Perennials
Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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Perennial | PAPAVER ori. ‘Queen Alexandra’ | Oriental Poppy | Large, bright salmon-pink flowers with black central blotches on strong stems late spring to early summer. Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds & bees Drought tolerant Summer dormant Deer & rabbit resistant Good cut flower |
24-36" | Full sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | PAPAVER orientale ‘Allegro’ | Oriental Poppy | Very large and brilliant orange-red blossoms with a black central blotch. Great cut flower. Attracts bees & butterflies Deer resistant |
18-20 inches | Full sun | 2 | ||
Perennial | PAPAVER orientale ‘Beauty of Livermere’ | Oriental Poppy | Huge deep red flowers with black blotches in spring. Will go dormant by mid-summer. Attracts bees, butterflies & hummingbirds Deer and rabbit resistant Drought tolerant |
30-36 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | PAPAVER orientale ‘Brilliant’ | Oriental Poppy | The name says it all. Brilliant red blooms in spring. |
30-36 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | PAPAVER orientale ‘Princess Victoria Louise’ | Oriental Poppy | Light salmon pink blooms with black spots. Goes dormant mid-summer. Attracts bees and butterflies Deer and rabbit resistant Drought tolerant |
24-30 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | PAPAVER orientale ‘Royal Wedding’ | Oriental Poppy | Beautiful pure white with black center blotches. Goes dormant mid-summer. Attracts bees and butterflies Deer and rabbit resistant Drought tolerant |
30-36 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | PAPAVER orientale ‘Little Patty’s Plum’ | Oriental Poppy | Soft plum-purple flowers with black blotches and dark purple stamens in the center. |
10-14" | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | DARMERA peltata | Umbrella Plant | Rounded leaves 6”-18″ across! Small pink flowers in clusters before the leaves in early spring. For moist sites. |
26-28 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | PELTOBOYKINIA watanabei | Peltoboykinia | A Japanese woodland saxifrage with large, deeply cut peltate leaves that emerge reddish in the spring maturing to rich green. Tiny cream flowers on tall spikes in June. |
2-3 feet | Part Shade/Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | PENSTEMON barbatus ‘Pristine Scarlet’ | Beard Tongue | Large tubular bright red flowers on well-branched stems. Drought tolerant. Attracts hummingbirds Good cut flower |
16-18 inches | Full sun | 5 | ||
Perennial | PENSTEMON barbatus ‘Pristine Blue’ | Beardtongue | Loads of bell-shaped deep blue blooms on compact flower spikes. Throughout the summer. Attracts hummingbirds Good cut flower |
15-20 inches | Sun | 5 | ||
Perennial | PENSTEMON barbatus ‘Rondo Mix’ | Beardtongue | Spikes of rich jewel-tone tubular flowers, including red, blue & purple. Attracts hummingbirds Good cut flower |
16-18" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | PENSTEMON digitalis | Smooth White Penstemon | Blooms in early summer with white or light-pink-tinted, tubular 1″ flowers. Great for wildflower and perennial gardens. |
3-4 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | PENSTEMON digitalis ‘Pocahontas’ | Foxglove Penstemon | Dark burgundy foliage topped with spikes of lavender-pink tubular flowers on dark stems in June. |
3-4 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | PENSTEMON hirsutus ‘Pygmaeus’ | Beardtongue | Dwarf creeping Penstemon with violet flowers over most of the summer. Perfect for the rock garden. |
4-6 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | PENSTEMON pinifolius ‘Steppe Suns’ | Pineleaf Beardtongue | Bright orange flowered selection of this shrubby native blooms late spring into summer; pine leaf-like foliage on woody stems. Great for the rock garden where it can get a very well drained soil and lots of sun. Attracts hummingbirds |
12-18" | Full sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | PENSTEMON ‘Prairie Dusk’ | Beard Tongue | Rose-purple tubular flowers in June-July. |
22-24 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | PENSTEMON strictus | Rocky Mountain Beardtongue | Spires of large royal-blue tubular flowers perfect for hummingbirds in late spring to early summer. Shiny semi-evergreen leaves remain fresh looking. Attracts pollinators Drought tolerant |
1-3 feet | Full sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | PEROVSKIA atriplicifolia ‘Crazy Blue’ | Russian Sage | A compact, mounding form with typical silver-gray foliage and blue flowers. |
12-18 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | PEROVSKIA atriplicifolia ‘Little Spire’ | Russian Sage | Blue flowers in late summer on short upright plants. May flop if soil is too rich. Drought tolerant Attracts butterflies, hummingbirds & bees Deer & rabbit resistant |
24-26 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | PERSICARIA ampl. ‘Firetail’ | Mountain Fleece Flower | An easy care perennial that grows quickly into a large clump of dark green foliage topped with ruby red flower spikes for many weeks in mid-summer. Does best with fertile, moist soils. Attracts bees & butterflies Good cut flower Deer & rabbit resistant |
36-48" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | PERSICARIA amplexicaulis ‘Fat Domino’ | Mountain Fleeceflower | Deep red flowers with good substance that are larger than other varieties appear on upright stems making this a wonderful cut flower. Attracts butterflies |
3-4 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | PERSICARIA bistorta ‘Hohe Tatra’ | Fleece Flower | An improved version of the ‘Superbum’ Fleece Flower with richer colored flowers and not as vigorous a spreader. Very adaptable to many gardens but it will do best in a consistently moist soil. Good cut flower |
18-24" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | PERSICARIA bistorta ‘Superbum’ | Fleece Flower | Strong spikes of light pink flowers on spreading foliage in June. Best in moist soil. |
24-26 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | PERSICARIA polymorpha | Giant Fleece Flower | Large white astilbe-like plumes blooming from July-Sept. Forms a large clump, but doesn’t run. |
5-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | PERSICARIA virginiana ‘Lance Corporal’ | Fleece Flower | Olive-green posted leaves with deep brick-red chevrons. Tall slender wands of tiny red flowers in late summer. |
24-30 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | PHLOMIS russeliana | Jerusalem Sage | Pale yellow hooded flowers in clusters encircling the sturdy stems over heart-shaped grey-green leaves. The seed pods are also very ornamental and make a wonderful dried flower. Deer and rabbit resistant Attracts birds and butterflies |
24-36 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | PHLOX divaricata ‘Chattahoochee’ | Wild Sweet William | Loose clusters of slightly fragrant, pale lavender-blue flowers with maroon throats appear at the stem tips in spring. A prolific bloomer. Attracts hummingbirds & butterflies Drought tolerant Deer tolerant |
8-12" | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | PHLOX subulata ‘Snowflake’ | Creeping Phlox | Very dark green foliage, setting off the numerous white flowers. |
6-8 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | PHLOX ‘Fashionably Early Crystal’ | Hybrid Meadow Phlox | In addition to being early blooming, it boasts a long season of color. Pure white flowers with a faint light purple eye appear from early summer well into midsummer with some rebloom in fall. The Fashionably Early series has exceptional mildew resistance. |
18-24 | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | PHLOX ‘Fashionably Early Flamingo’ | Hybrid Phlox | Light lavender pink flowers 2-3 weeks earlier than tall garden phlox over thick, leathery, mildew-resistant foliage. |
30-36 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | PHLOX ‘Fashionably Early Princess’ | Hybrid Phlox | Blooming earlier than the average Tall Garden Phlox (P. paniculata), starting about 2-3 weeks earlier. The Fashionably Early series has exceptional mildew resistance, thick leathery leaves, and a stoloniferous habit. Light fuchsia pink flowers and a darker pink eye appear well into midsummer with some rebloom in fall. |
28-30 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | PHLOX ‘Forever Pink’ | Hybrid Phlox | Large lavender pink blooms in June before tall garden phlox and after the early spring-blooming species. Will repeat bloom in the fall. Plants are compact and foliage is mildew-resistant. Developed at the Chicago Botanic Garden. |
14-16 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | PHLOX glaberrima ‘Triple Play’ | Smooth Phlox | Variegated foliage (green centers and wide white margins) and pink flowers with a dark pink eye. Shorter than the species. |
12-14 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | PHLOX paniculata ‘Jeana’ | Garden Phlox | Small pink flowers are packed in dense heads through the summer. Attractive to pollinators and long-blooming. |
2-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | PHLOX paniculata ‘Nora Leigh’ | Garden Phlox | Lovely white-edged leaves with blush-pink flowers later in the season. Very mildew resistant. |
28-30 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | PHLOX subulata ‘Drummond’s Pink’ | Creeping Phlox | Deep pink flowers with deeper pink eyes are larger than other P. subulata varieties. |
4-6 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | PHLOX subulata ‘Emerald Cushion Blue’ | Creeping Moss Phlox | Pale blue flowers completely hide foliage. |
4-6 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | PHLOX subulata ‘Emerald Pink’ | Creeping Moss Phlox | Bright pink flowers with the best foliage of the creeping phlox. |
4-6 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | PHLOX subulata ‘McDaniel’s Cushion’ | Creeping Phlox | Bright rose pink flowers over dark green foliage. |
4-6 inches | Sun | 2 | ||
Perennial | PHLOX subulata ‘Purple Beauty’ | Creeping Moss Phlox | A gorgeous clear purple with a darker purple eye. |
4-6 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | PHLOX subulata ‘Rice Creek’ | Moss Phlox | A more diminutive form of moss phlox but the flowers are full size in a screaming fuchsia pink! |
2-4 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | PHLOX subulata ‘Ronsdorfer Beauty’ | Moss Phlox | Brilliant fuchsia-pink flowers cover this creeping spring bloomer! |
4-6 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | PHLOX douglasii ‘Boranovice III’ | Moss Phlox | Rich pink flowers cover this diminutive creeping Phlox. |
2-4 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | PHLOX x ‘Woodlander Pink’ | Creeping Phlox | This cross between Creeping and Woodland Phlox produces a magical spring landscape plant that flows and tumbles over the terrain and lights up with masses of large pink flowers in early May. Evergreen and perfect for massing in part shade, this plant will really attract spring pollinators! Drought tolerant Deer resistant Pollinator magnet |
4-6 inches | Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | PHYSOSTEGIA virginiana ‘Pink Manners’ | Obedient Plant | Spikes of tubular lavender-pink flowers on an upright clump-forming plant from mid-summer into autumn. |
30-36 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | PHYTEUMA scheuchzeri | Horned Rampion | Low mounds of narrow evergreen foliage topped with spiky, ball-shaped blue flowers in early summer. |
8-12 inches | Sun | 5 | ||
Perennial | PIMPINELLA major ‘Rosea’ | Great Burnet-Saxifrage | An airy “see-through” plant with lacy foliage and soft pink flowers blooming atop sturdy stems, making this a wonderful cut flower. A branching habit results in loads of flat-topped blooms in summer, drawing beneficial insects and butterflies of diverse kinds. Outstanding in meadow plantings in large drifts or along ponds. |
24-36 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | PINELLIA tripartita ‘Free Tibet’ | Green Dragon | An interesting Asian cousin to our native Jack-in-the-Pulpit. With yellow and green irregularly variegated foliage that’s topped all summer with 18″ tall flower spikes with maroon spathe interiors. |
14-18" | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | PLATYCODON grandiflorus ‘Fairy Snow’ | Balloon Flower | Dwarf form with white flowers veined in blue. Late to emerge in the spring. |
12-14 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 |