All Plants
| Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fern | ADIANTUM pedatum | Northern Maidenhair Fern | Our lovely native Maidenhair fern of delicate form and texture. Young fiddlehead emerge pink in spring. Protect from afternoon sun/heat. |
18-24 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Annual | ADROMISCHUS cristatus | Calico Hearts | Mat-forming rosettes of wedge-shaped, gray-green succulent leaves have way edges. |
2-4 inches | Tropical | |||
| Annual | AEONIUM ‘Blushing Beauty’ | Blushing Aeonium | Lovely tight clusters of rosettes; spoon-shaped green leaves tinged with red on short thick stems. |
1-2 feet | Sun | Succulent | ||
| Annual | AEONIUM ’Silver Edge’ | House Leek | Light green succulent foliage of tight rosettes that are gray green and have narrow tapered leaves that have subtle deeper green markings and tiny serrated edges. |
1-2 feet | Succulent | |||
| Annual | AEONIUM ‘Jack Catlin’ | Red Aeonium | Clumps of red-tipped rosettes. |
16-18" | Sun | Succulent | ||
| Annual | AEONIUM ‘Voodoo’ | Giant Red Aeonium | This succulent has rosettes of very dark reddish-bronze leaves on tall. stems |
3-5 feet | Sun | Succulent | ||
| Annual | AEONIUM ‘Kiwi’ | House Leek | Succulent foliage rosettes are variegated in pink, orange and green. |
8-10 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
| Tree/Shrub | AESCULUS parviflora | Bottlebrush Buckeye | A large shrub with great foliage and white bottle-brush flowers in July. Wide-spreading, it will form a dense thicket. |
8-12 feet | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | AESCULUS neglecta ‘Erythroblastus’ | Horse Chestnut | Magnificent silvery cream spring foliage turns lime green by midsummer. Slow-growing southeast native. |
30-40 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
| Annual | AGAPANTHUS praecox ‘Zambezi’ | Variegated foliage of green & gold. Large blue flower heads. |
Full sun | Overwinter Indoors | ||||
| Annual | AGAPANTHUS ‘Twister’ | Large flower heads of white and pale lavender. |
Full sun | Overwinter Indoors | ||||
| Annual | AGAPANTHUS ‘Lapis’ | Dwarf variety with bright blue flowers on sturdy stems. |
Full sun | Tropical | ||||
| Perennial | AGASTACHE ‘Blue Fortune’ | Anise Hyssop | Long-lasting lavender-blue flower spikes all summer. Foliage is fragrant. Great pollinator plant. Not long-lived, but reseeds reliably. |
2-3 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | AGASTACHE foeniculum ‘Golden Jubilee’ | Anise Hyssop | Fragrant chartreuse foliage contrasts with violet flowers. Blooms through the summer. Short-lived but reseeds readily. |
18-24 inches | Sun | 5 | ||
| Annual | AGAVE americana ‘Marginata’ | Century Plant | Gray-blue succulent strap-like foliage with bright yellow margins. |
4-6 feet | Tropical | |||
| Annual | AGERATUM ‘Lemon Lime’ | Floss Flower | Rich lavender flowers highlighted by green and lime foliage. Attracts butterflies |
14-16" | Full sun | |||
| Perennial | AJUGA Feathered Friends ‘Parrot Paradise’ | Bugleweed | Three colors on a single plant! Stunning tri-color leaves of bright yellow, orange, and red on this new ultra-hardy hybrid Ajuga, plants are topped in spring with beautifully contrasting cobalt-blue flowers. |
6" | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | AJUGA ‘Princess Leia’ | Bugleweed | Green and white variegated foliage with deep purple flowers in spring. Attracts butterflies & hummingbirds Deer resistant |
4-6" | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | AJUGA reptans ‘Black Scallop’ | Bugleweed | A cultivar with shiny, very dark burgundy scalloped foliage. Short spikes of deep blue blooms cover the plant in the spring. Slow-spreading to 3 feet wide. |
4-6 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | AJUGA reptans ‘Blueberry Muffin’ | Carpet Bugle | Forms a dense mat of rounded green leaves that start out with a nice bronze flush than covered with blueberry-colored flowers in summer. |
6-8 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | AJUGA reptans ‘Burgundy Glow’ | Bugleweed | Lovely tri-color foliage is burgundy, white and green. Flowers blue. |
4-6 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | AJUGA reptans ‘Metallica Crispa’ | Bugleweed | Distinctly curled leaves of dark bronze. Unlike other Ajuga, it’s not a rapid spreader. |
4-6 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | ALCEA ‘Blackberry Ripple’ | Ruffled double and semi-double blooms in a mix of deep purple and white. |
Full sun | 3 | ||||
| Perennial | ALCEA ‘Purple Rain’ | Hollyhocks | A true perennial form of Hollyhocks that bear tall stems of deep purple for most of the summer. |
5-6 feet | Full sun | 5 | ||
| Perennial | ALCEA rosea ‘Black Knight’ | Hollyhock | New introduction in the ‘Spotlight’ series. Black-purple single flowers; blooms first year and truly perennial (unlike the old-fashioned biennial varieties). Cut to ground after bloom. |
5-6 feet | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | ALCEA rosea ‘Radiant Rose’ | Hollyhock | Rose-pink single mallow flowers on tall, sturdy stems. This selection is from the perennial Spotlight series. |
5-6 feet | Full sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | ALCHEMILLA alpina | Lady's Mantle | A dwarf form with sprays of chartreuse flowers. |
6-8 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | ALCHEMILLA sericata ‘Gold Strike’ | Lady’s Mantle | Low tufts of grey-green scalloped foliage, with umbels of bright gold flowers late spring to early summer. |
12-14 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | ALLIUM ‘Bubble Bath’ | Large lavender balls of flowers over blue-green foliage give a big impact in the sunny garden. Attracts butterflies and bees. |
Full sun | 4 | ||||
| Perennial | ALLIUM cernuum | Nodding Onion | Clumps of flat, narrow, grass-like leaves and tiny bell-shaped, pink to lilac pink (occasionally white) flowers which appear in loose, nodding clusters. |
12-18 Inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | ALLIUM ‘Little Sapphire’ | A later blooming ornamental onion with deep purple balls of flowers mid to late summer. Rabbit & deer resistant |
Full sun | 4 | ||||
| Perennial | ALLIUM ‘Millenium’ | Ornamental Onion | Profuse 2” rosy purple umbels on strong stems in mid to late summer. |
16-20 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | ALLIUM ‘Mount Everest’ | Ornamental Onion | Creamy white, 5-inch globes top long stems from late spring to summer. Splendid grown against a dark background, and like all of the big alliums, it makes an impressive cut flower. Deer Resistant |
44-48" | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | ALLIUM schoenoprasum ‘Forescate’ | Giant flowering chives | A large-flowered selection of Common Chives, forms a low mound of grassy leaves, with rose-purple flowers in late spring. Flowers and leaves are edible. Nice as a cut flower, fresh or dried. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Clumps are easily divided in spring or fall. Deadhead to prevent self-seeding, as they will revert to regular chives. […] |
12-18 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | 2 | ||
| Perennial | ALLIUM senescens ‘Blue Eddy’ | Compact and swirling blue-green foliage topped in summer with lilac colored balls. A great plant for rock gardens. Attracts butterflies and bees Deer and rabbit resistant |
Full sun | 4 | ||||
| Perennial | ALLIUM senescens ssp. ‘Glaucum’ | Circle Onion | Flat blue-green corkscrew shoots form a distinctive clump. Pink flowers in late summer. |
6-8 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | ALLIUM senescens ‘Mongolian Gem’ | Curly Onion | Handsome blue-green, strap-like leaves are followed in late summer with 18″ stems of decorative, 2″ balls of lavender-pink flowers, growing from clusters of small bulbs which have had medicinal use throughout Europe, Siberia, Northern Asia. Bronzy-yellow fall foliage. |
18" | Full sun | 3 | ||
| Annual | ALOCASIA calodora ‘Persian Palm’ | Elephant Ears | Large bright green leaves with an undulating edge. |
3-4 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
| Annual | ALOCASIA odora ‘Maui Splash’ | Elephant Ears | Large green leaves are splashed with gold. |
24-36 inches | Part Shade | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
| Annual | ALOCASIA ‘Regal Shields’ | Elephant Ears | Shiny, deep green tropical leaves with a burgundy underside. |
24-30 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
| Annual | ALOE ‘Green Sand’ | Aloe | Thick succulent foliage speckled with white to pink bumps even along the edges. |
10-12 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Succulent | ||
| Annual | ALOE ‘Snow White’ | Aloe | Thick succulent green foliage is heavily speckled with white. |
10-12 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Succulent | ||
| Annual | ALSTROEMERIA Colorita ‘Fabiana’ | Peruvian Lily | Palest yellow with deep red streaks and variegated foliage. When dead-headed will continue to bloom throughout summer. Good cut flower Attracts hummingbirds |
8-12" | Full Sun/Part Shade | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
| Annual | ALTERNANTHERA ‘Red Threads’ | Joseph's Coat | Mounding; unusual slender leaves; forms a densely-branched, textured carpet in shades of deep burgundy. Deer resistant. |
8-12 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
| Perennial | ALYSSUM montanum ‘Mountain Gold’ | Basket of Gold | Masses of yellow blooms over evergreen silver-gray foliage in spring. Forms a low-spreading mound. Needs good drainage. Great for rock gardens. Attracts bees Deer resistant |
4-6 inches | Sun | 2 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | AMELANCHIER ‘Autumn Brilliance’ | Serviceberry | A large multi-stem shrub or small tree with white flowers in very early spring. Foliage is blue-green turning red in the autumn. Red berries in summer mature to purple and are edible. Excellent native for groves or border. |
20-25 feet | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | AMSONIA ‘Blue Ice’ | Bluestar | A new, long-blooming form with dark blue flowers. Habit is dense and mounding. |
14-16 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | AMSONIA ciliata ‘Hubrichtii’ | Bluestar | Thread-like leaves and very pale blue flowers in June-July. Awesome yellow fall color for weeks. |
22-24 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | AMSONIA ‘String Theory’ | A threadleaf and compact version of the industry standard Amsonia hubrichtii. Light periwinkle blue flowers in late spring, flowering later than ‘Storm Cloud’. Golden-orange fall color. Deer resistant. Heat and humidity tolerant. Can go several years between divisions. |
18-22 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | |||
| Perennial | AMSONIA tabernaemontana ‘Storm Cloud’ | Bluestar | In this cultivar the stems emerge near black in the spring! Typical blue flowers cover the plant in early summer. Forms a wide mound. |
24-30 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 5 |