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 mill. ‘Sassy Summer Sunset’ | Yarrow | Taller and more robust form making excellent glowing burnt orange flowers that fade to a peachy-gold. They also dry well. |
2.5-3' | Full sun | 3 | ||
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 millefolium ‘Paprika’ | Fern Leaf Yarrow | Luscious apple red and paprika-colored flowers with sulphur yellow centers bloom from early to late summer atop gray-green, ferny leaves. |
18-24 | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | ACHILLEA ‘Moonshine’ | Yarrow | Sulphur-yellow flowers June through August. Silvery foliage. |
18-20 inches | Sun | 2 | ||
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 ‘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 | ACHILLEA ‘Saucy Seduction’ | Yarrow | Long-blooming yellow-centered rosy-pink blooms on sturdy, upright plants. Best grown in lean soils. |
18-20 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | ACHILLEA ‘Strawberry Seduction’ | Yarrow | Long-blooming yellow-centered red blooms on a sturdy, upright plant. Best grown in lean soils. |
16-18 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | ACHILLEA ‘Sunny Seduction’ | Yarrow | Bright butter-yellow blooms through the summer. Best grown in lean soils. |
22-24 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | ACHILLEA mill. ‘Sassy Summer Lemon’ | Yarrow | Taller and more robust form makes excellent bright yellow cut flowers that also dry well. |
2.5-3' | Full 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 fischeri | Monkshood | Strong stems that don’t require staking. Lovely late summer hooded blue-violet flower spikes. |
18-24 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
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 | ACONITUM napellus | Monkshood | Deep purplish blue blooms in mid-late summer on rigid, leafy stems. Keep from drying out, but also provide good drainage. Deer/rabbit resistant, and toxic enough that gloves are suggested for handling. Best left undisturbed after planting, so site carefully. |
2-4 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | ACONITUM uncinatum | Southern Blue Monkshood | A US native climbing monkshood? Yes it is! Delicately twining through surrounding shrubs with deep blue hooded flowers from late summer to late fall. Deer & rabbit resistant |
3-5' | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
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 | ||
Perennial | ACTAEA pachypoda | Baneberry | White flowers followed in spring by distinctive white fruit held on red pedicels. This native plant is poisonous. |
12-24 inches | Part Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | ACTAEA rubra | Red Baneberry | Native plant for shade or woodland areas. Delicate white flowers in round clusters appear in spring followed by bright red berries (which are poisonous). |
12-24 inches | Part Shade | 3 | ||
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 Boa’ | Anise Hyssop | Dense spikes of deep violet-blue flowers over dark green foliage. Blooms through the summer and is a pollinator magnet. |
28-30 inches | Sun | 5 | ||
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 rugosa ‘Little Adder’ | Anise Hyssop | Compact and well branched with loads of lavender-blue spikes that attract all the pollinators to your garden from spring to fall. Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds Deer & rabbit resistant |
12-24" | Full 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 ‘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 ‘Chocolate Chip’ | Bugleweed | Very small chocolate-colored leaves and blue flowers mid-late spring. Great ground cover that spreads readily and is deer/rabbit resistant. |
2-4 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 | AJUGA reptans ‘Pink Lightning’ | Bugleweed | Nicely variegated pale green leaves edged in cream. Pretty lavender-pink spring flowers in spring |
4-6 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | ALCEA ficifolia ‘Las Vegas’ | Hollyhock | A single-flowered species that is more resistant to rust. This strain is a mixture of bright shades of pink, red, yellow and white. |
5-6 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
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 ‘Mars Magic’ | Hollyhock | New introduction in the ‘Spotlight’ series. Bright red single flowers; blooms first year and 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 | ALCEA rosea ‘Sunshine’ | Hollyhocks | Large, bright yellow, single flowers along tall and sturdy stems flowering from June to August. Part of the Spotlight series making this a true perennial. Attracts butterflies & hummingbirds |
5-6' | Full sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | ALCHEMILLA erythropoda | Dwarf Lady's Mantle | A low growing plant with rounded leaves that catch the raindrops and turn them into glittering diamonds! (Not really). It’s covered in clouds of chartreuse sprays in mid-summer. Really great for blending colors in the border. A tough and easy to grow perennial. |
5-6 inches | sun to part shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | ALCHEMILLA mollis | Ladies Mantle | Large scalloped leaves catch the morning dew and transform the droplets into diamonds! It’s magic! Clouds of frothy chartreuse flowers are produced May-June. |
12-18 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 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 ‘Gladiator’ | Ornamental Onion | An A. aflatunenese cross with outstanding rose-purple 4”-6″ flower heads in late spring. |
3-4 feet | Sun | 3 | ||
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 ‘Medusa’ | Ornamental Onion | Profuse 2” lavender-purple globes in midsummer over a mound of twisted gray-green foliage. Great pollinator plant. |
20-24 inches | 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 |