Plant Growing Guides

Free guides for growing vegetables, herbs, flowers, and more. 20 plants. New to gardening? Check out the glossary.

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Tall, Shade-Casting Plants

Multiple species

Tamarack

Larix laricina

Techny Blue Spruce

Picea pungens 'Techny'

Teddy Bear Spruce

Picea mariana 'Teddy Bear'

Thornless Honey Locust

Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis

Thornless Honeylocust

Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis

Thornless Honeylocust Imperial

Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis 'Imperial'

Thornless Honeylocust 'Shademaster'

Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis 'Shademaster'

Thornless Honeylocust 'Skyline'

Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis 'Skyline'

Thornless Honeylocust 'Sunburst'

Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis 'Sunburst'

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Thuja Green Giant

Thuja × 'Green Giant'

Thunderchild Crabapple

Malus 'Thunderchild'

Little-leaf Linden

Tilia cordata

Tiny Tim White Pine

Pinus strobus 'Tiny Tim'

Topaz Apple

Malus domestica 'Topaz'

Transparent Apple

Malus domestica 'Transparent'

Tree of Heaven

Ailanthus altissima

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Dappled Shade Trees

Various species (e.g., Acer palmatum, Gleditsia triacanthos, Cercis canadensis)

Trembling Aspen

Populus tremuloides

Jeddeloh Eastern Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis 'Jeddeloh'

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