All Plants
| Type | Botanical Name | Native | Common Name | Description | Height | Light Req. | Zone | Add to My List |
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| Conifer | PINUS sylvestris ‘Inverleith’ | Blue-green needles have a creamy-white streaking causing this conifer to glow. An upright and pyramidal growth habit. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||||
| Conifer | PINUS sylvestris ‘Mitsch’s Weeping’ | A weeping and spreading for of Scotch Pine with interesting contorted branches and needles. Older plants will display peeling orange bark. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||||
| Tree/Shrub | PLATANUS occidentalis | Sycamore | Beautiful native tree with alternating patches of white and light brownbark. Habitat is along stream banks or near water. |
40 feet or more | Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Perennial | PLATYCODON grandiflorus ‘Fairy Snow’ | Balloon Flower | Dwarf form with white flowers veined in blue. Late to emerge in the spring. |
12-14 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | PLATYCODON ‘Pop Star Blue’ | Balloon Flower | Huge balloon flowers on dwarf plants are a sweet pink blooming all summer. Attracts butterflies Deer & rabbit resistant |
6-8" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | PLATYCODON ‘Popstar Pink’ | Balloon Flower | Balloon-shaped clear pink buds open to huge blooms on compact plants bloom all summer. |
6-8" | Full sun | 3 | ||
| Annual | PLECTRANTHUS collides ‘Mini Variegata’ | Cuban Oregano | Felted, semi-succulent gray-green foliage is edged in cream and is highly aromatic. Trailing stems to 2 feet long. Great in containers. |
10-12 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | Overwinter Indoors | ||
| Annual | PLECTRANTHUS fosteri ‘Green on Green’ | Swedish Ivy | Thick, soft, velvety leaves are green and edged in lime. |
22-24 inches | Sun/Part Shade | Overwinter Indoors | ||
| Annual | PLECTRANTHUS fosteri ‘Marginatus’ | Swedish Ivy | Very large leaves of dark velvety green with white edges and heavy scalloping on an upright bushy mound. |
28-30 inches | Full Sun/Part Shade | Tropical | ||
| Annual | PLECTRANTHUS ‘Troy’s Gold’ | Swedish Ivy | Compact grower with gold leaves randomly in green. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | Overwinter Indoors | |||
| Annual | PLECTRANTHUS ‘Velvet Elvis’ | Swedish Ivy | Fuzzy deep green leaves with a deep purple underside sport many sprays of lavender flowers in late summer. |
12-24" | Full Sun/Part Shade | Overwinter Indoors | ||
| Perennial | PODOPHYLLUM hexandrum ‘Majus’ | Himalayan Mayapple | A clump-forming mayapple with pink upward-facing cup-shaped flowers in early spring, before the brown, marbled leaves are fully developed. Followed by four-inch egg-shaped seed pods. |
18-20 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PODOPHYLLUM peltatum | Mayapple | Native wildflower with unique lobed leaves and red fruit in August. |
18 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| PODOPHYLLUM ‘Spotty Dotty’ | Asian Mayapple | Large, lobed umbrella-shaped leaves are chartreuse with bizarre chocolate spotting. Large garnet flowers are clustered under the foliage. Worth a try in sheltered Zone 5 gardens. |
16-18 inches | Part Shade | 6 | |||
| Perennial | POLEMONIUM boreale ‘Heavenly Habit’ | Jacob's Ladder | Large blue, lightly fragrant flowers with white centers appear on upright stalks in spring. Glossy fern-like foliage forms a compact mound. |
10-12 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | POLEMONIUM caeruleum ‘Brise d’Anjou’ | Jacob's Ladder | ‘Brise d’Anjou’ boasts beautiful cream-and-green variegated foliage all season. Violet-blue flowers appear from late spring to early summer. This variety of Jacob’s ladder prefers rich, consistently moist, well-drained soil and cooler climates. |
12" | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | POLEMONIUM reptans | Jacob's Ladder | This woodland native bears delicate light blue flowers over a tidy mound of ladder-like foliage in late spring. |
12-18 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | POLEMONIUM reptans ‘Touch of Class’ | Jacob's Ladder | A selection from our native Jacob’s Ladder with purported better variegation, hardiness and vigor than P. ‘Stairway to Heaven’. Silvery blue spring blooms. |
14-16 inches | Sun/Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
| Perennial | POLYGONATUM cryptanthum | Hidden Solomon's Seal | Interesting species with a pair of small cream bells hidden under a pair of yellow-green bracts. |
14-16 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | POLYGONATUM odoratum ‘Variegatum’ | Variegated Solomon’s Seal | Green, edged in white, variegated foliage with reddish stems. Attractive arching habit and small dangling bells in spring. |
8-10 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | POLYGONATUM humile | Dwarf Solomon’s Seal | Very dwarf form spreading slowly with white flowers in late spring. Nice small scale groundcover. |
6-8 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| POLYGONATUM odoratum ‘Byakko’ | Variegated Solomon’s Seal | Red stems with leaves that emerge solid green, then the half closer to the stem turns creamy white. Reasonably vigorous for a variegated plant. |
14-16 inches | Part Shade/Shade | ||||
| Perennial | POLYGONATUM odoratum ‘Carlisle’ | A much more distinct variegation than on the one known as ‘Variegatum’. Wide margins of creamy-white on slowly spreading stems. Dangling bells of white in spring. |
Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||||
| Perennial | POLYGONATUM ‘Prince Charming’ | Hybrid Solomon's Seal | This hybrid between P. biflorum and P. humile is covered with small white bells on arching stems in the spring. Forms a dense mat of blue-green foliage. |
12-14 inches | Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | POLYGONATUM speciosum ‘New Yorker’ | A nice clump forming Solomon’s Seal with stems emerging in different directions. This was found at the New York Botanic Gardens- hence its name. The usual white bell flowers in spring. |
Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||||
| Perennial | POLYGONATUM verticillatum | Solomon's Seal | A different Solomon’s seal with narrow foliage whorled on slightly arching stems. Small white bells dangle from the leaf axils in late spring. |
1-2 feet | Part Shade/Shade | 5 | ||
| Fern | POLYSTICHUM acrostichoides | Christmas Fern | A native, evergreen, very adaptable fern. Attractive pinnate fronds. Deer/rabbit resistant. |
12-24 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 3 | ||
| Annual | POLYSTICHUM tsus-simense | Korean Rock Fern | Compact, fine-toothed leaves and lance-shaped fronds that are leathery and glossy. It will make a lovely addition to shady mixed planters. |
12-24" | Part Shade/Shade | Overwinter Indoors | ||
| Perennial | PORTERANTHUS trifoliatus | (Gillenia) Bowman’s Root | Reddish stems sport a myriad of small white flowers on wiry stems in June-July. |
2-3 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PORTERANTHUS trifoliatus ‘Pink Profusion’ | (Gillenia) Bowman's Root | Like the species, but with clear pink flowers held above reddish leaves on deep red stems. |
2-3 feet | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Annual | PORTULACA ‘Colorblast Dragonfruit’ | Moss Rose | Succulent and trailing plant covered in double blooms of magenta centers and yellow-orange outer petals.. The Colorblast series have blooms that stay open longer in low light conditions. Drought tolerant |
4-6 inches | Full sun | Succulent | ||
| Annual | PORTULACA grandiflora ‘Double Sunset Fire’ | Moss Rose | Bright double flowers feature intense magenta ruffled center petals surrounded by lemon-yellow back petals. Narrow succulent foliage forms flat mats. Great for hot dry situations. |
6-8 inches | Full sun | |||
| Perennial | POTENTILLA fragiformis ‘Gold Sovereign’ | Woolly Cinquefoil | Large felty green leaves with shiny white hairs and yellow flowers in spring. Low growing plant for rock garden or ground cover in well-drained soil. Tolerates heat and humidity. |
8-10 inches | Sun | 5 | ||
| Perennial | PRIMULA acaulis ‘Finish Mix’ | English Primrose | A hybrid with large flowers in early spring over compact foliage. Available in mixed colors. |
6-8 inches | Part Shade | 5 | ||
| Perennial | Primula Belarina ‘Spring Sun’ | Primrose | Large, bright yellow double blossoms cover the bright green foliage of this spring bloomer. |
4-8" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | Primula Bouquet ‘Mandarin’ | Primrose | Bright tangerine-orange double blooms all spring over crinkled green foliage. |
4-8" | Full Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PRIMULA denticulata ‘Lilac Globe’ | Drumstick Primrose | Spherical clusters of lavender-blue flowers on top of smooth stalks in early spring. One of the first primroses to bloom. Requires rich consistently moist soil. |
10-12 inches | Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PRIMULA japonica ‘Hybrids’ | Japanese Primrose | A seed selection of candelabrum types in shades of pink and red. May-June. Needs consistently moist to wet soil to be happy. |
22-24 inches | Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PRIMULA kisoana | Primrose | Rounded fuzzy foliage and hot pink flowers. Stoloniferous. Withstands drier conditions than most primrose. |
6-8 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PRIMULA Polyanthus ‘Oak Leaf Magenta’ | Bright magenta-pink flower clusters atop short stems reblooming all spring and summer. |
Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||||
| Perennial | PRIMULA polyanthus ‘Oakleaf Blue’ | With foliage that resembles oak leaves and reblooming flower clusters of a deep blue-purple this primrose is very unusual. |
Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||||
| Perennial | PRIMULA sieboldii Mix | Primrose | Downy rosettes topped with many-flowered scapes, white to deep pink flowers. Summer dormant. |
10-12 inches | Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PRIMULA vulgaris ‘Belarina Nectarine’ | English Primrose | A vigorous strain from England with large, double yellow flowers are tinged with apricot pink in spring. |
6-8 inches | Sun/Part Shade | 4 | ||
| Perennial | PRIMULA vulgaris ‘Oakleaf Yellow Picotee’ | Primrose | A primrose with unusual oak-leaf shaped foliage. Bright yellow flowers with orange-red edges appear in early spring. Very hardy; compact flowering. |
12-14 inches | Part Shade/Shade | 4 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | PRUNUS americana | A very showy native plum that covers itself in fragrant white blossoms in spring and growing into a small tree with edible red fruits that are attractive to birds. The foliage turns brilliant shades of red in fall. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 3 | ||||
| Edibles | PRUNUS cerasifera ‘Pendula’ | Weeping Cherry Plum | Purple foliage and pink flowers in spring on weeping branches followed by red and yellow fruit. |
8-15' | Full sun | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | PRUNUS ‘Hally Jolivette’ | Semi-double pale pink blossoms in spring on a compact low growing tree with beautiful bark, flowering from late April to early May. A fast grower, it will become a wonderful addition to the landscape very quickly. |
Full Sun/Part Shade | 5 | ||||
| Edibles | PRUNUS maritima | Beach Plum | Quick growing attractive native shrub. Pretty white spring flowers that appear before the foliage and small purple edible plums are good for fresh eating, and jams/jellies. Tolerant of salt and poor soils. |
3-6 feet | Sun | 4 | ||
| Edibles | PRUNUS ‘Reliance’ | Peach | One of the hardiest peaches available. Medium sized fruit, flesh is bright yellow, soft & juicy, ripening late July to early August. Self-fertile. |
15-20 feet | Sun | 5 | ||
| Tree/Shrub | PRUNUS ‘Pink Snow Showers’ | Weeping Flowering Cherry | Masses of double pink flowers cover the graceful, weeping branches in early spring followed by lush green foliage that becomes deep golden in fall. A beautiful choice as a specimen. |
15-20 feet | Full sun | 4 |