Perennials
Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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Perennial | HOSTA montana ‘Mountain Snow’ | Hosta | Narrow pure white margins on a shiny green leaf. Large. |
26-28 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Neat Splash’ | Hosta | Compact green and gold variegated hosta. Excellent late summer purple flowers. Small. |
8-10 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Olive Bailey Langdon’ | Hosta | Large dark green foliage edged in gold — a sport of H. ‘Frances Williams’ without the tendency to get leaf-burn. Large. |
36-42 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Pandora’s Box’ | Hosta | A tiny gem of a hosta (great for a fairy garden!) with 2″ tightly packed leaves that have blue-green margins and white centers streaked with green. Deep lavender flowers in summer. |
4-6 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Paul’s Glory’ | Hosta | Chartreuse center changes to gold with dark blue-green margins. Particularly vivid leaf color. Medium. |
24-26 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Pineapple Upside Down Cake’ | Hosta | Narrow, rippled, gold foliage edged in green. Leaves are very long and pointed. Fast-growing. Medium. |
18-20 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Prairie’s Edge’ | Hosta | Very dark green leaf margins frame the bright green-gold centers, and light green colorations appears where the margin and the centers overlap. Lavender flowers in midsummer. |
18 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Pure Heart’ | Mini Hosta | A sport of the mini Hosta ‘Mighty Mouse’ with the variegation reversed. Creamy white leaves of heavy substance edged in green. |
4-6 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Purple Lady Fingers’ | Hosta | Compact mounds of very narrow, lance-shaped green foliage are topped with 20 inch scapes of showy dark purple buds that never fully open. |
12-15 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Queen Josephine’ | Hosta | Very glossy dark green leaves with yellow margins fading to cream. Medium. |
16-18 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Raspberry Sundae’ | Hosta | Small hosta with foliage centered in cream and dark burgundy petioles and flower stalks. Deep lavender purple flowers appear in August. |
8-10 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Red Hot Poker’ | Hosta | Shiny green foliage of good substance with cream margins and striking red flower scapes. Medium. |
14-16 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Reversed Patriot’ | Hosta | As name suggests, this hosta has the reverse color of H. ‘Patriot’: white centers and dark green margins. Vigorous. Medium-large. |
22-24 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Royal Standard’ | Hosta | Vigorous hybrid of H. plantaginea with white fragrant flowers in the summer.Medium. |
24-26 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Shade Fanfare’ | Hosta | Light green to yellow heart-shaped leaves with wide creamy margin. Medium. |
18-20 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA sieboldiana ‘Frances Williams’ | Hosta | Round, puckered blue-green leaf with a wide gold edge. White flowers. Large. |
28-30 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘So Sweet’ | Hosta | Wonderfully fragrant white flowers in late summer that attract hummingbirds. Glossy dark green leaves are edged in yellow; margins fade to creamy white by late summer. |
12 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Sugar and Cream’ | Hosta | Fragrant white flowers in August above creamy-margined green leaves. Medium. |
20-22 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Sugar Daddy’ | Hosta | Large, blue distinctly cupped foliage with narrow cream margins. Large. |
18-20 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Sum and Substance’ | Hosta | Huge chartreuse-green rounded leaves. This is the largest and fastest growing hosta that we have seen. Fantastic! |
36-42 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Sun Mouse’ | Dwarf Hosta | Like H. ‘Blue Mouse Ears’ with bright yellow foliage and a shorter and wider habit. From Plant Delights nursery. |
4-6 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Sweet Innocence’ | Hosta | Fragrant near white blooms in summer over thick light green leaves edged with a wide band of cream. Medium. |
14-16 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘The Razor’s Edge’ | Hosta | Green leaves are long and narrow with ruffled edges and white backs. Lavender flowers in summer. Small. |
8-10 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Tokudama Flavocircinalis’ | Hosta | Big, heart-shaped leaves with blue green centers and wide, lime green edges in early summer, then they transition to green and gold. Interesting texture. Fragrant white flowers in midsummer. Upright growth habit resists slug damage. |
15-18 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Tootie Mae’ | Hosta | Heavily corrugated, round blue leaves with a wide yellow margin and will hold its color all summer long. Flowers are near white. |
16-18" | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Vanilla Cream’ | Hosta | Chartreuse blend of gold to cream. Tidy clump. Small. |
10-12 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA venusta | Dwarf Hosta | A true mini with tiny rounded leaves. Cute as a bug’s ear. |
Under 4 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Voices in the Wind’ | Hosta | Blue-green wedge-shaped leaves have very ruffled, creamy yellow margins. Pale lavender flowers appear in mid to late summer. |
14-18" | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Waterslide’ | Hosta | Striking wavy, ruffled blue-gray foliage holds its color well into the summer. |
14-16 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘White Feather’ | Hosta | A small hosta with foliage that opens white! Slowly turns green by midsummer starting with the veins. Striking contrast. |
10-12 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Wiggles and Squiggles’ | Hosta | Long narrow leaves are bright yellow with wavy margins. Dwarf. |
8-10 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Wolverine’ | Hosta | Long tapering shiny blue-green leaves with wide, rippled gold margins. Fast-growing with a unique cascading habit. Medium. |
16-18 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Wu-La-La’ | Funkia | Blue-green leaves have striking apple-green margins and is a sport of ‘Empress Wu’ with the size and presence of the massively popular hosta. Attracts butterflies |
36-48" | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | Hosta ‘Little Treasure’ | Plantain Lily | Wide blue-green margins, creamy-white center. Lavender flowers in mid-summer. |
6-10 inches Mini | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Snake Eyes’ | Plantain Lily | Large, a sport of ‘Striptease’ that has a more prominent white line between margin and center. Fast grower with lavender flowers. |
24" | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | Hosta ‘Warwick Comet’ | Plantain Lily | Medium size variety. Corrugated, cupped leaves are dark green with a gold center; center will become creamy-white in late summer. |
14-16 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HOSTA ‘Yellow River’ | Hosta | Long, broadly lance-shaped dark green foliage with a cream edge and good substance. Large. |
28-30 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HYACINTHOIDES hispanica | Spanish Bluebells | These spring blooming bulbs make a wonderful addition to sunny beds and borders increasing every year with fragrant blue bells. |
10-12 Inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HYDRASTIS canadensis | Goldenseal | A native ground cover for moist, shady gardens. Interesting roughly creased leaves produce a flower from the leaf stem of many white stamens in mid-late spring. Each flower turns into a raspberry-like fruit loved by birds. |
10-15 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | HYLOMECON japonicum | Japanese Wood Poppy | Rich yellow-orange flowers over pinnate foliage in spring. |
8-10 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | HYSSOPUS officianalis | Hyssop | A shrubby perennial with aromatic semi-evergreen foliage and spikes of blue flowers in late summer. A medicinal plant often used in herb gardens. |
18-24 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | IBERIS sempervirens ‘Purity’ | Candytuft | A compact early spring bloomer with covered with white flowers. Habit is mounded and foliage is evergreen and creates a dense carpet of blooms. Attracts butterflies |
8-10 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | IRIS ‘Black Gamecock’ | Louisiana Iris | Louisiana iris grow best in consistently moist soil or shallow water. They bloom in late spring, early summer after bearded and Siberian iris. This cultivar has great vigor and large 4-6 inch deep purple flowers that open flat to display narrow yellow signals. Listed as Zone 4, we’ll see! |
2-3 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | IRIS cristata | Crested Iris | Spreading mats of charming foliage and delicate blue flowers in spring. |
6-8 inches | Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | IRIS ensata ‘Geisha Girl’ | Japanese Iris | Large light lavender blooms are veined with darker purple. |
36-40 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | IRIS ensata ‘Good Omen’ | Japanese Iris | Nearly black flowers with prominent orange markings. |
30-36 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | IRIS ensata ‘Lion King’ | Japanese Iris | Gigantic 7-8″ flowers are fully double, with standards and falls much larger than the species. Each petal displays a wide, grape purple edge that feathers into the pure white center. A small sunshine yellow signal is tucked down into the base of each widely ruffled petal. |
3-4' | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | IRIS ensata ‘Picotee Wonder’ | Japanese Iris | Large white flowers with a wide purple edge. |
28-36 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | IRIS ensata ‘Royal Robes’ | Japanese Iris | Large flat deep purple flowers with a bright yellow signal. |
24-48" | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | IRIS ensata ‘Stippled Ripples’ | Japanese Iris | Large white flowers are edged in purple. |
36-40 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 |