Perennials
Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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Perennial | STACHYS monnierii ‘Hummelo’ | Alpine Betony | Rosette clumps of glossy green foliage and summer purple flowers. |
18-20 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | STACHYS officinalis ‘Densiflorus’ | Dwarf Betony | Dense, compact rosettes of long toothed leaves and bright pink-purple flower spikes appear throughout the summer. |
8-10 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | STACHYS officinalis ‘Pink Cotton Candy’ | Betony | Dense, compact rosettes of long toothed leaves and showy pale pink flower spikes appear throughout the summer. Foliage looks great all season. Bred by the Chicago Botanic Garden. |
22-24 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | STACHYS officinalis ‘Nana’ | Dwarf Betony | A very dwarf form we received from Sunny Border Nursery with small spikes of rose-pink flowers in summer. |
3-6 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | STACHYS ‘Summer Crush’ | Betony | The small flowers open pink and age to soft pink and white—a pretty flower show in the vein of ‘Pink Cotton Candy’. Dense flower spikes, to 3 inches long, perch on strong stems from early to midsummer. |
30-34" | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | STACHYS ‘Summer Romance’ | Betony | Taller spikes of rose-pink florets on sturdy stems great for cutting. Attracts pollinators |
18-24" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | STOKESIA laevis ‘Peachies Pick’ | Stoke’s Aster | A more compact selection with amazing flower power! Bright purple-blue flowers all summer. |
14-16 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | STOKESIA leavis ‘Honeysong Purple’ | Stokes Aster | ‘Honeysong Purple’ sports huge, true royal purple flowers with a hint of red towards the center that darkens as it matures. Blooms from late summer to mid fall attracting butterflies, and makes an exellent cut flower. |
12-15 | Sun | 5 | ||
Perennial | STOKESIA ‘Mel’s Blue’ | Stoke's Aster | Very large flowers of the clearest periwinkle-blue over deep green grassy foliage on strong stems from June to September. A great and long lasting cut flower. Deadheading extends the bloom time. Deer & rabbit resistant Drought tolerant |
12-18" | Full sun | 5 | ||
Perennial | STYLOPHORUM diphyllum | Celandine Poppy | Native wildflower for moist shady gardens. Has gray-green lobed leaves and bright yellow, delicate poppy-like flowers. |
12-18 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | SYMPHYANDRA zangezura | Ring Bellflower | Light violet bells over geranium-like leaves throughout the summer. |
8-10 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | SYMPHYTUM ‘Hidcote Variegated’ | Comfrey | Cream, yellow & green variegated fuzzy leaves grow into a large clump topped in summer with pale blue flowers. After bloom give it a good pruning to refresh the foliage. |
12-18 Inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | SYNEILESIS aconitifolia | Shredded Umbrella Plant | Handsome umbrella-shaped leaves form lovely woodland colonies. Especially interesting when first emerging in the spring like shaggy mushrooms. |
18-24 inches | Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | SYNEILESIS palmata | Shredded Umbrella Leaf | Handsome umbrella-shaped leaves form lovely woodland colonies. This is a slightly smaller growing species with leaves less “shredded”, greener and more palmate than the S. aconitifolia. |
14-16 inches | Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | TEUCRIUM chamaedrys | Wall Germander | Compact and shiny foliage forms a clump of aromatic leaves topped with rosy-purple tubular flowers in mid-summer. Can be clipped to form a short hedge. Attracts pollinators Drought tolerant Deer resistant |
10-12 inches | Full sun | 5 | ||
Perennial | THALICTRUM aquilegifolium | Meadow Rue | Fluffy lilac-rose flowers in dense panicles bloom in June-July over columbine-like foliage. |
2-3 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | THALICTRUM aquilegifolium ‘Nimbus Pink’ | Meadow Rue | Large heads of fluffy pink flowers on dark stems over columbine-like foliage in early summer. |
26-28 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | THALICTRUM rochebrunianum ‘Lavender Mist’ | Lavender Mist Meadow Rue | Numerous small, airy, lavender flowers on tall stems from July-August. Self-supporting if in sun. |
6-8 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Fern | THELYPTERIS novaboracensis | New York Fern | Soft, finely textured fern crows in clumps but can multiply quickly forming dense colonies. Deer resistant. |
12-24 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | THERMOPSIS caroliniana | Carolina Lupine | Yellow lupine-like flowers on 4’ spikes in June-July. Attracts bees and butterflies |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | THYMUS ‘Pseudolanuginosus’ | Woolly Thyme | Woolly carpet of gray. Wonderful texture. Few flowers. |
1-2 inches | Full sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | THYMUS praecox ‘Pink Chintz’ | Creeping Thyme | Long-blooming profuse light pink flowers on gray-green mats. |
1-2 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | THYMUS praecox ‘Albus’ | Creeping Thyme | Dwarf, creeping aromatic foliage forms a carpet bearing white flowers that attract Butterflies and bees. Blooming profusely through the summer, the flowers are rich in nectar. Deer and drought tolerant |
2-3" | Sun | 5 | ||
Perennial | THYMUS praecox ‘Coccineus’ | Creeping Thyme | Tight dark green foliage. Purplish red flowers in June. A good bloomer. |
1-2 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | THYMUS praecox ‘Elfin’ | Creeping Thyme | Tight domes of minute leaves which are covered in tiny pinky-lavender flowers through the summer months. Great for troughs. Attracts pollinators Deer resistant Drought tolerant |
1-2 inches | Full sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | THYMUS praecox ‘Purple Carpet’ | Purple Creeping Thyme | Flat, fine foliaged form. Purple flowers in June. |
1-2 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | TIARELLA ‘Angel Wings’ | Foamflower | Large, deeply notched heart-shaped leaves with dark maroon veining. Dense, upright racemes of fluffy, pale pink flowers bloom from late spring into summer. Attracts bees & hummingbirds Deer resistant |
8-12" | Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | TIARELLA ‘Candy Striper’ | Foamflower | Large, deeply lobed leaves are striped down the center of each lobe. Pink buds open to white blooms. Mounding habit. |
10-12 inches | Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | TIARELLA ‘Cutting Edge’ | Foam Flower | Finely dissected green leaves have dark burgundy centers and form a rounded, clumping habit. Creamy bottlebrush-like flowers in spring. Attracts bees & butterflies Good cut flower |
8-10" | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | TIARELLA ‘Elizabeth Oliver’ | Foamflower | Red-veined deeply lobed foliage topped with white flowers tinged pink in the spring. |
12-14 inches | Part Shade/Shade | |||
Perennial | TIARELLA ‘Sugar and Spice’ | Foamflower | Deeply dissected leaves are centered with a dark blotch and covered with a profusion of pink and white flowers in the spring. |
8-10 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | TIARELLA ‘Pink Skyrocket’ | Foam Flower | Clump forming plant bearing beautiful foliage with bronze markings and pale pink spikes of fluffy florets in spring. In fall the foliage takes on bronze tones. Deer and rabbit tolerant |
6-12" | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | TRICYRTIS ‘Dark Beauty’ | Toad Lily | Late summer through early fall clusters of purple spotted orchid-like flowers heavily spotted in purple appear on tall arching stems making this perfect for cutting. |
24-36 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | TRICYRTIS formosana ‘Autumn Glow’ | Toadlily | Clusters of amethyst-purple flowers with dark spots. Foliage has a wide yellow margin on dark green leaves. |
22-24 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | TRICYRTIS formosana ‘Gilt Edge’ | Toadlily | Superior vigor, clean gold-edged foliage and attractive late summer lavender flowers. |
22-24 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | TRICYRTIS formosana ‘Samurai’ | Toadlily | Similar to T. ‘Gilt Edge’ with darker purple flowers and more compact. Clean gold-edged foliage. |
18-20 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | TRICYRTIS hirta | Toad Lily | Bearing hairy arching stems in late summer with leaves in a ladder-like arrangement. Clusters of heavily spotted white flower are produced all along the stems. The flowers are quite large for this genus and very showy. Deer tolerant |
24-36 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | TRICYRTIS hirta ‘Moonlight’ | Toadlily | Chartreuse foliage form selected at Bluebird Nursery. White flowers heavily spotted with purple in late summer. |
18-20 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | TRICYRTIS hirta ‘Variegata’ | Toad Lily | This is a creamy white-edged leaf clone of the popular toad lily. The 18″ arching branches burst into flower in midsummer through early fall with 1″ purple orchid-like flowers in each leaf axil. |
18-20" | Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | TRICYRTIS latifolia | Yellow Toad Lily | Large golden-yellow orchid-like blooms on 2′ stems in late summer to fall. The flowers are spotted inside with tiny purple specks. Makes a long lasting cut flower. |
20-26 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | TRILLIUM cuneatum | Little Sweet Betsy | Our largest sessile Trillium with maroon flowers atop a whorl of large, mottled foliage in spring. Summer dormant. |
9-12 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | TRILLIUM grandiflorum ‘Flore Plenum’ (syn. Multiplex) | Double White Trillium | A beautiful, long-blooming double form of the native white trillium. |
12-14 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | TRILLIUM simile or flexipes | Jeweled or Nodding Trillium | We’re not quite sure whether these are T. simile or T. flexipes. It is possible that you will get one, the other or a hybrid of them both. It has a large creamy white flower with a dark purple ovary. |
7-20" | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | TRILLIUM sulcatum | Sulcate Toadshade | Wine-red flowers open atop the foliage on this beautiful native wildflower blooming in late spring. |
20-22" | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | TROLLIUS ‘Cheddar’ | Globe flower | Delicate looking, creamy yellow, globe-shaped blooms rise high above the dark green, deeply cut foliage. Makes a great cut flower. |
20-24 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | TROLLIUS europaeus ‘Superbus’ | Globeflower | Large, 2 inch, lemon yellow globe flowers in late spring over ferny foliage. Does well in moist locations. |
18-24 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | TROLLIUS laxus | Spreading Globe Flower | A prolific bloomer in spring and it may flower again later in the season. Cheery yellow flowers on thick stems sit atop a neat mound of glossy foliage. |
12-16 | Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | TROLLIUS ‘Lemon Supreme’ | Globeflower | Lemony yellow bowl-shaped spring flowers. This is a vigorous compact selection. Nice round buds and attractive lobed foliage. Good cut flower |
10-12 inches | Sun/Part Shade | |||
Perennial | TROLLIUS ‘New Moon’ | Globeflower | Large creamy yellow globe flowers are larger than those of T. ‘Alabaster’ and the plant is more vigorous. Good cut flower |
22-24 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | TULIPA tarda | Specie Tulip | A small species tulip with white tipped bright yellow flowers in spring. this is a true perennial tulip and will increase over time providing early pollen for the emerging pollinators in spring. Attracts pollinators |
6-8 inches | Full sun | 3 |