It's easy to be captivated by beautiful flowers from afar. Seeing them in the garden and paying attention to the wide varieties present is another level of appreciation. Here, I'll share my love of flowers with a collection of flower names that start with T, including how to use these beautiful flowers in your yard or garden.
Flower Names That Start With T - Enlisting Here
Tulipa
Tulip is a genus of about 150 species of perennial, bulbous plants in the family Liliaceae. The tulip's large, showy flowers usually bloom for about a week in the spring and early summer. Tulips come in many colors; some flower varieties are fragrant. The most common color is red, but they are also found in white, yellow, and orange hues and striped versions. The flower petals can be either crinkled or smooth.
Tulips originate from Central Asia and have been cultivated for over 3,000 years, with the first written record dating back to 13th century Iran. Gardeners in Holland developed many types of tulips during the 17th-century Dutch Golden Age.
Today, tulip festivals celebrate this colorful flower all over the world.
Trumpet Vine
The trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) is a fast-growing, climbing vine that sometimes grows up to 20 feet long. It produces trumpet-shaped flowers that range in color from white to purple. The flowers are edible but not very tasty.
Tarragon
Tarragon is a perennial herb in the genus Artemisia, of which it is the sole species. It is native to temperate areas of Eurasia and northern Africa and is widely naturalized in other regions. It has a distinctive anise-like flavor and aroma for which it is prized in cooking. Tarragon, also called estragon, is derived from the Latin word stāter ("male dragon"). The tarragon plant resembles Anise or fennel, the latter of which it can be confused with. In general, tarragon's taste is more robust than Anise's.
The leaves are grayish-green, broadly lanceolate, lobe-tipped, strongly aromatic (stronger than Anise), and densely covered with fine silky hairs. The flowers are small and yellow-green; male and female flowers are borne on separate plants (dioecious).
Tithonia
The sunflower family is a genus of flowering plants, native to Mexico, Central America, and South America. The species are herbaceous perennials or annuals growing to about 1 m tall with simple leaves and yellow inflorescences. They are cultivated as ornamentals for their strongly scented flowers.
The genus includes annual and perennial herbaceous plants or subshrubs growing up to 1 m tall. The leaves are alternate and simple, with an entire or serrate margin. The flower heads are solitary or borne in dense inflorescences, these containing disc florets but no ray florets. The disc florets are bisexual and yellow or orange-yellow; they have no perianth but five stamens inserted at the base of each corolla lobe. The fruit is an achene with a pappus of fine hairs at the apex.
Tansy Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)
Tansy Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) is a perennial herbaceous plant native to Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia. Tansy Ragwort is one of the most poisonous plants in the world. It contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids that cause liver damage and can be fatal if ingested by humans or livestock.
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Thalictrum (Thalictrum)
Thalictrum (Thalictrum) is a genus of about 80 species of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Asia, Europe, and North America. The name Thalictrum comes from the Greek word "all-healing" because it was once used as a panacea for any illness.
Turritis glabra: Turritis or Turnips
A plant of the Cruciferae family, it grows wild in Britain and Ireland; its root is used as a pot-herb and was formerly employed as food by the poor people, who ate it boiled with milk or butter and potatoes. The roots are flat and reddish brown externally but white, with a strong unpleasant smell and taste.
They grow about six inches long but sometimes reach eighteen inches in length. They are rough externally but smooth within; their taste is slightly acrid and bitter to the tongue; they have no starch in them; they have an oil that is not fixed like that of rape seed or mustard seed but volatile like that of turpentine.
Tall Verbena
Vernonia gigantea, Vernonia cinerea, and Vernonia noveboracensis. Tall verbena is a perennial that grows in full sun to partial shade. It has purple-blue flowers in the summer and fall. This is a great plant for attracting butterflies and hummingbirds to your garden. Tall verbena grows to 2 feet tall and 2 feet wide.
Tall Bearded Iris
Iris germanica 'Variegata.' The tall bearded iris has beautiful variegated leaves that turn yellow in the fall. The flowers are bright purple and bloom in early summer. A tall bearded iris grows best in full sun with average soil. It can grow up to 5 feet tall, so give it plenty of room when planting.
Tagetes
Tagetes is a genus of plants in the sunflower family. They are commonly known as marigolds and native to Central and South America but have been introduced to Europe, Africa, and Asia. The generic name is derived from the Latin tagete, meaning "a little ear."
The most common species are annuals with yellow or orange flowers; some are perennials with showier flowers. The leaves are opposite and simple broad lanceolate to ovate, often with a white spot on the leaf blade (variegation).
The flowers have five petals, and most species have different colored petals. They produce many seeds that can propagate via scarification and stratification.
Tartarian Aster
Tartarian Aster is a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the family Asteraceae (Compositae). It has blue-violet flowers and grows up to 1 m tall. The plant forms dense clumps of stems covered in fine hairs. Its leaves are alternate and pinnately compound, each leaflet being ovate with a serrated margin and tipped with an erect bristle.
Tea Rose
Tea rose is a beautiful, fragrant, and delicate flower. It is also known as a 'China rose.' It is a hybrid of Rosa chinensis and Rosa indica, which was first cultivated in the early 17th century in China. This plant grows up to 8 feet tall and has dark green leaves. The tea rose has pale pink flowers with darker veins, which appear between May and June. The tea rose has been used for centuries for its medicinal properties.
Tea roses are generally used for making herbal teas, but they can also be eaten as fresh fruit or made into jam, jelly, or wine.
Texas Mountain Laurel
Texas mountain laurel is an evergreen shrub that belongs to the Laurel family (Lauraceae). It is native to Texas and Louisiana but can also be found growing wild in many areas of the Southern United States. This plant produces white flowers in the spring and blackberries later in the summer.
Tiger Flower
Tiger Flower is a popular garden flower that is native to tropical Asia. It has large foliage and beautiful flowers that look like tiger stripes. The name comes from the yellow and orange coloration of its flowers.
Tiger Flower grows best in full sun and warm temperatures, but it can also tolerate partial shade. It prefers sandy soil with good drainage and regular watering during hot weather. Tiger Flowers bloom all year round in tropical climates but only in the summer months in colder regions of North America.
The plant’s long stems grow up to 2 feet tall and 12 inches wide, making them ideal for hanging baskets or containers where they can be seen from all angles. Their striking appearance makes them great for brightening up any indoor space and outdoors in your garden or yard.
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