Perennials
Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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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 | RODGERSIA podophylla | Rodger’s Flower | Large, glossy palmate leaves with jagged edges. Creamy white flowers. |
22-24 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | RODGERSIA podophylla Bronze Form | Rodger's Flower | New growth is dark chocolate on this cultivar. Typical jagged-edged, palmate foliage and white flowers. |
22-24 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | RODGERSIA podophylla ‘Rotlaub’ | Rodger's Flower | New growth is dark chocolate and the color holds longer than other cultivars. Typical jagged-edged, palmate foliage and white flowers. |
22-24 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | ROSULARIA sempervivum ssp. glaucophyllum | Rosularia | Looking just like a Sempervivum with blue-green rosettes and white to pale pink flowers. |
2-4 inches | Sun | 5 | ||
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 ‘Viette’s Little Suzy’ | Black-eyed Susan | Long-blooming, floriferous, compact form with typical black-eyed susan blooms. |
12- 14 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
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 | ||
Annual | RUDBECKIA hirta ‘Cherry Brandy’ | Gloriosa Daisy | Beautiful cherry-red petals surround a chocolate-brown center. An easy to grow self-sowing annual. |
20-22 inches | Sun | 6 | ||
Annual | RUDBECKIA hirta ‘Indian Summer’ | Gloriosa Daisy | Free-flowering “gloriosa daisies”are short-lived, but reseed vigorously. This cultivar has large, 6-8 inch golden yellow flowers with dark centers. |
2-3 feet | Sun | 6 | ||
Annual | RUDBECKIA hirta ‘Prairie Sun’ | Gloriosa Daisy | Free-flowering “gloriosa daisies”are short-lived, but reseed vigorously. This cultivar has yellow flowers centered in orange. |
30-36 inches | Sun | 6 | ||
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 ‘Henry Eilers’ | Sweet Coneflower | Numerous light yellow daisies with rolled, quill-like petals on strong upright stems. Blooms in late summer. |
4-5 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 | ||
Annual | RUDBECKIA hirta ‘Denver Daisy’ | Gloriosa Daisy | Compact with larger golden-yellow flower have a mahogany blotch at the base of each petal. |
12-20 inches | Sun | 6 | ||
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 Fashionista ‘Moulin Rouge’ | Garden Sage | Deep rose colored buds opening to large rosy-pink flowers are a huge draw to hummingbirds and other pollinators. Blooms from late spring through mid-summer. Shear back after blooms to keep it neat. Attracts pollinators Deer & rabbit resistant |
24-26 inches | Full sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | SALVIA nemorosa ‘Blue By You’ | Meadow Sage | Blooms weeks earlier than other hardy Salvia varieties with repeat bloom throughout the summer. Bright blue-purple bloom spikes keeps the pollinators happy. Drought tolerant Good cut flower Attracts bees, butterflies & hummingbirds Deer & rabbit resistant |
20-22" | Full sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | SALVIA nemorosa ‘Salvatore Blue’ | Meadow Sage | Large spikes of the deepest blue with black stems on well branched plants. |
12-14" | Sun | 4 | ||
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 pratensis ‘Sweet Esmerelda’ | Meadow Sage | Striking, hooded deep pink flowers on long stems in June over crinkled green foliage. Will rebloom if cut back. |
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 | SALVIA superba ‘Perfect Profusion’ | Meadow Sage | Spikes of icy blue flowers on a rounded compact plant. Will rebloom consistently if deadheaded. |
16-20 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
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 | SANGUINARIA canadensis | Bloodroot | The clear, white, many-petaled blossom may open before the leaf has completely unwrapped, rising slightly above the leaf to a height of 6-10 in. Leaves, which are large, round and deeply cleft, eventually reach a height of 12-14 in. |
12-14" | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
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 menziesii | Burnet | Maroon bottlebrush-like flowers in summer over blue-green toothed foliage. Excellent for moist soils and a great ‘weaver’ through surrounding plants. Deer & rabbit resistant Attracts butterflies |
3-4 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 officinalis ‘Red Thunder’ | Burnet | Wine red bottlebrush blooms on stiff stems over green pinnate foliage. Blooms from midsummer into the fall. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | SANGUISORBA officinalis ‘Tanna’ | Great Burnet | Mounds of crimped blue-green foliage bear stems of deep red bottle-brush flowers all summer and into fall. Deer and rabbit resistant |
12-24" | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | SANGUISORBA tenuifolia ‘Alba’ | White Burnet | Small white bottle-brush flowers on tall stems in late summer. Best in moist sites. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 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 ‘Purple Robe’ | Mossy Saxifrage | This selection forms a low cushion of green leaves bearing short stems of upfacing, carmine-red flowers from spring through mid-summer. Requires a cool, moist location. Dislikes drought and hot, humid summer weather. Trim lightly after flowering to remove the flower stems. Deer and rabbit resistant |
8-10" | Part Shade | 4 | ||
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 |