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Type Botanical Name Native Common Name Description Height Light Req. Zone Add to My List
Tree/Shrub AESCULUS parviflora Bottlebrush Buckeye

A large shrub with great foliage and white bottle-brush flowers in July. Wide-spreading, it will form a dense thicket.

8-12 feet Sun/Part Shade/Shade 4
Tree/Shrub AESCULUS neglecta ‘Erythroblastus’ Horse Chestnut

Magnificent silvery cream spring foliage turns lime green by midsummer. Slow-growing southeast native.

30-40 feet Sun 5
Annual AGAPANTHUS praecox ‘Zambezi’

Variegated foliage of green & gold. Large blue flower heads.

Full sun Overwinter Indoors
Annual AGAPANTHUS ‘Twister’

Large flower heads of white and pale lavender.

Full sun Overwinter Indoors
Annual AGAPANTHUS ‘Lapis’

Dwarf variety with bright blue flowers on sturdy stems.

Full sun Tropical
Perennial AGASTACHE ‘Blue Fortune’ Anise Hyssop

Long-lasting lavender-blue flower spikes all summer. Foliage is fragrant.  Great pollinator plant.  Not long-lived, but reseeds reliably.

2-3 feet Sun 4
Annual AGAVE americana ‘Marginata’ Century Plant

Gray-blue succulent strap-like foliage with bright yellow margins.

4-6 feet Tropical
Annual AGERATUM ‘Lemon Lime’ Floss Flower

Rich lavender flowers highlighted by green and lime foliage. Attracts butterflies

14-16" Full sun
Perennial AJUGA Feathered Friends ‘Parrot Paradise’ Bugleweed

Three colors on a single plant! Stunning tri-color leaves of bright yellow, orange, and red on this new ultra-hardy hybrid Ajuga, plants are topped in spring with beautifully contrasting cobalt-blue flowers.

6" Sun/Part Shade 3
Perennial AJUGA ‘Princess Leia’ Bugleweed

Green and white variegated foliage with deep purple flowers in spring. Attracts butterflies & hummingbirds Deer resistant

4-6" Part Shade/Shade 4
Perennial AJUGA reptans ‘Black Scallop’ Bugleweed

A cultivar with shiny, very dark burgundy scalloped foliage.  Short spikes of deep blue blooms cover the plant in the spring.  Slow-spreading to 3 feet wide.

4-6 inches Sun/Part Shade 4
Perennial AJUGA reptans ‘Blueberry Muffin’ Carpet Bugle

Forms a dense mat of rounded green leaves that start out with a nice bronze flush than covered with blueberry-colored flowers in summer.

6-8 inches Sun/Part Shade 4
Perennial AJUGA reptans ‘Burgundy Glow’ Bugleweed

Lovely tri-color foliage is burgundy, white and green. Flowers blue.

4-6 inches Sun/Part Shade 4
Perennial AJUGA reptans ‘Metallica Crispa’ Bugleweed

Distinctly curled leaves of dark bronze. Unlike other Ajuga, it’s not a rapid spreader.

4-6 inches Sun/Part Shade 4
Perennial ALCEA ‘Blackberry Ripple’

Ruffled double and semi-double blooms in a mix of deep purple and white.

Full sun 3
Perennial ALCEA ‘Purple Rain’ Hollyhocks

A true perennial form of Hollyhocks that bear tall stems of deep purple for most of the summer.

5-6 feet Full sun 5
Perennial ALCEA rosea ‘Black Knight’ Hollyhock

New introduction in the ‘Spotlight’ series. Black-purple single flowers; blooms first year and truly perennial (unlike the old-fashioned biennial varieties). Cut to ground after bloom.

5-6 feet Sun 3
Perennial ALCEA rosea ‘Radiant Rose’ Hollyhock

Rose-pink single mallow flowers on tall, sturdy stems.  This selection is from the perennial Spotlight series.

5-6 feet Full sun 3
Perennial ALCHEMILLA alpina Lady's Mantle

A dwarf form with sprays of chartreuse flowers.

6-8 inches Sun/Part Shade 3
Perennial ALCHEMILLA sericata ‘Gold Strike’ Lady’s Mantle

Low tufts of grey-green scalloped foliage, with umbels of bright gold flowers late spring to early summer.

12-14 inches Sun/Part Shade 3
Perennial ALLIUM ‘Bubble Bath’

Large lavender balls of flowers over blue-green foliage give a big impact in the sunny garden. Attracts butterflies and bees.

Full sun 4
Perennial ALLIUM cernuum Nodding Onion

Clumps of flat, narrow, grass-like leaves and tiny bell-shaped, pink to lilac pink (occasionally white) flowers which appear in loose, nodding clusters.

12-18 Inches Sun/Part Shade 4
Perennial ALLIUM ‘Little Sapphire’

A later blooming ornamental onion with deep purple balls of flowers mid to late summer. Rabbit & deer resistant

Full sun 4
Perennial ALLIUM ‘Millenium’ Ornamental Onion

Profuse 2” rosy purple umbels on strong stems in mid to late summer.

16-20 inches Sun 4
Perennial ALLIUM ‘Mount Everest’ Ornamental Onion

Creamy white, 5-inch globes top long stems from late spring to summer. Splendid grown against a dark background, and like all of the big alliums, it makes an impressive cut flower. Deer Resistant

44-48" Full sun 4
Perennial ALLIUM schoenoprasum ‘Forescate’ Giant flowering chives

A large-flowered selection of Common Chives, forms a low mound of grassy leaves, with rose-purple flowers in late spring. Flowers and leaves are edible. Nice as a cut flower, fresh or dried. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Clumps are easily divided in spring or fall. Deadhead to prevent self-seeding, as they will revert to regular chives. […]

12-18 inches Full Sun/Part Shade 2
Perennial ALLIUM senescens ‘Blue Eddy’

Compact and swirling blue-green foliage topped in summer with lilac colored balls. A great plant for rock gardens. Attracts butterflies and bees Deer and rabbit resistant

Full sun 4
Perennial ALLIUM senescens ssp. ‘Glaucum’ Circle Onion

Flat blue-green corkscrew shoots form a distinctive clump. Pink flowers in late summer.

6-8 inches Sun 4
Perennial ALLIUM senescens ‘Mongolian Gem’ Curly Onion

Handsome blue-green, strap-like leaves are followed in late summer with 18″ stems of decorative, 2″ balls of lavender-pink flowers, growing from clusters of small bulbs which have had medicinal use throughout Europe, Siberia, Northern Asia. Bronzy-yellow fall foliage.

18" Full sun 3
Annual ALOCASIA calodora ‘Persian Palm’ Elephant Ears

Large bright green leaves with an undulating edge.

3-4 feet Full Sun/Part Shade Overwinter Dormant Indoors
Annual ALOCASIA odora ‘Maui Splash’ Elephant Ears

Large green leaves are splashed with gold.

24-36 inches Part Shade Overwinter Dormant Indoors
Annual ALOCASIA ‘Regal Shields’ Elephant Ears

Shiny, deep green tropical leaves with a burgundy underside.

24-30 inches Full Sun/Part Shade Overwinter Dormant Indoors
Annual ALOE ‘Green Sand’ Aloe

Thick succulent foliage speckled with white to pink bumps even along the edges.

10-12 inches Sun/Part Shade Succulent
Annual ALOE ‘Snow White’ Aloe

Thick succulent green foliage is heavily speckled with white.

10-12 inches Sun/Part Shade Succulent
Annual ALSTROEMERIA Colorita ‘Fabiana’ Peruvian Lily

Palest yellow with deep red streaks and variegated foliage. When dead-headed will continue to bloom throughout summer. Good cut flower Attracts hummingbirds

8-12" Full Sun/Part Shade Overwinter Dormant Indoors
Annual ALTERNANTHERA ‘Red Threads’ Joseph's Coat

Mounding; unusual slender leaves; forms a densely-branched, textured carpet in shades of deep burgundy. Deer resistant.

8-12 inches Sun/Part Shade Tropical
Perennial ALYSSUM montanum ‘Mountain Gold’ Basket of Gold

Masses of yellow blooms over evergreen silver-gray foliage in spring. Forms a low-spreading mound.  Needs good drainage. Great for rock gardens. Attracts bees Deer resistant

4-6 inches Sun 2
Tree/Shrub AMELANCHIER ‘Autumn Brilliance’ Serviceberry

A large multi-stem shrub or small tree with white flowers in very early spring. Foliage is blue-green turning red in the autumn. Red berries in summer mature to purple and are edible. Excellent native for groves or border.

20-25 feet Sun/Part Shade/Shade 3
Perennial AMSONIA ‘Blue Ice’ Bluestar

A new, long-blooming form with dark blue flowers. Habit is dense and mounding.

14-16 inches Sun/Part Shade 4
Perennial AMSONIA ciliata ‘Hubrichtii’ Bluestar

Thread-like leaves and very pale blue flowers in June-July. Awesome yellow fall color for weeks.

22-24 inches Sun/Part Shade 4
Perennial AMSONIA ‘String Theory’

A threadleaf and compact version of the industry standard Amsonia hubrichtii. Light periwinkle blue flowers in late spring, flowering later than ‘Storm Cloud’. Golden-orange fall color. Deer resistant. Heat and humidity tolerant. Can go several years between divisions.

18-22 inches Full Sun/Part Shade 4
Perennial AMSONIA tabernaemontana ‘Storm Cloud’ Bluestar

In this cultivar the stems emerge near black in the spring!  Typical blue flowers cover the plant in early summer.  Forms a wide mound.

24-30 inches Sun/Part Shade 5
Annual ANACAMPSEROS rufescens Sand Rose

Slowly creeping branched stems and fleshy leaves spirally arranged along the stem, exposed to full sun, they become reddish-brown to purple. Flowers range from pink to rose-purple and appear on stalks in late spring and summer.

3-4" Full Sun/Part Shade Succulent
ANACYCLUS depressus Atlas Mountain Daisy

A mini-daisy for the rock garden with white flowers in summer over ferny gray foliage.

4-6 inches
Perennial ANCHUSA capensis ‘Blue Angel’ Bugloss

Bright blue forget-me-not flowers over shrubby plants with fuzzy foliage. Blooms early summer with brilliant cobalt-blue flowers.

12-14 inches Sun 3
Perennial ANDROMEDA polifolia ‘Blue Ice’ Bog Rosemary

Low-growing mound of evergreen icy blue foliage blanketed by masses of nodding, bell-shaped, small, pink flowers in early spring. Compact, spreading habit. Great in rock gardens and as groundcover along stream margins.

1 foot Sun/Part Shade 2
Grass ANDROPOGON gerardii ‘Blackhawks’

The upright foliage starts dark green but begins to turn purple in late summer as nights cool and will be almost black by Autumn.

Full sun 3
Grass ANDROPOGON gerardii ‘Red October’ Big Bluestem

Foliage starts deep green with some red highlights, as the season progresses the color becomes more and more red increasing to deep burgundy. Late season brings fluffy flower heads that are shades of red.

5-6 feet Full sun 3
ANDROSACE sempervivoides ‘Susan Joan’ Rock Jasmine

Small rosettes of silvery foliage topped with clusters of light pink flowers maturing to rose.  Blooms in spring.

2-4 inches
Perennial ANEMONE ‘Dawn Breaker’

Bright pink Anemone that blooms in late spring on compact plants.

Full Sun/Part Shade 5