Perennials
Type | Botanical Name | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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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 millefolium ‘Pomegranate’ | Fern Leaf Yarrow | Deep, vibrant red flowers with golden yellow centers bloom from early to late summer atop gray-green, ferny leaves. The color stays rich even with the full heat of summer. |
18-29" | Sun | 4 | |
Perennial | ACHILLEA ‘Moonshine’ | Yarrow | Sulphur-yellow flowers June through August. Silvery foliage. |
18-20 inches | Sun | 2 | |
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 | ACONITUM carmichaelii ‘Arendsii’ | Monkshood | Dark violet spikes in Sept-Oct. Excellent glossy dark-green foliage all season. |
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 | Adenophora confusa Fairybells ‘Gaudy Violet’ | Ladybells | Free flowering habit, terminal racemes of elegant, soft violet drooping bell-shaped flowers, held on upright stems well above the foliage, blooms from early summer to fall, deadhead to re-bloom, tight clumping habit with strong, healthy green foliage. |
20-28" | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | |
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 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 ‘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 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 rosea ‘Blacknight’ | 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 rugosa | Russian Hollyhock | Single lemon yellow flowers with rust-resistant wrinkled foliage. |
6-7 feet | Sun | 4 | |
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 aflatunense ‘Purple Sensation’ | Ornamental Onion | Lilac-purple 4″ spherical flower heads in May. This plant always attracts lots of attention in the garden. Goes dormant after bloom. Excellent cut. |
2-3 feet | Sun | 3 | |
Perennial | ALLIUM christophii | Ornamental Onion | Oversized 10”-12″ balls of light purple blooms in summer. |
22-24 inches | Sun | 4 | |
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 senescens ‘Glaucum’ | Ornamental Onion | Flat corkscrew shoots form a distinctive clump. Pink flowers in late summer. |
6-8 inches | Sun | 4 | |
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 montana | Bluestar | Pale blue flowers in June. Broader foliage is soft yellow in fall. Forms a full shrub-like clump. |
22-24 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | |
Perennial | AMSONIA tabernaemontana | Bluestar | Blue flowers in June. Green willow-like foliage is soft yellow in fall. |
22-24 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | |
Perennial | ANEMONE ranunculoides ‘Flore Pleno’ | Wood Anemone | Double yellow blooms in early spring. Summer dormant. |
6-8 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | |
Perennial | ANEMONE tomentosa ‘Robustissima’ | Grapeleaf Anemone | Delicate pink flowers in September. Spreads. Hardier than other tall, fall anemones. |
30-36 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | |
Perennial | ANEMONE x hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’ | Japanese Anemone | Clear white flowers atop 3’-4’ stems in fall. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |
Perennial | ANEMONE x hybrida ‘Pamina’ | Japanese Anemone | Large double purple-pink flowers starting in late summer. |
30-36 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |
Perennial | ANEMONE x hybrida ‘Whirlwind’ | Japanese Anemone | Semi-double white flowers on 2-3′ foot stems make great cut flowers. Blooms from September to October. |
2-3' feet | Part Shade/Shade | 5 | |
Perennial | ANEMONOPSIS macrophylla | False Anemone | Elegant woodland plant with waxy lavender bells in airy panicles. Summer-blooming. |
22-24 inches | Part Shade | 4 | |
Perennial | ANTENNARIA dioica ‘Rubra’ | Pussytoes | Gray mats with pink flower “tufts” in spring. Tolerant of dry conditions. |
2-4 inches | Sun | 3 | |
Perennial | AQUILEGIA vulgaris ‘Grandmother’s Garden’ | Columbine | Antique form with rose, violet and wine, short-spurred flowers in spring. |
30-36 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | |
Perennial | ARALIA cordata ‘Sun King’ | Golden Aralia | Beautiful gold foliage glows in the shade. Small clusters of white flowers in late summer are followed by purple berries. |
36-42 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | |
Perennial | ARISAEMA triphyllum | Jack in the Pulpit | Our native Jack in the Pulpit with green-bronze spathes. |
16-18 inches | Part Shade | 3 | |
Perennial | ARTEMISIA stelleriana ‘Silver Brocade’ | Beach Wormwood | Wide, lobed, silvery foliage and prostrate habit. Doesn’t sucker. |
3-4 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | |
Perennial | ARUNCUS aethusifolius | Dwarf Goatsbeard | Creamy white flower spikes over attractive delicate ferny foliage in early summer. Lovely red fall color. |
10-12 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | |
Perennial | ARUNCUS dioicus | Goatsbeard | Our native goatsbeard with creamy white plumes June through July. Dramatic and easy. |
4-5 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | |
Perennial | ARUNCUS dioicus ‘Whirlwind’ | Goatsbeard | Creamy white plumes June through July. Dramatic. Shorter than the straight species with lacy foliage. |
26-28 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | |
Perennial | ARUNCUS ‘Horatio’ | Goatsbeard | A cross between A. aesthusifolius and A. dioicus. Bronze stems with cream flowers. Foliage turns corals to reds in the autumn. |
30-36 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | |
Perennial | ARUNCUS ‘Misty Lace’ | Goatsbeard | A cross between the taller A. dioicus and more diminutive A. aethusifolius, this hybrid make a compact clump with creamy plumes in early summer. |
22-24 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | |
Perennial | ASARUM canadense | Wild Ginger | Native non-evergreen ginger with lustrous heart-shaped leaves. Unusual flowers hidden under the foliage. Makes a great groundcover. |
6-8 inches | Part Shade | 2 | |
Perennial | ASARUM europaeum | European Ginger | Distinctive shiny round leaves on an evergreen groundcover for humusy shade. |
6-8 inches | Part Shade | 4 | |
Perennial | ASCLEPIAS incarnata ‘Cinderella’ | Swamp Milkweed | Soft pink flowers in showy clusters in July. Milkweeds are excellent pollinator plants. |
12-18 inches | Sun | 3 | |
Perennial | ASCLEPIAS incarnata ‘Ice Ballet’ | Swamp Milkweed | Showy white flowers in summer. Long lasting. Good cut. |
36-42 inches | Sun | 3 | |
Perennial | ASCLEPIAS tuberosa | Butterfly Weed | Large heads of brilliant orange flowers July through August. Best in drier conditions. |
22-24 inches | Sun | 4 | |
Perennial | ASTER ericoides ‘Snow Flurry’ | Heath Aster | A dense carpet of snow-white daisies in the fall. Looks great with heathers and sedums. |
8-10 inches | Sun | 4 | |
Perennial | ASTER novae angliae ‘Alma Potschke’ | New England Aster | Hot salmon-pink flowers August through September. |
36-42 inches | Sun | 3 |