All Plants
| Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perennial | PAEONIA ‘Pink Hawaiian Coral’ | Peony | Fragrant, semi-double coral flowers on strong stems. Early bloomer. |
30-36 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PAEONIA ‘Salmon Wonder’ | A compact peony for smaller gardens forming tidy clumps with fragrant semi-double blooms of a rich salmon pink. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||||
| Perennial | PAEONIA ‘Sarah Bernhardt’ | Peony | Late large double pink. Lightly fragrant. |
30-36 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PAEONIA ‘Sorbet’ | Peony | Pink bomb with center of light pink and canary yellow. Midseason bloomer. |
26-28 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| PAEONIA ‘Sword Dance’ | Peony | Single red Japanese form with full centers of bright gold. Midseason bloomer. |
28-30 inches | 4 | ||||
| Perennial | PAEONIA ‘Victoire de la Marne’ | Very large double blooms of bright fuchsia-pink. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||||
| Annual | PANDORA jasminoides ‘Variegata’ | Variegated Bower Vine | A beautiful twining vine with cream and green variegated foliage. Large pink trumpet flowers with a bright pink throat are produced summer to fall. |
10-14 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
| Grass | PANICUM virgatum ‘Heavy Metal’ | Blue Switch Grass | Striking steel-blue foliage with reddish brown plumes in fall. Upright habit. |
3-4 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Grass | PANICUM virgatum ‘Niagra Falls’ | Switch Grass | This native ornamental grass with a flowing growth habit like a Miscanthus in the landscape with arching foliage, but adds the powder blue color characteristic of Switch Grass. In fall, sprays of cream seed heads pack the top of the plant. Drought tolerant Attracts birds Deer resistant |
48" | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Grass | PANICUM virgatum ‘Purple Tears’ | Switch Grass | Upright growing, with a tight narrow form, this selection features light green foliage topped by grey-green flowers stalks that bear stunning purple seed heads in late summer and fall. Drought tolerant Deer resistant |
36-48 | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Grass | PANICUM virgatum ‘Shenandoah’ | Red Switch Grass | Red-tipped foliage appears in spring followed by reddish-pink flower panicles in summer. Foliage deepens to burgundy in the fall. |
2-4 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Grass | PANICUM virgatum ‘Trailblazer’ | Switch Grass | Larger, showier seed heads on this graceful new cultivar. Sheer red-tinted flower clusters wave good-bye to summer as blue-green blades turn to a blaze of old golds and maroons that promise to brighten your autumn and maintain a winter presence. Attracts birds |
4-5 feet | Full sun | 5 | ||
| Perennial | PAPAVER orientale ‘Beauty of Livermere’ | Oriental Poppy | Huge deep red flowers with black blotches in spring. Will go dormant by mid-summer. Attracts bees, butterflies & hummingbirds Deer and rabbit resistant Drought tolerant |
30-36 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | PAPAVER orientale ‘Harlem’ | Oriental Poppy | Large, ruffled, burgundy-rose flowers with black blotches at the center, reblooming later in the season to extend the beauty! Attracts bees, hummingbirds and butterflies Drought tolerant Deer and rabbit resistant |
24-36 inches | Full sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | PAPAVER orientale ‘Harvest Moon’ | Large tangerine-orange flowers that can be double or single on tall stems. |
Full sun | 2 | ||||
| Perennial | PAPAVER orientale ‘Royal Wedding’ | Oriental Poppy | Beautiful pure white with black center blotches. Goes dormant mid-summer. Attracts bees and butterflies Deer and rabbit resistant Drought tolerant |
30-36 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | PARIS quadrifolia | A rarely seen and unusual Trillium relative. Spring flowers emerge over broad leaves with greenish filaments and a round ‘berry’ in the center which ripens to a black seed pod. |
Part Shade | 5 | ||||
| Tree/Shrub | PARROTIA persica ‘Vanessa’ | A true four season tree starting with small red flowers in early spring, over gorgeous foliage taking on many colors throughout the fall while the bark is exfiating showing many colors throughout the year. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||||
| Tree/Shrub | PARTHENOCISSUS quinquefolia ‘Star Showers’ | Virginia Creeper | A variegated form of this vigorous native vine with foliage mottled with cream. Takes on pink tones as the weather cools. |
20-25 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Annual | PASSIFLORA aurantia | Orange Petaled Passionflower | Native to Australia this more compact grower sends out loads of tangerine-orange blooms. |
12-14 inches | Full sun | Overwinter Indoors | ||
| Annual | PASSIFLORA caerulea ‘Blue Bahama’ | Passion Flower | Unusual gorgeous blue and green and white flowers. |
10-15 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 6 | ||
| Annual | PASSIFLORA foetidia ‘Popping Jay’ | Stinking Passionflower Vine | Very pretty smaller white & purple flowers, but that’s not why you grow it! Each flower produces really cool feathery bracts that surround the buds and fruits! |
10-12 feet | Full sun | Overwinter Indoors | ||
| Annual | PASSIFLORA ‘Sunburst’ | Passion flower Vine | A completely different Passion flower! Yellow and orange flowers with purple backed foliage. Don’t get too close though, the flowers smell like rotting flesh! |
8-10 feet | Full sun | Overwinter Indoors | ||
| Tree/Shrub | PAXISTIMA canbyi | Mountain Jade | Evergreen groundcover with narrow glossy green leaves. Great plant! Habit is low and dense. Native to the mid-Atlantic states where it grows on rocky, difficult sites. |
10-12 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Annual | PELARGONIUM ‘Black Velvet Appleblossom’ | Fancy Leaf Geranium | Deep, dark almost black foliage contrasts beautifully with the single pale pink flowers. |
Full sun | Overwinter Indoors | |||
| Annual | PELARGONIUM ‘Contrast’ | Fancy Leaf Geranium | Tri-color foliage of green, cream and red with bright scarlet flowers. |
Full sun | Overwinter Indoors | |||
| Annual | PELARGONIUM ‘Distinctive’ | Fancy Leaf Geranium | A compact grower with rounded and toothed green foliage with a thin chocolate margin. Flower are bright red. |
8-12 inches | Tropical | |||
| Annual | PELARGONIUM Scented | Scented Geraniums | Easy to grow geraniums with wonderful fragrant foliage. In 2023 we will have ‘Lady Plymouth’, ‘Nutmeg’, ‘Pine’, ‘Attar of Roses’ & lemon scented ‘Charity’ |
1-3 feet | Sun/Part Shade | Overwinter Indoors | ||
| Perennial | DARMERA peltata | Umbrella Plant | Rounded leaves 6”-18″ across! Small pink flowers in clusters before the leaves in early spring. For moist sites. |
26-28 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Grass | PENNISETUM alopecuroides ‘Etouffee’ | Fountain Grass | Forming a large mound of arching green leaves with soft pink bottlebrush flower spikes from spring till fall then turning to buff as they dry. Sterile and non re-seeding Attracts songbirds Deer resistant Good cut flower |
30-36" | Full sun | 5 | ||
| Perennial | PENSTEMON barbatus ‘Jingle Bells’ | This beardtongue bears stems of bright coral-red tubular flowers that bring in the hummingbirds. The stems are tall and airy produced for a long period. Provide well drained soil for best success. |
Full sun | 5 | ||||
| Perennial | PENSTEMON barbatus ‘Pristine Blue’ | Beardtongue | Loads of bell-shaped deep blue blooms on compact flower spikes. Throughout the summer. Attracts hummingbirds Good cut flower |
15-20 inches | Sun | 5 | ||
| Perennial | PENSTEMON digitalis ‘Dakota Burgundy’ | Penstemon Foxglove | Glossy dark purple foliage and lavender flowers on a more compact plant than other varieties. |
12-14 inches | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | PENSTEMON digitalis ‘Pocahontas’ | Foxglove Penstemon | Dark burgundy foliage topped with spikes of lavender-pink tubular flowers on dark stems in June. |
3-4 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PENSTEMON ‘Onyx and Pearls’ | Beardtongue | Dark foliage and soft lavender flowers with white interiors. It takes the heat and humidity in stride but is also very cold hardy. It continues to provide terrific color in the landscape all season long. |
42" | Sun | 3 | ||
| Perennial | PENSTEMON pinifolius ‘Steppe Suns’ | Pineleaf Beardtongue | Bright orange flowered selection of this shrubby native blooms late spring into summer; pine leaf-like foliage on woody stems. Great for the rock garden where it can get a very well drained soil and lots of sun. Attracts hummingbirds |
12-18" | Full sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PENSTEMON ‘Prairie Dusk’ | Beard Tongue | Rose-purple tubular flowers in June-July. |
22-24 inches | Sun | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PENSTEMON strictus | Rocky Mountain Beardtongue | Spires of large royal-blue tubular flowers perfect for hummingbirds in late spring to early summer. Shiny semi-evergreen leaves remain fresh looking. Attracts pollinators Drought tolerant |
1-3 feet | Full sun | 4 | ||
| PEROVSKIA atriplicifolia ‘Blue Jean Baby’ | Russian Sage | A new intro from Walters Gardens selected for its shorter, more compact habit. Lacy blue-green foliage covered with lavender blue spikes that start blooming earlier than other Perovskias. |
28-34 inches | |||||
| Perennial | PERSICARIA ampl. ‘Firetail’ | Mountain Fleece Flower | An easy care perennial that grows quickly into a large clump of dark green foliage topped with ruby red flower spikes for many weeks in mid-summer. Does best with fertile, moist soils. Attracts bees & butterflies Good cut flower Deer & rabbit resistant |
36-48" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| PERSICARIA amplexicaule ‘Golden Arrow’ | Fleece Flower | Crimson spikes over golden lance-shaped foliage summer through fall. Best with moisture and light shade. |
3-4 feet | Part Shade | 4 | |||
| PERSICARIA amplexicaule ‘Orangefield’ | Fleece Flower | A new cultivar with salmon red spikes over bushy green foliage. |
36-42 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | |||
| Perennial | PERSICARIA amplexicaulis ‘Fat Domino’ | Mountain Fleeceflower | Deep red flowers with good substance that are larger than other varieties appear on upright stems making this a wonderful cut flower. Attracts butterflies |
3-4 feet | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PERSICARIA bistorta ‘Hohe Tatra’ | Fleece Flower | An improved version of the ‘Superbum’ Fleece Flower with richer colored flowers and not as vigorous a spreader. Very adaptable to many gardens but it will do best in a consistently moist soil. Good cut flower |
18-24" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PERSICARIA bistorta ‘Superbum’ | Fleece Flower | Strong spikes of light pink flowers on spreading foliage in June. Best in moist soil. |
24-26 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| PERSICARIA microcephala ‘Red Dragon’ | Fleece Flower | Foliage is deep burgundy with plum chevrons. Foliage is enhanced by red stems. Clump-forming with small clusters of white flowers in summer. |
22-24 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | |||
| Perennial | PERSICARIA polymorpha | Giant Fleece Flower | Large white astilbe-like plumes blooming from July-Sept. Forms a large clump, but doesn’t run. |
5-6 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PERSICARIA virginiana ‘Painter’s Palette’ | Fleece Flower (Tovara) | Leaves splashed with ivory and zoned in red. |
22-24 inches | Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Annual | PETCHOA ‘Snowberry White’ | Hybrid Petunia | Pure white with a pink eye mini petunia. |
Full sun | ||||
| Annual | PETCHOA ‘Sunray Pink’ | Petunia Hybrid | Scads of bright pink flowers on cascading plants. |
Full sun |