Perennials
| Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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| Perennial | Clematis ‘Jackmanii Superba’ | Clematis | Covered with a profusion of dark velvety mauve flowers, with a deeper reddish flush along the midrib with greenish-cream anthers. The 4-petaled blossoms are held wide open and measure 5 in. across. Flowers are followed by silky seed heads. Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds |
10-12' | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | Primula denticulata ‘Ronsdorf Strain’ | Drumstick Primrose | Balls of clustered flowers in a mix of red, blue, lavender, lilac and white. Prefers woodlands. |
10-12 | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | ACANTHUS spinosus | Bear's Breeches | Spikes of white flowers backed with dark red bracts in the summer. Impressive, deeply cut, dark green, thistle-like foliage. Makes a great architectural accent. Needs excellent drainage in the winter. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Perennial | ACHILLEA ‘Terracotta’ | Yarrow | A vigorous, early-blooming variety with large burnt orange flower heads. Habit is compact. |
12-18 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | ACHILLEA ‘Little Moonshine’ | Yarrow | A smaller version of A. ‘Moonshine’ with the same lemon yellow flower umbels and feathery gray-green foliage. |
10-12 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | ACHILLEA ‘New Vintage Red’ | Bright red clusters on sturdy stems from early summer to early autumn. A wonderful butterfly magnet! |
Full sun | 4 | ||||
| Perennial | ACHILLEA ‘New Vintage Violet’ | Yarrow | Compact variety has a tidy plant habit, with bold, violet red tightly held flowers that keep their color longer into the summer. Drought tolerant. Deer/rabbit resistant. Reflowers well, deadheading helps! |
12-14 inches | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | ACHILLEA ‘New Vintage White’ | Yarrow | Features pure white flower clusters over compact, ferny, green foliage. Excellent for cutting, fresh or dried. Deadhead regularly to promote continued blooming. Spreads moderately, so it’s best to divide regularly in fall or spring. Deer/rabbit resistant. Drought tolerant. |
12-14 inches | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | ACHILLEA ‘Pink Grapefruit’ | Long lasting bunches of bright pink flowers fading to soft pink blooming from early to late summer. |
Full sun | 3 | ||||
| Perennial | ACHILLEA ‘Sassy Summer Sangria’ | Yarrow | Taller than other varieties this Yarrow has bright red flower clusters in summer and with a good rebloom if deadheaded. |
30-36 | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | ACHILLEA ‘Sassy Summer Taffy’ | Yarrow | Taller and sturdier stems help this yarrow stand out with bright pink flower heads in summer with good rebloom if deadheaded. |
30-36" | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | ACONITUM cammarum ‘Bicolor’ | Monkshood | Unusual and earlier blooming monkshood! Adaptable from full sun to moderate shade. May need staking. Does not like to dry out. Great cut flower. Deer/rabbit resistant. |
3-4 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 2 | ||
| Perennial | ACONITUM carmichaelii ‘Arendsii’ | Monkshood | Dark violet spikes in Sept-Oct. Excellent glossy dark-green foliage all season. Deer & rabbit resistant |
48-54 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | ACONITUM krylovii | Krylov's Monkshood | Creamy white hooded flowers on tall spikes mid to late summer. Deep green foliage holds up well after bloom. |
4-5 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | ACTAEA foetida | Stinking Bugbane | Shiny deep green foliage with branched spikes of creamy white flower in late summer. If you break a stem it has been known to smell a bit skunky hence the name. Attracts bees & butterflies |
4-5' | Part Shade | 4 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 karataviense | Turkestan Onion | Golf ball sized lavender globes over broad blue-green foliage in early summer. Goes dormant after bloom. |
8-10 inches | Sun | 5 | ||
| 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 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 | ||
| Perennial | ALLIUM ‘Windy City’ | Ornamental Onion | Dwarf ornamental onion with rich purple balls of flowers on dark purple stems. The seed heads are also ornamental for winter interest. |
15-18 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Perennial | ANCHUSA capensis ‘Blue Angel’ | Bugloss | Bright blue forget-me-not flowers over shrubby plants with fuzzy foliage. Blooms early summer with brilliant cobalt-blue flowers. |
12-14 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | ANDROMEDA polifolia ‘Blue Ice’ | Bog Rosemary | Low-growing mound of evergreen icy blue foliage blanketed by masses of nodding, bell-shaped, small, pink flowers in early spring. Compact, spreading habit. Great in rock gardens and as groundcover along stream margins. |
1 foot | Sun/Part Shade | 2 | ||
| Grass | ANDROPOGON gerardii ‘Red October’ | Big Bluestem | Foliage starts deep green with some red highlights, as the season progresses the color becomes more and more red increasing to deep burgundy. Late season brings fluffy flower heads that are shades of red. |
5-6 feet | Full sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | ANEMONE ‘Dawn Breaker’ | Bright pink Anemone that blooms in late spring on compact plants. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||||
| Perennial | ANEMONE ‘Frilly Knickers’ | Elegant white bicolor flowers are semi-double, with ruffled edges. Petal back sides are pale lavender, giving a pale pink effect from the front. Dark stems completely cover a compact clump of leathery, olive green foliage. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 |