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Perennials

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