All Plants
| Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | CRASSULA arborescens ssp. undulatifolia | Wavy Jade | Wavy succulent foliage forms a compact mound. Leaves are bluish-grey with dark green dots and purple edges. |
6-8 inches | Full sun | Tropical | ||
| Annual | CRASSULA perforata var. falcata | Sickle Plant | What a cool plant! Gray-green, succulent, sickle-shaped leaves alternate in a tight clump. |
12-18 inches | Succulent | |||
| Annual | CRASSULA perforata ‘Variegata’ | String of Buttons | Succulent triangular leaves are edged in cream to pink and form small upright stacks. |
9-12 inches | Sun | Succulent | ||
| Annual | CRASSULA picturata | Tiger Jade | Their leaves are usually bright green with small, dark speckles across the surface. The thick, fleshy leaves feature intricate dark green or blackish-green patterns of vibrant bright lime green or yellow bands. |
4-6" | Full sun | Succulent | ||
| Perennial | CROCOSMIA ‘Emily McKenzie’ | Brilliant orange blooms with a red band and a yellow eye of arching stems are a sure hummingbird favorite! It will benefit from a good mulch layer when the soil freezes in fall. |
Full sun | 5 | ||||
| Perennial | CROCOSMIA ‘Lucifer’ | Crocosmia | Brilliant flame-red flowers in summer on arched stems. Broad, sword-like foliage for interesting accent. This is one of the hardiest cultivars. |
30-36 inches | Sun | 5 | ||
| Annual | CUPHEA ignea ‘David Verity’ | Firecracker Plant | Bright orange, 1”-2″ tubular flowers that hummingbirds love. Blooms through the heat of the summer. |
2-3 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
| Annual | CUPHEA varia ‘Caribbean Sunset’ | Firecracker Plant | Covered all season with delicate orange flowers that have yellow faces and purple ears. Attracts hummingbirds |
12-15" | Full sun | |||
| Annual | CUPHEA purpurea ‘Firefly’ | Bat-faced Cuphea | Large, cherry-red, winged flowers through the summer are attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. |
18-20 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
| Perennial | CYCLAMEN hederifolium | Cyclamen | Delicate blush pink flowers with reflexed petals over beautiful marbled heart-shaped leaves in the autumn. Summer dormant. |
4-6 inches | Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Annual | CYNOGLOSSUM amabile ‘Blue Showers’ | Chinese Forget-Me-Not | True-blue, forget-me-not flowers on branching stems. |
15-30" | Sun | 6 | ||
| Annual | DAHLIA ‘Bishop of Llandaff’ | Dahlia | This showy cultivar has dark purple foliage and single red 4″ flowers through the summer. Store the roots in a frost free location over the winter. |
2-4 feet | Sun | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
| Annual | DAHLIA ‘Bishop of Canterbury’ | Dahlia | Another dark foliage form with deep red peony flowers. |
2-4 feet | Sun | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
| Annual | DAHLIA Dalaya ‘Pink & Lemon’ | Dahlia | Single to semi-double pink flowers shot through with streaks of lemon yellow. Attracts butterflies Good cut flower |
18-24" | Full sun | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
| Annual | DAHLIA ‘Gold Crown’ | Dahlia | Large, spiky gold-orange flowers on strong stems from June to Sept. |
3 feet | Sun | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
| Annual | DAHLIA ‘Karma Corona’ | Dahlia | Glowing salmon orange double blooms with quilled petals held upright on sturdy stems. |
2-3 feet | Full sun | Tropical | ||
| Annual | DAHLIA ‘Karma Lagoon’ | Dahlia | Lush magenta and violet-blue blooms. |
2-3 feet | Sun | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
| Annual | DAHLIA ‘Karma Prospero’ | Dahlia | Soft lilac pink double waterlily-shaped blooms are held upright on sturdy stems. |
3-4 feet | Sun | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||
| Annual | DAHLIA ‘Mystic Fantasy’ | Dark bronze foliage accents the bright hot pink flowers. |
Full sun | Overwinter Dormant Indoors | ||||
| Perennial | DALEA purpurea | Prairie Clover | Bright lavender flowers in cylindrical heads on bushy plants. Very floriferous. Native prairie plant. |
24-30 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | DAPHNE x burkwoodii ‘Carol Mackie’ | Burkwood Daphne | Green leaves with cream edges. Pink buds open to intensely fragrant white flowers in spring. |
3-5 feet | Sun | 3 | ||
| Annual | DATURA ‘Yellow Ruffles’ | Angel's Trumpet | Huge 6″ double flowers on bushy plants. The seeds are very toxic. |
36-48 | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
| Annual | DATURA innoxia ‘Evening Fragrance’ | Jimson Weed | Large upward facing trumpet shaped white flowers up to 8 inches across with pale lavender edge are sweetly fragrant in the evening. |
24-36" | Full Sun/Part Shade | Overwinter Indoors | ||
| Annual | DATURA inoxia ‘Belle Blanche’ | Jimson Weed | Large, white trumpet-shaped flowers over large leaves. Habit is sprawling so give it room! The blooms smell somewhat of lemons! |
2-3 feet | Full sun | Tropical | ||
| Perennial | DEINANTHE bifida | Umbrella Leaf | A herbaceous Hydrangea relative with large, felted foliage cleft into two lobes and nodding, white waxy cups in summer. |
22-24 inches | Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Perennial | DELOSPERMA cooperi | Ice Plant | Low mat of succulent foliage with large red-purple flowers through the summer. Grow in a protected trough in Vermont. |
2-4 inches | Sun | 5 | ||
| Perennial | DELOSPERMA ‘Fire Spinner’ | Ice Plant | Striking orange and purple flowers through the spring over mats of apple-green succulent foliage. Listed at Zone 5, but will need excellent drainage. |
2-4 inches | Sun | 5 | ||
| Perennial | DELOSPERMA ‘Red Mountain Flame’ | Ice Plant | Orange-red with white centers blooms from spring to frost on low spreading plants. Requires very well drained soil. One of the hardier ice plants. |
2-4 inches | Sun | 5 | ||
| Fern | DENNSTAEDTIA punctilobula | Hay-scented Fern | Spreading to create an emerald green ground cover. Vigorous deciduous fern for dry or wet locations. Will tolerate sun or shade. Soft yellow-green fronds turn yellow in fall. The fronds release the scent of new mown hay when crushed. |
18-24 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
| Grass | DESCHAMPSIA caespitosa ‘Goldgehaenge’ | Tufted Hair Grass | Evergreen tufts to 12″ with golden yellow inflorescences held above the foliage. |
30-36 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Grass | DESCHAMPSIA caespitosa ‘Pixie Fountain’ | Tufted Hair Grass | A dwarf form with features similar to others, only smaller! |
12-14 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | DEUTZIA gracilis ‘Nikko’ | Slender Deutzia | Dwarf shrub covered with white flowers in June. Forms a graceful spreading mound. Foliage turns burgundy in the fall |
1-2 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | DEUTZIA gracilis Yuki Kabuki® | Slender Deutzia | Deutzia ‘NCDX3’ PP36667, CBRAF | Proven Winners® Color Choice® Profuse clusters of pink spring flowers. Attractive mounding form never needs pruning. |
2-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Perennial | DIANTHUS ‘Angel of Charm’ | Very fragrant crimson-red frilled flowers with pink eyes and pink spots bloom at the ends of the stems from mid spring to late summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. Its attractive narrow leaves remain grayish green in color throughout the year. |
Full sun | 4 | ||||
| Perennial | DIANTHUS barbatus ‘Purple Picotee’ | Sweet William | Clusters of fragrant purple flowers with a white picot edge all summer long. Deer/rabbit resistant. Attracts bees/butterflies. Prefers sandier soils. Pruning plants back hard after blooming will encourage them to survive for another year. |
10-12 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | DIANTHUS deltoids ‘Zing Rose’ | Garden Pinks | Dwarf, tufted, green foliage with deep rose flowers. Deer resistant. Attracts butterflies. Prefers sandier soils. Shear after first flush to encourage early fall rebloom. If allowed to form seed, it will self-sow freely. |
6-8 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | DIANTHUS gratianopolis ‘Bath’s Pink’ | Cheddar Pinks | Spicy fragrant, single pink flowers with a deeper pink center on low spreading mounds of green needle-like foliage spring to early summer. Attracts bees & butterflies Drought tolerant Deer resistant |
6-8" | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | DIANTHUS gratianopolitanus ‘Tiny Rubies’ | Cheddar Pinks | Dwarf, low-growing, mat-forming. Dense mounds of gray-green foliage. Double pink flowers in June. Deer resistant. Attracts butterflies. Prefers sandier soils. Shear after first flush to encourage early fall rebloom. |
2-4 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | DIANTHUS Mt. Frost ‘Ruby Glitter’ | Rosy-red single blossoms with creamy blotches over silver-grey foliage. Long bloom time, from spring to fall. |
Full sun | 5 | ||||
| Perennial | DIANTHUS Mtn. Frost ‘Pink Pompom’ | Fragrant rose-pink double flowers all summer over silver-grey foliage that stays neat and tidy. |
Full sun | 5 | ||||
| Perennial | DIANTHUS ‘MTN. FROST GARNET RED’ | Pinks | Extra large deep red flowers with continuous bloom spring through fall. Deadheading will increase bloom time. Attracts butterflies Deer resistant Drought tolerant |
10-12 inches | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | DIANTHUS ‘MTN. FROST RUBY SNOW’ | Cheddar Pinks | White fringed petals with a dark pink eye. Blooms continuously from spring through to fall. |
6-8 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | DIANTHUS ‘Pink Fire’ | Large, double brilliant flowers over needle-like blue foliage from early to mid summer. Loves hot and sunny gardens. Drought tolerant |
Full sun | 3 | ||||
| Perennial | DIANTHUS ‘Vivid Bright Light’ | Pinks | Blooming from spring to fall with brilliant pink single flowers covering the mounding plant with tidy blue-green foliage. Continuous bloom with deadheading making it a great addition to mixed planters. |
6-8" | Full sun | 5 | ||
| Perennial | DIANTHUS GRAT. ‘EDGEHOG’ | A Dianthus with variegated foliage! Bright pink double flowers are highly fragrant. Drought tolerant Deer resistant |
Full sun | 4 | ||||
| Perennial | DICENTRA spectabilis ‘Alba’ | Old Fashioned Bleeding Heart | Pure white form of D. spectabilis. Beautiful and long-blooming. May go dormant by midsummer. Deer/rabbit tolerant. Attracts pollinators. |
28-30 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | DICENTRA spectabilis ‘Valentine’ | Old Fashioned Bleeding Heart | A redder cultivar of old-fashioned bleeding heart. Dark red stems. May go dormant mid-summer. Deer/rabbit tolerant. Attracts pollinators. |
24-36 inches | Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Annual | DICHONDRA argentea ‘Silver Falls’ | Silver Falls Dichondra | Mat-forming with long draping stems of silver, pubescent foliage. Drought-tolerant. Excellent in containers. |
2-4 foot spread | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
| Perennial | DICTAMNUS albus ‘Purpureus’ | Gas Plant | Long-lived, attractive shrub-like perennial with spears of unique mauve flowers in June. Followed by attractive seed capsules with shiny black seeds. |
30-36 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | DICTAMNUS albus ‘Albiflorus’ | Gas Plant | Long-lived, attractive shrub-like perennial with spears of unique white flowers in June, followed by attractive seed capsules with shiny black seeds. |
30-36 inches | Sun | 4 |