, Wiltshire - New in 2010

TRADESCANTIA

(ANDERSONIANA GROUP) ‘BLUE STONE’
Slightly scruffy foliage, but with good blue, three-petalled flowers, for months, from midsummer. 40 cm

The Mead Nursery - Tradescantia x andersoniana 'Concorde Grape'

(ANDERSONIANA GROUP)‘CONCORD GRAPE’
A distinctive Tradescantia with bluish-grey foliage, and purple-violet flowers for weeks in summer. 50 cm

TRIFOLIUM

PANNONICUM
Upright stems of large pale creamy-yellow clover flowers in summer. Keep dead-heading to extend the flowering period. 75 cm

The Mead Nursery - Trifolium repens 'Dragon's Blood'

REPENS ‘DRAGON’S BLOOD’
Slightly glaucous-pale green foliage with red central markings. Pale clover flowers in summer. 10 cm

REPENS ‘PURPURASCENS QUADRIFOLIUM’
A ridiculously long name for a little plant, but perhaps it resembles the spread that it might eventually get to… Wonderful purple-maroon clover leaves with creamy clover flowers in summer. Good for dappled shade.
10 cm

rubens
A giant clover with upright stems of rich, reddish-pink flowers, like dumpy bottlebrushes, all summer. Keep dead-heading to prolong flowering. 50 cm

TRILLIUM

ERECTUM
Three pointed leaves form a collar out of which comes a maroon, three-petalled flower, in late spring. A very choice, and slow growing woodland plant. 30 cm

TRITELEIA

‘4 U ’
Violet-pink upturned agapanthus-type flowers, the opening of the flowers is staggered on each head, from June to July. Prefers well-drained soil. 45 cm

The Mead Nursery - Triteleia Laxa 'Koningin Fabiola'

LAXA ‘KONINGIN FABIOLA’
Wonderful, upturned starry violet-blue flowers in June and July. Prefers well-drained soil. 60 cm

The Mead Nursery - Triteleia 'Royal Blue'

'ROYAL BLUE'
Be one up on your gardening friends and buy one of these. Too new even for 2008 RHS Plantfinder. An exciting new variety of Triteleia with small starry upturned, double violet-blue flowers in June-July. Prefers well-drained soil. 60 cm

'RUDY'
Violet-blue and white striped starry flowers, the opening of the flowers is staggered on each head, from June to July. Prefers well-drained soil. (PBR protected) 45 cm

TRITONIA

DISTICHA ssp. RUBROLUCENS (syn. T. ROSEA)
Like a soft pink Montbretia, late summer flowering. Mulch well in winter, especially if your soil is not very well drained. 60 cm

TROLLIUS

X CULTORUM ‘ALABASTER’
Wonderful palest primrose yellow globe flowers from April to June. 45 cm

The Mead Nursery - Trollius x cultorum 'Feuertroll'

X CULTORUM ‘FEUERTROLL’
Striking orange globe flowers from spring to early summer. 50 cm

TULBAGHIA

VIOLACEA
A clump-forming perennial with narrow greyish-green leaves. Fragrant lilac-pink flowers from midsummer to early autumn. Needs a sheltered position in sun, or have in a pot and give winter protection. 45 cm

TULIPA

These bulbs are known to all – but not everyone is successful with them, year after year. If you have heavy clay soil, the bulbs are best lifted once the leaves have died back after flowering and dried off under cover. Then plant them back in October or November.
The small species tulips are very useful for the rockery, and in most cases can be left in the ground.

‘ABU HASSAN ’
Deep terracotta-red flowers, with a broad yellow outer rim in April. 45 cm

‘BALLERINA’
A tangerine coloured tulip with pointed petals, in late April and May, and with quite a scent when the sun comes out. Seems a tough perpetual tulip. 50 cm

The Mead Nursery - Tulipa humilis 'Lilliput'

HUMILIS 'LILLIPUT'
Showy dwarf tulip, with rounded, red flowers in February-March. Prefers very well-drained soil. Brought back by popular demand! 7 cm

The Mead Nursery - Tulipa humilis violacea group

HUMILIS VIOLACEA GROUP
Shocking pink flowers in February. Makes dramatic contrast to the normal late winter colours. 10 cm

tulipa

LINIFOLIA BATALINII ‘BRONZE CHARM’
Thin, glaucous leaves; apricot-yellow flowers in late April and early May. 10 cm

The Mead Nursery - Tulipa 'Little Beauty'

‘LITTLE BEAUTY’
A dwarf tulip. Pink flowers with purple exterior and bluish centres, in April. 10 cm

The Mead Nursery - TULIPA LITTLE PRINCESS

‘LITTLE PRINCESS’
A showy dwarf tulip, flame orange flowers with black centres edged in yellow, in April-May. 10 cm

tulipa

‘PRINSES IRENE’
Dramatic tulip with orange, green, red and yellow flowers on sturdy stems in May. 30 cm

The Mead Nursery - Tulipa 'Queen of Night'

‘QUEEN OF NIGHT’
Deep purple, nearly black flowers in May. 45 cm

SCHRENKII
Scarlet flowers with an orange margin, in March-April. Not very often seen. 10 cm

SPRENGERI
A late flowering tulip that is good for naturalising, but is now quite scarce in cultivation. Scarlet flowers with a greenish yellow tinge to the outsides in late May, early June. Should self-seed. Best planted deep. 35 cm

The Mead Nursery - Tulipa 'White Triumphator'

‘WHITE TRIUMPHATOR’
‘Lily flowered tulip’. Elegant white flowers in May. Seems a tough perpetual tulip. 60 cm

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