Perennials
Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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Perennial | LEONTOPODIUM alpinum | Edelweiss | Silvery low fuzzy mats with small white star-like flowers in the summer. Fantastic in the rock garden in well drained soil. |
6-8 inches | Full sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | LEUCANTHEMUM ‘Spun Silk’ | Shasta Daisy | Large bright white daisies with fringed petals surrounding a yellow disc. Attracts bees & butterflies Wonderful cut flower |
22-24 inches | Full sun | 5 | ||
Perennial | LEUCANTHEMUM sup. ‘Real Gold Cup’ | Shasta Daisy | Deep lemon-yellow semi-double flowers with large golden centers. |
30-36" | Full sun | 5 | ||
Perennial | LEUCOSCEPTRUM japonicum ‘Silver Angel’ | Japanese Shrub Mint | Long, toothed silver foliage on a large, clump-forming perennial. Topped with yellow, bottlebrush flowers in late autumn. |
30-36 inches | Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | LEWISIA cotyledon ‘Elise Mixed’ | Bitterroot | Showy flowers in shades of pink to orange arise from a whorl of succulent foliage in early summer. These rock garden plants need cool but light conditions and moist but sharply drained soil. Stone mulch helpful. This new mix is purported to me more heat tolerant. Attracts butterflies Drought tolerant |
6-8 inches | Part Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | LEWISIA cotyledon Rainbow Mix | Bitterroot | Showy flowers in shades of pink to orange arise from a whorl of succulent foliage in early summer. These rock garden plants need cool but light conditions and moist but sharply drained soil. Stone mulch helpful. |
6-8 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | LEWISIA longipetala ‘Little Plum’ | Bitterroot | Showy rosy pink, starry blooms over succulent strap-like foliage. For cool, well-drained conditions. |
8-12 inches | Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | LIATRIS microcephela | Small Head Gayfeather | A cute dwarf with profuse rose-purple flower spikes. Drought and clay tolerant. |
12-14 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | LIATRIS scariosa | Eastern Blazing Star | Spikes of large lavender buttons in August-September. Attracts bees & butterflies Drought tolerant Good cut flower |
3-4 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | LIATRIS spicata ‘Alba’ | Spike Gayfeather | Spikes of white buttons in summer over grassy foliage. The butterflies love this selection of the native gayfeather. Attracts butterflies and bees, butterflies and hummingbirds Deer resistant Drought tolerant |
2-3 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | LIATRIS spicata ‘Kobold’ | Spiked Gayfeather | Spikes with lavender buttons on a much smaller plant. The best butterfly plant! |
14-16 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | LIGULARIA dentata ‘Britt Marie Crawford’ | Big Leaf Ligularia | Large, dark chocolate maroon leaves with purple reverse are striking. Large orange-yellow daisies in late summer. |
30-36 inches | Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | LIGULARIA dentata ‘Othello’ | Ligularia | A bold perennial for moist loactions bearing large, rounded green leaves with purple undersides. In june tall stems appear bearing large golden daisy-like flowers. Deer resistant Good cut flower Attracts butterflies |
36-42" | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | LIGULARIA ‘The Rocket’ | Leopard Plant | Heart-shaped toothed foliage creates a large mound from which the sturdy stems ‘rocket’ up bearing bright yellow flowers all along the stems in mid to late summer. Requires rich consistently moist soil in part shade. |
3-5 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | LILIUM martagon ‘Claude Shride’ | Martagon Lily | Dark red flowers with reflexed petals and orange centers. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | LILIUM martagon ‘Sunny Morning’ | Martagon Lilies | Downward facing flowers with strongly recurved petals in a sunny yellow with speckling in side. Each stem carries many flowers. |
30-36" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | LILIUM tigrinum ‘Citronelle’ | Tiger Lily | The classic tiger lily with recurved yellow blooms heavily speckled with burgundy. Early to midsummer bloom. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | LIMONIUM lat. ‘Dazzle Rocks’ | Sea Lavender | Big pouffs of lavender-purple, long-lasting cut and dried flowers for gorgeous bouquets summer into fall. Drought tolerant Attracts bees & butterflies Good cut flower |
16-20" | Full sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | LINARIA purpurea | Toadflax | Slender spikes of lavender flowers look like miniature snapdragons Blooms in June. |
28-30 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | LINUM lewisii | Blue Flax | Round, denim blue flowers top the vase-shaped habit of green, needle-like leaves on this native perennial. It starts blooming in spring and continues blooming throughout the summer. Requires very well drained soil to thrive. |
24-26" | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | LIRIOPE muscari | Lily turf | Tufted grass-like evergreen foliage bearing short stems of violet flowers resembling grape hyacinths appearing in late summer. |
12-18 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | LIRIOPE muscari ‘Variegata’ | Variegated Lilyturf | Grown mostly for the strongly variegated foliage of green & white but it does send up very pretty purple spikes in late-summer to fall. slowly creeping to make a nice mat of pretty foliage great for edging. Deer, drought and rabbit tolerant. |
12-14" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | LITHODORA diffusa ’Tidepool Sky Blue’ | Lithodora | Intense blue starry flowers from late spring into summer over a compact mat of dark green hairy foliage. Will need to be protected in Zone 5. |
6-8 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | LOBELIA cardinalis | Cardinal Flower | A native plant for moist sites with intense red spikes of blooms in August. |
30-36 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | LOBELIA cardinalis ‘Black Truffle’ | Cardinal Flower | Spikes of red flowers are set off by the dark purple foliage which holds its color through the summer. Attracts butterflies & hummingbirds Good cut flower |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | LOBELIA gerardii ‘Vedraiensis’ | Purple Cardinal Flower | Long spires of deep, royal purple over purple flushed leaves. Needs consistently moist soil to do its best. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. |
36-48 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | LOBELIA siphilitica ‘Blue Select’ | Giant Blue Lobelia | Native specie bearing spires of dark blue to white flowers through late summer and fall, over dark-green leaves. Plants will usually self-sow, and the seedlings are easily moved while still small. Clumps may also be divided in early spring. Much more perennial in habit than most of the other hardy types. Attracts both butterflies and […] |
24-36 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | LOBELIA ‘Starship Blue’ | Cardinal Flower | Deep violet-blue spires on strong stems with good rebloom. |
28-30 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | LONICERA ‘Dropmore Scarlet’ | Honeysuckle | A vigorous climber with loads of brilliant scarlet tubular flowers with a sunny yellow throat. The flowers are produced from early summer through fall attracting many hummingbirds to your garden. |
8-12 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | LUPINUS perennis | Wild Lupine | Native wildflower with spikes of violet blue pea-like flowers in late spring. Good pollinator plant. Needs well-drained soil. |
1-2 feet | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | LYCHNIS coronaria | Rose Campion | A self-sowing biennial with bright magenta summer flowers on thin stems over silvery-gray fuzzy foliage. |
26-28 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | LYCHNIS coronaria ‘Angel’s Blush’ | Rose Campion | Re-seeding short-lived perennial with silver foliage and pale pink flowers with dark rose veins. |
20-24 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | LYCHNIS coronaria ‘Atrosanguinea’ | Low mounds of river felty foliage over which airy stems of the most intensely colored flowers float creating a real focal point in the garden. Gently self-sows. Drought tolerant Deer resistant |
Full sun | 4 | ||||
Perennial | LYSIMACHIA nummularia ‘Aurea’ | Gold Moneywort | Flat spreading groundcover with yellow-gold foliage and yellow spring flowers. Best color in light shade. |
2-4 inches | Part Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | MAIANTHEMUM racemosa | False Solomon's Seal | Features unbranched, gracefully arching stems of tiny, fragrant, creamy white flowers appearing at the stem ends. Vermont native. Flowers are followed by greenish berries which turn an attractive ruby red in summer, often persisting into fall. |
2-3 feet | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | MAZUS reptans | Creeping Mazus | A beautiful ground cover with low creeping mats studded with lavender-pink flowers. |
2-4 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Fern | MATTEUCCIA struthiopteris | Ostrich Fern | Large-growing native “fiddlehead fern”, prized by foragers for the edible new growth. Likes moist places along edge of woods. |
3-4 feet | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | MECONOPSIS cambrica | Welsh Poppy | Native to Western Europe and much easier to grow than the blue Himalayan poppies. Large yellow to orange poppy-like blooms in summer over lobed green foliage. |
1-2 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | MELITTIS melissophyllum ‘Royal Velvet Distinction’ | Bastard Balm | Unusual, fragrant, orchid-like wine-red and white flowers. |
20-30 inches | Sun | 5 | ||
Perennial | MERTENSIA virginica | Virginia Bluebells | Early nodding bells open pink then turn soft blue. Summer dormant. Beautiful planted with Narcissus. |
22-24 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | MIMULUS ringens | Monkey Flower | Lilac-purple, snapdragon-like flowers (to 1″ long) with two-lipped, open-mouthed corollas. Flowers appear in pairs in the leaf axils on slender 1-2″ long pedicels. Each flower purportedly resembles the face of a smiling monkey (hence the common name). Flowers bloom throughout the summer. |
Sun/Part Shade | 3 | |||
Perennial | MISCANTHUS ‘Bandwidth’ | Maiden Grass | A more compact grass with green and gold bands. Bred to be infertile so no seedlings! |
30-36 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Grass | MISCANTHUS purpurascens ‘Autumn Red’ | Flame Grass | Showing fantastic fall color of brilliant orange and red tones. The seeds heads that appear in late summer also take on bright colors which are gorgeous when backlit in fall. Attracts birds Deer resistant Drought and poor soil tolerant |
4-6 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Grass | MISCANTHUS sinensis ‘Purpurescens’ | Flame Grass | Through most of summer, the blades are a grey-green. By late summer into fall, they become brilliant orange and red. The seed heads begin to appear in late summer with magenta hues. As winter approaches, they transform into silky white panicles which are especially lovely when backlit by the early morning or late afternoon sun. […] |
4-6 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | MITELLA diphylla | Bishop's Cap | A native woodland perennial with maple-like foliage and airy wands of tiny white flowers in spring. |
8-10 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | MONARDA ‘Bee Mine Red’ | Beebalm | A true bright red bee balm blooming starting early summer through to fall with some deadheading. This is a pollinator magnet! |
18-20 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | MONARDA ‘Bee-You Bee Happy’ | Beebalm | Heavy blooming dwarf cultivar with bright red flowers. Mildew-resistant. |
15-18 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | MONARDA ‘BeeMine Pink’ | Beebalm | Bright pink petals surround the central domed disc with fragrant foliage. Attracts bees, butterflies & hummingbirds |
14-18 | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | MONARDA bradburiana | Ozark Bee Balm | White to pale pink flowers are speckled with purple and bloom in late spring. A species native to the midwest and south growing in dry, acidic soils. A pollinator magnet. |
1-2 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | MONARDA ‘Claire Grace’ | Beebalm | A lovely soft pink flower on tall stems in m id-summer. Makes a beautiful cut flower and is a hummingbird magnet. Shows good mildew resistance. |
36-48 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 |