PLANT NAME

SUN/

SHADE

HEIGHT

SPREAD

COLOR

TIME

COMMENTS

ACANTHUS

(Bear's Breeches)

♦●

spinosus

30-32"

18-24"

Purple & White

May

Beautiful architectural plant for

shady areas.A must for your garden!  

ACHILLEA

(Yarrow or Midfoil)

☼

'Moonshine'

18-24"

20"

bright yellow

June-July

Plants will rebloom if they are

cut back after the first flowering

millefolium ‘Paprika’

21-24"

24"

Paprika red

June-July

'Red Velvet'

30-36"

24"

deep red wine

June-July

‘Sunny Seduction’

18-24"

24"

bright yellow

June-July

NEW

‘Terra Cotta’

30-36"

24"

Rust red

June-July

AGASTACHE

(Anise Hyssop)

☼

‘Alcapulco Red’

14-24"

18-24"

red

June-Sept

NEW

'Blue Fortune'

24-36"

18-24"

violet-blue

July-Sept

ALCEA (Hollyhocks)

☼

Rosea ‘Queeny’

36"

24-30"

Deep purple

summer

double

AMPELOPSIS

(Var. Porcelain Vine)

♦●

brevipedunculata 'Elegans'

10-25"

3'

blue berries &

variegated leaves

Summer

Good vine for shady areas.  Fast grower.

PLANT NAME

SUN/

SHADE

HEIGHT

SPREAD

COLOR

TIME

COMMENTS

AMSONIA

(Narrow Leaf BlueStar)

☼♦

hubrichtii

3'

18"

sky blue

Spring

2011 Perennial of the Year

Needle-like leaves valued for golden

yellow fall color.  Beautiful plant!

ANEMONE

(Janpanese Anemone)

♦●

'Honorine Jobert'

36-42"

18-24

white

Aug-Sept

Excellent for fall blooms

'September Charm'

24-36"

18-24"

silver pink

Aug-Sept

Showy blooms in early fall

AQUILEGIA (Columbine)

♦●

Canadensis (native)

2-3’

18"

Red & yellow

Spring

x ccaeruvlia

‘Origami Blue&White’

14-18"

18"

blue & white

Spring

upward facing  blue & white flowers

x ccaeruvlia

‘Origami Red & White’

14-18"

18"

red & white

Spring

ARISAEMA

☼

Triphyllum

(Jack-in-the-Pulpit)

12-24"

12-18"

Brown green & white

Spring

Sikokianum

(Japanese Cobra Lily)

20-24"

18"

green, purple,white

Spring

PLANT NAME

SUN/

SHADE

HEIGHT

SPREAD

COLOR

TIME

COMMENTS

ARTEMESIA (Wormwood)

♦●

arborescens 'Powis Castle'

24"

36"

silver leaves

Aug-Oct

aromatic

ARUNCUS (Goatsbeard)

♦●

aethusifolius (dwarf)

12"

18"

creamy white spike

late Summer

ASARUM

♦●

canadense

(Wild Ginger)

6"

spreads

purple-brown

Spring

‘Splendens’

(Chinese Wild Ginger)

6-8"

spreads

Green/silver leaves

Spring

Asclepias

☼

tuberosa

(Butterfly Weed)

24"

18"

orange

summer

ASTER (Aster)

☼

novae-angliae

'Purple Dome'

18"

24"

deep purple

Sept-Oct

New England Aster. Good for cutting;

great accentfor fall blooming grasses.

Oblongifolius

'October skies'

18-24"

24"

sky blue

Aug-Oct

ASTILBE

♦●

arendsii ‘Bridal Veil’

28"

24"

white

May-June

arendsii 'Fanal'

20"

24"

red

May-June

Chinensis

'Visions in Purple'

24"

18-24"

purple

June-July

Chinensis

'Visions in Red'

12-24"

24"

Purplish red

June-July

'japonica 'Deutschland''

24"

24"

white

May-June

japonica 'Rhineland'

24"

24"

rose-pink

May-June

BAPTISIA

(False Indigo)

☼

australis  9native0

36-42"

3’

blue

May

PERENNIAL OF THE YEAR 2010

native

‘Midnight Prairie Blues’

4’

4’

Deep violet blue

May-June

PLANT NAME

SUN/

SHADE

HEIGHT

SPREAD

COLOR

TIME

COMMENTS

BERGENIA

(Bergenian Pig Squeak)

♦●

cordifolia

10-12"

18"

Dark pink

Spring

cordifolia 'Bressingham Ruby'

12-15"

18"

red

Spring

CAMPANULA (Peachleaf Bellflower)

♦●

posch 'Blue Waterfall'

12"

24"

blue

Summer

Cascading blue flowers all summer

PLANT NAME

SUN/

SHADE

HEIGHT

SPREAD

COLOR

TIME

COMMENTS

CIMICIFUGA

(Bugbane, Snakeroot)

●

ramosa 'Hillside Black Beauty'

4-7'

24"

white/purple black lvs.

Aug-Sept

A collector's item!  Fragrant spike

flowers; striking purplish-black leaves

‘Chocoholic’

2-3’'

24"

Pink/white dark lvs.

Aug-Sept

NEW   Fragrant

CLEMATIS (Vine)

☼♦

'Anna Louise'

8-10"

4'

6-6" violet/purple bar

MJunAu gOct

'Barbara Harrington'

8-10'

4'

4" dark pink-redk

June-Sept

‘Diamantina’

8-10'

4'

4-6" blue/purple

repeater

NEW double

‘Diana’s Delight’

8-10'

4'

4-6" bluew/light & dark

repeater

NEW

'Eenest Markham'

6-8"

4'

5-6" shell pink

June-Sept

'Jackmanii'

8-12'

4'

5-6" deep purple

June-Sept

Classic Clematis.  Beautiful when

Grown through ivy up a wall or fence.

'Niobe'

8-12'

4'

6-8" ruby red

June-Sept

Dark red-one of the very best.  

Holds color well all season.

'Parisienne'

4-5'

4'

6-8" violet-blue

June-Oct

'The President'

8-12'

4'

6-8" bluish purple

June-Sept

Attractive seed heads in fall after blooming. 

Award winner.

‘Rebecca

8-10'

4'

5-7"

magenta red

May June-Aug

NEW

Terniflora

(Sweet Autumn)

10-20'

4'

1” white

Sept-Oct

PLANT NAME

SUN/

SHADE

HEIGHT

SPREAD

COLOR

TIME

COMMENTS

CONVALLARIA

(Lily of the Valley)

♦●

majalis

6-8"

8-12"

white

May-June

Fragrant.  Vigorous spreading

groundcover

COREOPSIS (Tickseed)

☼

'Creme Brulee'

16-20"

12"

soft yellow

Summer

Threadleaf foliage.  Larger flowers

and mildew resistant

   'Full Moon'

18-24"

15-18"

yellow

Summer

'Sienna Sunset' (threadleaf)

16-20"

12"

burnt sienna

Summer

verticillata 'Moonbeam'

18"

14'

creamy yellow

Summer

A classic.  Needle-like foliage; light

yellow flowers all summer

verticillata 'Sunbeam'

18-24"

14"

golden yellow

Summer

verticillata 'Zagreb'

15"

12"

golden yellow

Summer

Threadleaf foliage; deep yellow flowers

CROCOSMIA

(Montbretia)

♦●

‘Lucifer’

36-42"

24"

red

summer