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Perennials

Type Botanical Name Native Common Name Description Height Light Req. Zone Add to My List
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