Perennials
Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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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 ‘Heartthrob’ | Yarrow | Bright red flowers held on strong upright stems over bluish-green ferny foliage. Well branched and tighter clumps. Keeping spent flowers trimmed back will encourage continued flowering. |
18" | Full sun | 3 | ||
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 ‘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 ‘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 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 | 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 | ||
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 | ||
Annual | AGASTACHE ‘Kudos Gold’ | Dwarf Hummingbird Mint, Hyssop | Forms a compact, full mound of yellow-orange spikes; especially long-blooming, fragrant, and pollinator/hummingbird attracting. Deer resistent. |
16-18 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 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 | 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 Spring Celebrities ‘Pink’ | Hollyhock | Shorter than most Hollyhocks, this one produces sturdy stems of large soft pink flowers from mid to late summer. |
24-36 inches | Full sun | 5 | ||
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 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 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 moly ‘Jeannine’ | Ornamental Onion | Bright yellow starlike flowers clustered into a ball on 10-12″ stems in early summer. |
10-12" | Full sun | 3 | ||
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 ssp. ‘Glaucum’ | Circle Onion | Flat 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 thunbergii ‘Ozawa’ | Ornamental Onion | Rock garden plant with masses of deep pink umbels in autumn. Great late season bloom. |
8-10 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
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 ‘Starstruck’ | Blue Star | Emerging in spring with dark stems forming compact clumps with deep green leaves that have a white contrasting mid-rib and is covered through June in sky blue starry flowers, blooming a little later than most other Amsonias. Deer resistant Attracts bees Great cut flower |
18-20 | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 |