Perennials
| Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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| Perennial | RUDBECKIA maxima | Great Coneflower | Large, silver-blue leaves. Late, light yellow flowers and very large brown cones. Looks like something out of Dr. Suess! |
6-7 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | RUDBECKIA subtomentosa ‘Little Henry’ | Sweet Coneflower | Numerous light yellow daisies with rolled, quill-like petals on strong upright stems in late summer. Shorter and less floppy than similar R. ‘Henry Eilers’. |
3-4 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | RUELLIA humilis | Wild Petunia | Native perennial Petunia for dry or shallow soils that is well suited to rock gardens. It has lovely purple trumpet flowers in midsummer. Rare, although it shouldn’t be! Light purple flowers appear between June and July. |
8-12" | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SAGINA subulata ‘Aurea’ | Gold Irish Moss | Bright gold-green mats of tight moss-like foliage. White flowers. Best foliage color with morning sun and afternoon shade. |
2-4 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SALVIA azurea var. grandiflora | Pitcher Sage | Blooming from mid-summer to frost with airy wands of sky blue. Tolerant of a wind range of conditions. A beautiful addition to meadow plantings. Attracts pollinators Deer resistant Drought tolerant |
3-5 feet | Full sun | 5 | ||
| Perennial | SALVIA Color Spires ‘Azure Snow’ | Garden Sage | Forming a compact clump of deep violet blue and white bicolor flowers with attractive dark green foliage. |
18-20" | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SALVIA Color Spires ‘Indiglo Girl’ | Meadow Sage | Indigo blue flowers are held in dark calyxes on a bushy mound of foliage. Attracts bees, butterflies & hummingbirds Good cut flower Drought tolerant Deer & rabbit resistant |
20-22" | Full sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SALVIA nemorosa ‘Snow Hill’ | Garden Sage | The best white flowering perennial sage on the market producing masses of spikes full of pure white florets so attractive to all the pollinators. Blooming spring through summer. Good cut flower Drought tolerant Deer & rabbit resistant |
12-24" | Full sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SALVIA pratensis ‘Ballerina Pink’ | Meadow Sage | Large, soft pink hooded flowers from deep mauve calyxes in early summer. Bushy habit. From Walters Gardens ‘Fashionista’ collection. |
18-20 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SALVIA x sylvestris ‘Blue Hill’ | Meadow Sage | Flowers are a good blue without much purple. Floriferous and long-blooming. Drought tolerant Deer resistant Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds |
20-22 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SALVIA nemorosa ‘Blue Marvel’ | Meadow Sage | This cultivar of S. x superba has the largest flowers! Blue violet spikes in early summer with some repeat bloom if cut back. |
10-12 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SALVIA nemorosa ‘Carradonna’ | Meadow Sage | Tall dark purple stems and intense blue-violet flowers. Long bloom time starting in late spring. |
22-24 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SALVIS nemorosa ‘Blue Hill’ | Wood Sage | A compact and bushy plant covered in spikes of a rich violet-blue blooming throughout the summer. Attracts butterflies and hummingbirds Deer and rabbit resistant Drought tolerant |
12-24" | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SANGUISORBA canadensis | Canadian Burnet | Handsome pinnate foliage and 8″ long, white bottlebrush-like flowers in fall. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SANGUISORBA hakusanensis ‘Lilac Squirrel’ | Korean Burnet | Gorgeous arching wands of fluffy pink over blue-green foliage summer through fall. Swaying in every breeze this fantastic plants brings movement to the garden as it weaves through surrounding plants. Makes a beautiful cut flower. |
24-36 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SANGUISORBA ‘Little Angel’ | Burnet | Small red bottle-brush flowers in midsummer over tidy green and white variegated foliage. |
1-2 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SANGUISORBA officinalis ‘Arnhem’ | Great Burnet | Deep red bottlebrush flowers on tall slender wands that wave in the slightest breezes adding graceful movement to the late summer garden. Young leaves can be harvested for spring tonics. Self sows Deer resistant |
24-36 inches | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SANGUISORBA officinalis ‘Blackthorn’ | Burnet | Smokey-pink candles rise on strong stems in August. |
36-48" | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SANGUISORBA officinalis ‘Burr Blanc’ | Burnet | White fluffy, nodding spikes on tall, wiry stems reaching up and over the gardens adding movement. Attracts pollinators |
4-5 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SANGUISORBA officinalis ‘Chocolate Tip’ | Burnet | Deep maroon bottle brushes form on top of swaying stems with ferny green-blue foliage. A wonderful meadow plant! Attracts birds & butterflies Deer resistant Good cut flower |
24-30" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SANGUISORBA ‘Plum Drops’ | Deep plum purple, bottle brush flowers wave above the low growing, dark green, pinnate foliage beginning in late summer and lasting well into autumn. They make a great cut flower and combine well with asters and grasses. |
Full sun | 4 | ||||
| Perennial | SANGUISORBA tenuifolia ‘Pink Elephant’ | Burnet | Rose-pink bottlebrush flowers float over the finely cut foliage attracting many pollinators to the garden. |
3-5 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SAPONARIA ocymoides | Soapwort | This plant is densely branched with a mounding to trailing habit, creating a mat 6-8″ tall with a 1-2′ spread. In summer (May to August) the plant is carpeted in sprays of small, bright pink flowers. Tolerates some drought once established making it a nice addition to the sunny rock garden. After flowering, shear back by […] |
6-8" | Sun | 2 | ||
| Perennial | SARUMA henryi | Upright Chinese Ginger | A Chinese ginger relative with downy heart-shaped leaves and light yellow spring blooms. |
22-24 inches | Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SAXIFRAGA stolonifera | Strawberry Begonia | Pubescent, rounded gray-green foliage is marked with silver. Undersides are maroon red. Spreads by red stolons from which “plantlets” dangle. Small white flowers in spring. Marginally hardy here, but makes a great hanging basket! |
6-8 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 5 | ||
| Perennial | SCABIOSA caucasica ‘Fama White’ | Pincushion Flower | Pure white with the largest flower of all the Scabiosa -up to 4″ across, making this a valuable cut flower. Deadhead to keep it blooming all summer. Deer/drought resistant. Best in non-acidic soils. Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. |
18-24 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SCABIOSA caucasica ‘Fama Deep Blue’ | Pin-cushion Flower | Deep cobalt blue with the largest flower of all the Scabiosa-up to 4″ across, makes this a valuable cut flower. Keep it deadhead to keep this blooming all summer. Deer resistant. Attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. |
18-24" | Full sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SCUTELLARIA ‘Appalachian Blues’ | Skullcap | Compact, clumping habit, with serrated leaves and bicolor flowers of blue & white. Attracts butterflies |
20-24" | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM ‘Abbeydore’ | Stonecrop | Pink to red flowers in late summer over tidy blue-green foliage. Red seedpods follow. Upright and compact. |
14-16 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM album ‘Coral Carpet’ | Stonecrop | Small, rounded, succulent foliage in a spreading mat. Leaves emerge coral in spring and turn bronzy red in the autumn. White flowers in June. |
3-6 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM ‘Back in Black’ | Very dark fleshy leaves along upright stems that flower in fall with pink and cream clusters atop the stems. |
Full sun | 3 | ||||
| Perennial | SEDUM ‘Carl’ | Stonecrop | More compact than S. ‘Autumn Joy’ and more resistant to stem rot. Large clusters of deep pink flowers over a dense clump of gray-green foliage from late summer into fall. |
18-20 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM ‘Conga Line’ | The succulent foliage changes throughout the season from green to burgundy in summer then showing flowering with shades of cream, coral and peach in late summer. |
Full sun | 4 | ||||
| Perennial | SEDUM Sunsparkler ‘Dream Dazzler’ | Stonecrop | A sport of Plum Dazzled. Colorful tricolored leaves emerge in spring with a collage of pink, white and purple. In full summer sun, the centers turn dark purple with hot pink edges. Masses of magenta-pink flowers in early fall. |
14-16 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM Sunsparkler ‘Dazzling Dynamite’ | Stonecrop | Variegated foliage inbrilliant shades of red, orange and yellow from mid summer through fall. This colorful introduction has proven extremely stable and vigorous. Large flower heads of rosy pink flowers in late summer. |
6-8 inches | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM ‘John Creech’ | Stonecrop | A very good groundcover with pink flowers in July over bright green foliage. |
1-2 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ | Stonecrop | Clusters of bright yellow flowers in summer cover the glossy, dark green foliage. Habit is tidy and compact. |
6-8 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM ‘Matrona’ | Stonecrop | Gray-green leaves edged pink with large pink flowers in Aug-Sept. |
20-22 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM Mojave Jewels ‘Diamond’ | Stonecrop | Bronzy-green foliage and rosy-pink flowers are held high and strong on stiff, non-flopping stems; leaves darken with added sun exposure. Attracts bees & butterflies Drought tolerant Good cut flower |
12-15" | Full sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM reflexum ‘Blue Spruce’ | Stonecrop | Mat-forming stems covered in blue-green needle like leaves. Bright yellow flowers in summer are a wonderful contrast! |
6-8" | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM rupestre ‘Angelina’ | Stonecrop | Brilliant yellow spruce-like foliage. Yellow flowers in summer. Excellent for ground cover or container. |
6-8 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM sieboldii | October Daphne | Flaring stems of round blue-gray leaves form a compact mound. Pink flowers in fall. |
10-12 inches | Full sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM sieboldii ‘Variegatum’ | October Daphne | Striking gold and blue variegated foliage on a compact mounding plant. Pink flowers in fall. |
10-12 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM spectabile ‘Autumn Joy’ | Showy Stonecrop | Reliable performer. Fleshy foliage topped by flattened clusters of flowers starting pink in August, turning rust by late fall. Part shade or moist soil OK. Attracts bees and butterflies Deer resistant Drought tolerant |
24-26 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM spectabile ‘Neon’ | Stonecrop | Sport of S. ‘Brilliant’ with deeper, more consistent rose-pink color. |
22-24 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM spurium ‘Fuldaglut’ | A mat forming groundcover with rounded deep bronze leaves and bright pink flowers in summer. |
Full sun | 4 | ||||
| Perennial | SEDUM spurium ‘Tricolor’ | Stonecrop | Red, green and white foliage with pale pink flowers. |
2-4 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM spurium ‘Voodoo’ | Stonecrop | Mats of intense bronze to deep mahogany foliage. Rose-red flowers late in the season. |
2-4 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM Sunsparkler ‘Plum Dazzled’ | Stonecrop | Like S. ‘Dazzleberry’ with even darker foliage and rose-pink blooms 2-3 weeks later. Plant is compact and well-branched. |
6-8 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | SEDUM ‘Thunderhead’ | Stonecrop | Compact plant with strong branches that produce loads of bright pink star shaped florets over grey-green foliage. Drought and deer tolerant Attracts butterflies and bees galore and hummingbirds |
24-36 inches | Sun | 4 |