Perennials
| Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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| Perennial | PHYSOSTEGIA virginiana ‘Pink Manners’ | Obedient Plant | Spikes of tubular lavender-pink flowers on an upright clump-forming plant from mid-summer into autumn. |
30-36 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | PHYTEUMA scheuchzeri | Horned Rampion | Low mounds of narrow evergreen foliage topped with spiky, ball-shaped blue flowers in early summer. |
8-12 inches | Sun | 5 | ||
| Perennial | PINELLIA tripartita ‘Free Tibet’ | Green Dragon | An interesting Asian cousin to our native Jack-in-the-Pulpit. With yellow and green irregularly variegated foliage that’s topped all summer with 18″ tall flower spikes with maroon spathe interiors. |
14-18" | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Perennial | PLATYCODON grandiflorus ‘Fairy Snow’ | Balloon Flower | Dwarf form with white flowers veined in blue. Late to emerge in the spring. |
12-14 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | PLATYCODON ‘Pop Star Blue’ | Balloon Flower | Huge balloon flowers on dwarf plants are a sweet pink blooming all summer. Attracts butterflies Deer & rabbit resistant |
6-8" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | PLATYCODON ‘Popstar Pink’ | Balloon Flower | Balloon-shaped clear pink buds open to huge blooms on compact plants bloom all summer. |
6-8" | Full sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | PODOPHYLLUM hexandrum ‘Majus’ | Himalayan Mayapple | A clump-forming mayapple with pink upward-facing cup-shaped flowers in early spring, before the brown, marbled leaves are fully developed. Followed by four-inch egg-shaped seed pods. |
18-20 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PODOPHYLLUM peltatum | Mayapple | Native wildflower with unique lobed leaves and red fruit in August. |
18 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | POLEMONIUM boreale ‘Heavenly Habit’ | Jacob's Ladder | Large blue, lightly fragrant flowers with white centers appear on upright stalks in spring. Glossy fern-like foliage forms a compact mound. |
10-12 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | POLEMONIUM caeruleum ‘Brise d’Anjou’ | Jacob's Ladder | ‘Brise d’Anjou’ boasts beautiful cream-and-green variegated foliage all season. Violet-blue flowers appear from late spring to early summer. This variety of Jacob’s ladder prefers rich, consistently moist, well-drained soil and cooler climates. |
12" | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | POLEMONIUM reptans | Jacob's Ladder | This woodland native bears delicate light blue flowers over a tidy mound of ladder-like foliage in late spring. |
12-18 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | POLEMONIUM reptans ‘Touch of Class’ | Jacob's Ladder | A selection from our native Jacob’s Ladder with purported better variegation, hardiness and vigor than P. ‘Stairway to Heaven’. Silvery blue spring blooms. |
14-16 inches | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | POLYGONATUM cryptanthum | Hidden Solomon's Seal | Interesting species with a pair of small cream bells hidden under a pair of yellow-green bracts. |
14-16 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | POLYGONATUM odoratum ‘Variegatum’ | Variegated Solomon’s Seal | Green, edged in white, variegated foliage with reddish stems. Attractive arching habit and small dangling bells in spring. |
8-10 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | POLYGONATUM humile | Dwarf Solomon’s Seal | Very dwarf form spreading slowly with white flowers in late spring. Nice small scale groundcover. |
6-8 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | POLYGONATUM odoratum ‘Carlisle’ | A much more distinct variegation than on the one known as ‘Variegatum’. Wide margins of creamy-white on slowly spreading stems. Dangling bells of white in spring. |
Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||||
| Perennial | POLYGONATUM ‘Prince Charming’ | Hybrid Solomon's Seal | This hybrid between P. biflorum and P. humile is covered with small white bells on arching stems in the spring. Forms a dense mat of blue-green foliage. |
12-14 inches | Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | POLYGONATUM speciosum ‘New Yorker’ | A nice clump forming Solomon’s Seal with stems emerging in different directions. This was found at the New York Botanic Gardens- hence its name. The usual white bell flowers in spring. |
Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||||
| Perennial | POLYGONATUM verticillatum | Solomon's Seal | A different Solomon’s seal with narrow foliage whorled on slightly arching stems. Small white bells dangle from the leaf axils in late spring. |
1-2 feet | Part Shade/Shade | 5 | ||
| Fern | POLYSTICHUM acrostichoides | Christmas Fern | A native, evergreen, very adaptable fern. Attractive pinnate fronds. Deer/rabbit resistant. |
12-24 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | PORTERANTHUS trifoliatus | (Gillenia) Bowman’s Root | Reddish stems sport a myriad of small white flowers on wiry stems in June-July. |
2-3 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PORTERANTHUS trifoliatus ‘Pink Profusion’ | (Gillenia) Bowman's Root | Like the species, but with clear pink flowers held above reddish leaves on deep red stems. |
2-3 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | POTENTILLA fragiformis ‘Gold Sovereign’ | Woolly Cinquefoil | Large felty green leaves with shiny white hairs and yellow flowers in spring. Low growing plant for rock garden or ground cover in well-drained soil. Tolerates heat and humidity. |
8-10 inches | Sun | 5 | ||
| Perennial | PRIMULA acaulis ‘Finish Mix’ | English Primrose | A hybrid with large flowers in early spring over compact foliage. Available in mixed colors. |
6-8 inches | Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Perennial | Primula Belarina ‘Spring Sun’ | Primrose | Large, bright yellow double blossoms cover the bright green foliage of this spring bloomer. |
4-8" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | Primula Bouquet ‘Mandarin’ | Primrose | Bright tangerine-orange double blooms all spring over crinkled green foliage. |
4-8" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PRIMULA denticulata ‘Lilac Globe’ | Drumstick Primrose | Spherical clusters of lavender-blue flowers on top of smooth stalks in early spring. One of the first primroses to bloom. Requires rich consistently moist soil. |
10-12 inches | Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PRIMULA japonica ‘Hybrids’ | Japanese Primrose | A seed selection of candelabrum types in shades of pink and red. May-June. Needs consistently moist to wet soil to be happy. |
22-24 inches | Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PRIMULA kisoana | Primrose | Rounded fuzzy foliage and hot pink flowers. Stoloniferous. Withstands drier conditions than most primrose. |
6-8 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PRIMULA Polyanthus ‘Oak Leaf Magenta’ | Bright magenta-pink flower clusters atop short stems reblooming all spring and summer. |
Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||||
| Perennial | PRIMULA polyanthus ‘Oakleaf Blue’ | With foliage that resembles oak leaves and reblooming flower clusters of a deep blue-purple this primrose is very unusual. |
Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||||
| Perennial | PRIMULA sieboldii Mix | Primrose | Downy rosettes topped with many-flowered scapes, white to deep pink flowers. Summer dormant. |
10-12 inches | Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PRIMULA vulgaris ‘Belarina Nectarine’ | English Primrose | A vigorous strain from England with large, double yellow flowers are tinged with apricot pink in spring. |
6-8 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PRIMULA vulgaris ‘Oakleaf Yellow Picotee’ | Primrose | A primrose with unusual oak-leaf shaped foliage. Bright yellow flowers with orange-red edges appear in early spring. Very hardy; compact flowering. |
12-14 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | Pulmonaria ‘Diana Clare’ | Lungwort | Silvery strap-like leaves are mildew resistant so no trimming back after bloom! Vibrant blue blooms transition to pink in summer. Attracts hummingbirds Deer & rabbit resistant |
8-12" | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | PULMONARIA ‘Shrimps on the Barbie’ | Lungwort | A wide-spreading cultivar from Terra Nova with large deep pink flowers in early spring. Leaves are speckled with silver. |
10-12 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | PULMONARIA ‘Trevi Fountain’ | Lungwort | Cobalt blue flowers in very early spring over silver-speckled foliage. |
10-12 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | PULSATILLA vulgaris ‘Papageno’ | Pasque Flower | Fringed, semi-double bell-shaped flowers in shades of blue, pink and red in early spring. Lovely seed heads. |
8-10 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | 2 | ||
| Perennial | PULSATILLA vulgaris ‘Rubra’ | Pasque Flower | Mounds of ferny foliage produce large burgundy-red goblets with bright yellow stamens. Fluffy seed heads are very ornamental. |
8-12" | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PYCNANTHEMUM muticum | Clustered Mountain Mint | Mint-scented foliage topped by silver bracts and pink flowers in summer. Attracts bees & butterflies Drought tolerant |
2-3 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PYCNANTHEMUM tenuifolium | Slender Mountain Mint | A plant native to dry prairies and roadsides with very narrow mint-scented foliage. Clusters of small white flowers appear mid to late summer. |
2-3 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | RATIBIDA pinnata | Grayhead Coneflower | A drought tolerant North American native. Composite flowers over large, pinnate leaves have narrow cylindrical cones and long, yellow reflexed ray petals. Blooms through the summer. |
3-5 feet | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | RHEUM palmatum ‘Tanguticum’ | Ornamental Rhubarb | Large leaves veined and reversed purple. Spikes of rosy flowers in spring. Moist sites. |
5-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | RODGERSIA pinnata ‘Superba’ | Rodger's Flower | Bold pinnately compound to palmate leaves tinged with red in the spring. Plumes of pink flowers in midsummer. Deer & rabbit resistant Good cut flower |
3-4 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | RUDBECKIA ‘American Gold Rush’ | Black-eyed Susan | The foliage is thin, fuzzy and shows no signs of fungus even in wet or humid conditions. Compact plant produces a dome of yellow daisy flowers from summer through fall. |
20-24" | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | RUDBECKIA fulgida ‘Deamii’ | Black-Eyed Susan | Similar to R. ‘Goldstrum’ with slightly smaller golden yellow blooms and taller habit. |
30-36 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | RUDBECKIA fulgida var. speciosa ‘Prairie Blaze’ | Black-Eyed Susan | A very floriferous, more compact variety with golden yellow blooms in the summer. |
14-16 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | RUDBECKIA ‘Glitters Like Gold’ | Black-Eyed Susan | Clean foliage that is resistant to septoria leaf spot. 3″ gold flowers appear summer through fall. Not fussy and will grow anywhere except in wet soils. Loved by butterflies and pollinators. |
24-36 inches | Full sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | RUDBECKIA ‘Goldblitz’ | Black-eyed Susan | Very resistant to leaf spot with bright flowers all summer long. The best low maintenance perennials. Attracts bees & butterfies Deer resistant Drought tolerant |
24-28" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | RUDBECKIA laciniata ‘Herbstonne’ | Cutleaf Coneflower | Late flowering coneflower with masses off golden-yellow daisies with dark brown cones. Sturdy stems and cut-leaf foliage make this a stand out perennial for the back of the border. |
4-7 feet | Sun | 3 |