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Perennials

Type Botanical Name Native Common Name Description Height Light Req. Zone Add to My List
Perennial ECHINACEA purpurea ‘Ruby Star’ Cone Flower

Large flowers with horizontally held petals and a deeper pink coloration.

24-36 Sun/Part Shade 3
Perennial ECHINACEA ‘Sombrero Adobe Orange’ Hybrid Coneflower

Lots of large orange blooms on a well-branched plant.

18-20 inches Full sun 4
Perennial ECHINACEA ‘Sombrero Granada Gold’ Hybrid Coneflower

A compact, well-branched cultivar with non-fading golden yellow blossoms.

18-26 inches Sun 4
Perennial ECHINACEA ‘Sombrero Lemon Yellow Improved’ Hybrid Coneflower

Lots of lemon-yellow blossoms with wide overlapping petals on a compact, well-branched plant.

18-20 inches Full sun 4
Perennial ECHINACEA ‘Sombrero Salsa Red’ Hybrid Coneflower

Fiery-red, lightly-fragrant 3″ blooms from early summer through fall.

24-26 inches Sun 4
Perennial ECHINACEA ‘Sunseekers White Perfect’ Hybrid Coneflower

Lovely creamy white flowers have a multilayered, dahlia-like look. June through fall.

20 inches Sun 4
Perennial ECHINACEA ‘Sweet Sandia’ Cone Flower

Double rows of salmony-pink petals transitioning to fresh green with some soft yellow petals on short, upright stems. The petals then mature to pale pink with large, fragrant, dark crimson cones. Attracts bees & butterflies Deer resistant Drought tolerant Good cut flower

12-24" Full sun 4
Perennial ECHINACEA ‘White Swan’ Cone Flower

Honey scented, copper-colored cones with pure white petals blooms throughout the summer months. Drought tolerant Attracts bees, butterflies and song birds Cut flower Deer resistant

24-36" Full sun 3
Perennial ECHINOPS bannaticus ‘Blue Glow’ Globe Thistle

Intense blue flowers that pollinators love, with leaves more hairy and deeply cut than E. ritro. Early to late summer. Resilient to most pests/diseases/drought. Deer/rabbit resistant.

48-54 inches Sun 4
Perennial EPIMEDIUM ‘Amber Queen’ Barrenwort

A vigorous cultivar with large, spidery yellow blooms fading to orange.  Stiff-textured holly-like foliage is veined with red in spring.

16-18 inches Part Shade 4
Perennial EPIMEDIUM grandiflorum ‘Benedict’s Violet’

Spring brings a mound of green leaves with a rosy edge over which grape-purple flowers arrive floating on delicate stems. A shorter epimedium that will form a tidy clump.

Part Shade/Shade 4
Perennial EPIMEDIUM grandiflorum ‘Pseudo-Larchmont’

Pale pink spiders with darker pink inner cups. Newest leaves show a marbling of bronze and green.

Part Shade/Shade 4
Perennial EPIMEDIUM grandiflorum var. higoense ‘Confetti’

Unique leaves are speckled with purple in spring. This variety produces masses of white flowers that appear very delicate with spider-like appendages.

Part Shade/Shade 4
Perennial EPIMEDIUM lishihchenii Barrenwort

Bright yellow long spurred flowers in spring. Deer/rabbit/drought tolerant.

10-12 inches Part Shade/Shade 5
Perennial EPIMEDIUM pinnatum ssp. colchicum ‘Thunderbolt’

The glossy foliage turns deep marron in colder weather with prominent ‘thunderbolt’ like veining. Bright yellow spidery flowers are a wonderful contrast.

Part Shade/Shade 4
Perennial EPIMEDIUM sempervirens ‘Mars’

Rose-red flowers are produced in abundance over shiny green heart-shaped leaves with a second flush of bloom making this a long blooming cultivar.

Part Shade/Shade 4
Perennial EPIMEDIUM ‘Spine Tingler’ Barrenwort

Unlike other epimediums, sends flowers and foliage up at the same time. Dark green leaves with spiny margins. Soft yellow “jester-like” flowers on compact plants in mid to late spring. Deer/rabbit resistant. From Darrell Probst.

8-10 inches Part Shade/Shade 5
Perennial EPIMEDIUM x rubrum ‘Galadriel’ Barrenwort

Gorgeous bronze foliage in spring with roe-red flowers late spring, in fall the foliage turns brilliant orange & red. Makes a great groundcover

8-12" Part Shade/Shade 4
Perennial EPIMEDIUM warleyense ‘Orange Queen’ Barrenwort

Copper-orange flowers in spring on a slowly spreading groundcover. Attractive foliage year-round.

18-20 inches Part Shade 5
Perennial EPIMEDIUM x youngianum ‘Ruby Tuesday’

A later blooming form this one begins blooming at a very small size and continues to send up successive leaves and flowers throughout the spring reaching its ultimate height of 14”. Rich red flowers have paler pink spurs.

Part Shade/Shade 4
Perennial EPIMEDIUM youngianum ‘Japanese Cultivar’

A smaller Epimedium with rose-pink flowers over small bright green leaves with paler veining.

Part Shade/Shade 4
Perennial ERICA carnea ‘Springwood White’ Winter Heath

Low-growing, mounding groundcover for sunny areas. Abundant silver-white from late-winter to early-spring. Can be sheared just after blooming, but next year’s buds form in summer. Deer/drought/salt tolerant.

8 inches Sun 5
Perennial ERIGERON ‘Lynnhaven Carpet’ Fleabane

Dense, mat-forming habit and astonishing ability to thrive in a wide range of challenging conditions. In early May, individual flower stalks give rise to lightly tinted lavender flowers with a yellow inner eye.

12-15" Sun/Part Shade 4
Perennial ERYNGIUM alpinum ‘Blue Star’

From mid-summer to fall the finely toothed foliage is topped with sturdy stems each bearing one steel-blue thistle-like flower that is collared by a soft blue frill.

Full sun 2
Perennial ERYNGIUM planum ‘White Glitter’ Sea Holly

A profusion of silvery-white teasel-like flowers on sturdy stems creating height and drama to the border. Drought tolerant Attracts bees & butterflies Good cut flower

24-36" Full sun 4
Perennial ERYNGIUM yuccifolium Rattlesnake Master

Tough, blue-green, yucca-like spiky leaves. Smooth, rigid stem with  individual, greenish-white flowers cluster into unique, globular heads throughout summer. Deer/rabbit tolerant.

4-5 feet Sun 3
Perennial ERYTHRONIUM americanum Trout Lily

Our native “trout lily” prevalent throughout Vermont woods in early spring.  Nodding yellow bells over mottled foliage.  Summer dormant.

4-6 inches Part Shade 3
Perennial ERYTHRONIUM ‘Pagoda’ Trout Lily

Large lemon-yellow nodding flowers with up-tipped petals and up to 10 flowers per stem. Foliage can be mottled with bronze, most noticeable when first emerging . After flowering the entire plant goes dormant until the next spring.

12-18" Full Sun/Part Shade 4
Perennial EUPATORIUM dubium ‘Baby Joe’ Joe Pye Weed

Large, dome-shaped flower heads of lavender-mauve. Even more compact than E. ‘Little Joe’!

28-30 inches Sun/Part Shade 3
Perennial EUPATORIUM dubium ‘Little Pye’

A more compact Joe-Pye Weed with the same lavender flower heads on sturdy stems. Can take a wide variety of growing conditions.

Full Sun/Part Shade 3
Perennial EUPATORIUM hyssopifolium Hyssop-leaf Thoroughwort

Lacy umbels of white flowers over fine-textured foliage in late summer. Best in dry situations.

2-3 feet Full Sun/Part Shade 4
Perennial EUPHORBIA myrsinites Myrtle Spurge, Creeping Spurge

Mostly evergreen. Oval, blue-green, succulent-like leaves in close spirals around the stems. Non-showy greenish flowers/showy yellow bracts bloom in spring. Deer/rabbit/drought/salt tolerant. Readily self-seeds.

4-8 inches Sun 5
Perennial EUPHORBIA polychroma Cushion Spurge

Colorful yellow bracts in May on dome-shaped plant. Red fall foliage.

16-18 inches Sun 4
Perennial EUPHORBIA polychroma ‘Bonfire’ Cushion Spurge

Green spring foliage quickly matures to a dark mahoghany red. Great contrast with acid yellow flowers.

16-18 inches Sun 4
Perennial FILIPENDULA palmata ‘Nana’ Meadowsweet

Airy pink flower heads in early summer on a compact plant. Attractive lacy dissected foliage.

14-16 inches Sun/Part Shade 3
Perennial FILIPENDULA palmata ‘Elegans’ Meadowsweet

Feathery plumes of white to pink from June into July.  Great for moist sites.  Forms a wide mound.

24-30 inches Sun/Part Shade 4
Perennial FILIPENDULA rubra ‘Venusta ‘ Queen of the Prairie

Deep pink fluffy plumes on tall stems in summer. Slowly spread by rhizomes to form nice clumps. Seed heads turn attractive fall color. Attracts bees and butterflies Clay and wet soil tolerant Deer and rabbit resistant

6-7 feet Sun/Part Shade 3
Perennial FILIPENDULA ulmaria ‘Plena’ Meadow Sweet

Finely cut foliage that is almost fern-like holds upright stems of creamy-white double puffs that are sweetly fragrant. Deer and rabbit resistant

18-24" Full Sun/Part Shade 3
Perennial FILIPENDULA ulmaria ‘Variegata’ Variegated Meadowsweet

Dark green palmate leaves with gold centers and creamy white summer flowers. Try with red Astrantias. Both prefer moist sites.

24-26 inches Sun/Part Shade 4
Perennial GALIUM odoratum Sweet Woodruff

Excellent groundcover with delicate scented foliage and tiny white flowers in May.

8-10 inches Part Shade 4
Perennial GAULTHERIA procumbens Wintergreen

Native woodland groundcover. Red berries and dark green aromatic foliage which turns purplish red in fall/winter. Charming.

6-8 inches Part Shade 2
Perennial GAULTHERIA procumbens ‘Winter Splash’ Wintergreen

Showy white and green leaves that turn pink in the winter. Small white flowers in summer are followed by bright red edible berries. Makes a nice colorful groundcover. Deer resistant Drought tolerant

4-6" Part Shade/Shade 3
Perennial GAURA ‘Bantam Pink’

Spikes of hot pink flowers are formed on dark burgundy stems over deep green foliage flowering all summer and into fall. It loves a hot sunny spot with well drained soil.

Full sun 5
Perennial GENTIANA ‘True Blue’ Gentian

We saw this new floriferous gentian from Darrell Probst a few years ago and couldn’t wait till it was available! Large, upward-facing true blue bells from midsummer until fall.

24-26 inches Part Shade 4
Perennial GERANIUM ‘Blue Sunrise’ Cranesbill

Foliage in spring emerges orange to gold and changes to lime-green. Violet-blue flowers from summer to fall.

12-14 inches Sun/Part Shade 4
Perennial GERANIUM ‘Dragon Heart’ Cranesbill

Large magenta flowers with a black center and black veins. blooming abundantly from early to late summer.

22-24 inches Sun/Part Shade 5
Perennial GERANIUM macrorrhizum ‘Bevan’s Variety’ Bigfoot Geranium

A cultivar with bright magenta red blooms in the spring over fragrant spreading foliage.

10-12 inches Sun/Part Shade/Shade 4
Perennial GERANIUM macrorrhizum ‘Spessart’ Bigroot Geranium

Fragrant semi-evergreen foliage is tidy and neat all season and will spread to make a lovely ground cover in sun or shade. White flowers appear in spring and will rebloom sporadically through the summer. In fall the foliage turns bright orange-red. Drought tolerant  

10-12 inches Full Sun/Part Shade 3
Perennial GERANIUM maculatum Wild Geranium

Clump forming with mounds of attractive foliage and sweet lavender flowers with darker veins.

12-24 inches Part Shade/Shade 4
Perennial GERANIUM maculatum ‘Huggy Bear’

Light lavender-pink blooms contrast beautifully with the deep chocolate-bronze foliage. Even when not in bloom it’s a standout!

Full Sun/Part Shade 3