Perennials
Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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Perennial | TRICYRTIS ‘Sinonome’ | Toadlily | Up-facing white flowers with ruby speckling. Clump-forming with blooms in late summer through autumn. |
26-28 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | TRICYRTIS ‘Taipei Silk’ | Toad Lily | Creamy-white orchid like flowers with lavender edged petals that have purple spots. Great late season color and they make a great cut flower. |
12-24 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 5 | ||
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 ‘Morning Sun’ | Globeflower | A dwarf, more compact form of T. ‘Golden Queen’ Yellow-orange, bowl-shaped flowers in late spring. |
18-24 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | UVULARIA grandiflora | Giant Merrybells | Narrow, dangling yellow bell-shaped flowers in May on arching stems. Native woodland plant. |
16-18 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | UVULARIA perfoliata | Perfoliate Bellwort | Slightly smaller than U. grandiflora with stems perforating the leaves and dangling yellow bells in May. Good naturalizer. |
16-18 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | VERBASCUM ‘Honey Dijon’ | Mullein | Loads of short spikes covered in florets of a warm peach-gold with a plum-purple eye. Blooming over a long season throughout the summer if deadheaded regularly. Give it a very well drained and gravelly soil in full sun and this short lived perennial will be happy. Deer and drought tolerant. Attracts butterflies & hummingbirds. |
8-20" | Sun | 5 | ||
Perennial | VERBASCUM ‘Southern Charm’ | Mullein | An old cottage garden plant with spires of soft pastel shades of lavender, cream and rose all with purple stamens. Blooms in summer. Deer resistant. |
2-4 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | VERBENA hastata | Blue Vervain | Native perennial with narrow blue-violet flower spikes in candelabra-like inflorescences mid to late summer. Attracts butterflies. |
2-4 feet | Sun | 3 | ||
Perennial | VERNONIA fasciculata | Prairie Ironweed | Violet-colored flowers on 3’-6’ stems in late summer. Dramatic accent. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | VERNONIA glauca | Broadleaf Ironweed | An ironweed species more tolerant of drier conditions than others and slightly shorter in stature. Loose clusters of deep purple blooms in Aug. and Sept. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | VERNONIA lettermannii ‘Iron Butterfly’ | Threadleaf Ironweed | Densely branched perennial with fine textured foliage and bright purple flowers. A good nectar source for butterflies. |
28-30 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | VERNONIA ‘Southern Cross’ | Hybrid Ironweed | A hybrid with a vase-like, bushy habit and narrow foliage. It’s topped with small domes of purple flowers in late summer. |
3-4 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | VERONICA austriaca ‘Venice Blue’ | Speedwell | Short spikes of violet-blue flowers in spring on a compact, mounding plant. Some repeat bloom in late summer with deadheading. |
10-12 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 2 | ||
Perennial | VERONICA ‘Blue Bomb’ | Speedwell | Fluffy spikes of blue flowers through the summer. Forms a bushy mound and will continue to set buds if deadheaded. |
12-16 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | VERONICA longifolia ‘First Love’ | Speedwell | Spikes of intense pink flowers over low mounds of foliage through the summer. |
10-12 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | VERONICA gentianoides ‘Little Blue’ | Gentian Speedwell | Green strap-like leaves create a dense mat that is covered in spring with spikes of the softest blue flowers. |
12-18 Inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
Perennial | VERONICA ‘Georgia Blue’ | speedwell | Low growing and mat forming this is a wonderful ground cover bearing brilliant blue flowers with white eyes all spring and sporadically for the rest of the season. Remaining attractive even when not in flower. |
4-6" | Sun | 4 | ||
Perennial | VERONICA ‘Lavender Lightsaber’ | Spike Speedwell | Soft lavender flowers covering the top half of a columnar, upright habit. |
24-30" | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | VERONICA longifolia ‘First Lady’ | Speedwell | Well branched spikes of clean white through the summer. |
22-24 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | VERONICA Magic Show ‘Pink Potion’ | Spike Speedwell | ‘Pink Potion’ produces baby pink flowers that cover the top half of the plant while the deep green foliage forms a rounded, low habit that is wider than typical and packed full of flowers. |
14-16" | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | VERONICA Moody Blues ‘Dark Blue’ | Spike Speedwell | Clump forming and bushy with dense spikes of deep, vibrant blue throughout the summer. Attracts butterflies and other pollinators. |
12-14 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | VERONICA prostrata ‘Ice Blue’ | Prostrate Speedwell | Flat mats of bright green foliage and ice blue flowers in spring |
4-6 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | VERONICA ‘Purple Illusion’ | Magic Show Speedwell | Dense spikes of purple flowers in summer over thick, dark green foliage. |
16-18 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | VERONICA repens ‘Sunshine’ | Speedwell | Tiny flowers spikes of blue contrast well with the creeping gold foliage. |
2-4 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
Perennial | VERONICA spicata ‘Royal Candles’ | Speedwell | An offspring of V. ‘Sunny Border Blue’ with a more compact habit and longer blooming. Dark violet-blue spikes through the summer. |
16-18 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | VERONICA ‘Tidal Pool’ | Prostrate Speedwell | A selection from the Chicago Botanic Garden with blue-violet flowers in spring covering a dense, low-spreading plant. Small, scalloped green leaves are slightly pubescent. Tolerant of tough conditions. |
2-4 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | VERONICA ‘Waterperry Blue’ | Speedwell | Mat-forming. Small round leaves with purple cast. Main flush of light blue flower spikes in spring, but may throw sporadic blooms all summer. Rabbit and deer resistant Attracts bees |
2-4 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | VERONICA Magic Show ‘Wizard of Ahhs’ | Magic Show Speedwell | Thick spikes of violet-blue flowers starting in early summer on a dense, compact plant. |
14-16 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | VERONICASTRUM sibiricum | Culver's Physic | Slender tapers of light lavender-blue flowers in late summer above whorls of elongate foliage. |
4-5 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | VERONICASTRUM virginicum caeruleum | Culver’s Root | Stately native with whorled leaves and pale blue tapering flower spikes in summer. Best with some moisture. |
4-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | VERONICASTRUM virginicum ‘Cupid’ | Culver's Physic | Tall spires of lilac-blue flowers over whirled foliage in mid to late summer. |
30-36 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | VINCA minor ‘Alba’ | Periwinkle | The white-flowered form of a easy, vigorous groundcover. |
6-8 inches | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | VINCA minor ‘Bowles Variety’ | Periwinkle | Dark evergreen foliage and violet-blue spring flowers. Great groundcover. |
6-8 inches | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | VINCA minor ‘Ralph Shugert’ | Periwinkle | Glossy oval leaves with a wide white margin and sky-blue flowers. |
6-8 inches | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | VIOLA corsica ‘Little Gem’ | Corsican Violet | Compact Semi-Evergreen Perennial With Violet Flowers Violet Flowers Spring and sporadic bloom throughout the summer reseeding to spread and create a lovely patch of bright color. |
6-8" | Part Shade | 4 | ||
Perennial | WALDSTEINIA ternata | Barren Strawberry | Tough rapid groundcover for any soil. Strawberry-like leaves and yellow flowers in spring. Combines well with spring bulbs. |
4-6 inches | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 3 |