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2014 Plant Catalogue
Canna
ANNUAL This classic Canna has dark-veined,
deep burgundy/green leaves and brilliant soft
orange, semi-self-cleaning flowers on midsized stems.
‘Wyoming’
Zone 7-10
Bloom Color
Orange
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Ipomopsis aggregata
BIENNIAL. First year plants create a low
mound of highly dissected, ferny foliage that
takes on red to burgundy tones thru winter. In
second year it begins to shoot up to 3’ with
scarlet-red, tubular flowers covering of the
stem in summer. Readily re-seeds.
Scarlet Gilia, Standing Cypress
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Scarlet Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Fall
Andropogon gerardii
This tall, warm season grass is well known as
a dominant grass of the tallgrass prairie. An
upright clump of stems that emerge bluegray, mature green with red tinges and turn
reddish bronze after frost. Flowers in late
summer.
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Purplish-red
Zone
Bloom Season
Fall
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Chartreuse
Height Spacing
48-60” 24-30”
Culture
Sun
Dry to Average
Attracts
Birds
Blue Grama Grass
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid summer
Calamagrostis brachytricha
Upright green foliage holds a strong form all
summer. In late summer, pink-blushed
flower spikes appear. Foliage turns yellow in
fall and provides great Winter interest.
Height Spacing
36-40” 10-12”
Culture
Sun-Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Big Bluestem
Bouteloua gracilis ‘Blonde Ambition’
The showy chartreuse flowers are held
horizontally above the leaves on 2 1/2-3 ft.
tall stems. The flowers mature to long lasting
blonde seed heads and provide exceptional
winter interest. Good in most soils, including
clay.
Height Spacing
32+”
12-24”
Culture
Sun
Average to Moist
Attracts
Hummers
Height Spacing
36”
36”
Culture
Sun
Average to dry
Attracts
Birds
Korean Feather Reed Grass
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Pale Pink
Bloom Season
Fall
Zone
Height Spacing
24-36” 24-30”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average-Dry
Attracts
Birds
Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Avalanche’
A stunning variegated form of ‘Karl Foerster’
with reverse variegation from that of
‘Overdam’. Deep green leaves with a wide,
white band down the center. Compact
growth habit. Provides great Winter interest
with its buff seed heads that resemble wheat.
Avalanche Feather Reed Grass
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Buff
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Eldorado’
Upright form like ‘Karl Foerster’ with central
gold variegation on the leaf blades. Provides
great Winter interest with its feathery plumes
which take on a wheat color.
Eldorado Feather Reed Grass
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Buff
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Forester’
Versatile, attractive and carefree. The deep
green, lustrous foliage grows in a narrow,
upright habit with feathery plumes that turn a
pleasant wheat color providing great Winter
interest.
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Buff
Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Overdam’
Zone
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Buff
Height Spacing
48-60” 24-36”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average-Dry
Attracts
Birds
Overdam Feather Reed Grass
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Carex ‘Bowles Golden’
Bright gold foliage with thin green margins.
This selection is taller then most other
sedges. It needs consistent moisture to thrive
and will grow in shallow water or in regularly
watered garden beds.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
36-60” 24-30”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average-Dry
Attracts
Birds
Karl Forester Feather Reed Grass
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Similar growth to that of ’Karl Forester’, the
blades are variegated with creamy-white,
vertical stripes. A compact growth habit.
Provides great Winter interest with its
feathery plumes.
Height Spacing
36-60” 24-30”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average-Dry
Attracts
Birds
Height Spacing
30-36” 24-30”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average-Dry
Attracts
Birds
Gold Sedge
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
N/A
Bloom Season
N/A
Zone
Height Spacing
24-36” 24-36”
Culture
Partial Shade
Consistent moisture
Attracts
Birds
Chasmanthium latifolium
Loosely tufted, clump-forming grass with
lance-shaped, arching mid-green foliage that
turns yellow in winter. Summer brings
decorative oat-like panicles of flat, green
flowerheads that age to bronze by late
summer.
Northern Sea Oats Grass
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Brown
Zone
Bloom Season
Fall
Deschampsia caespitosa
Very fine, dark green, hair-thin blades form
neat, tufted clumps. Clouds of slender flower
panicles hover above the foliage. American
native. Deer resistant.
Tufted Hair Grass
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Tawny Brown
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Festuca glauca Elijah Blue’
Soft powdery blue, spiky foliage that keeps
its color all year round. Durable and longlived, it is a small clumping grass with a
rounded habit. In early summer, wheat-like
seed heads appear on tall, spiky stalks.
Deer resistant.
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Natural
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Summer
Height Spacing
6-10” 12-15”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Dry, Well Drained
Attracts
Japanese Forest Grass
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
N/A
Zone
Bloom Season
N/A
Helictotrichon sempervirens
Probably the best blue-leafed grass for
average garden conditions. Evergreen in mild
winter conditions, it forms clumps of powderblue foliage with taller, tawny, arching flower
stems in midsummer.
Deer and rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
24-40” 24-30”
Culture
Sun to Shade
Average
Attracts
Birds
Blue Fescue
Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’
The loveliest of all deciduous grasses as it
creates a waterfall effect. The richly golden
variegated foliage forms leafy mounds that
flow in the same direction. Maintains its
shimmery lime-gold in shaded sites.
Height Spacing
24-36” 24-36”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average
Attracts
Birds
Height Spacing
24”
24-30”
Culture
Part Shade
Average
Attracts
Blue Oat Grass, Blue Avena Grass
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Natural
Bloom Season
Early Summer
Zone
Height Spacing
24-30” 24-30”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average-Dry, Well drained
Attracts
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gracillimus’
Beautiful rounded mounds of fine, silverveined, green leaves with an arching habit.
Use for texture in the garden as it seldom
plumes in our climate.
Deer resistant.
Maiden, Japanese Silver Grass
Zone 5-10
Bloom Color
Zone
Pinkish to Silver-White
Bloom Season
Seldom to Late Fall
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Malepartus’
Best known for its large, abundant blooms
that emerge purplish-pink and turn silver with
maturity. Foliage transforms from medium
green to a deep bronze in late summer.
Deer resistant.
Maiden Grass,Japanese Silver
Zone 5-10
Bloom Color
Purplish-pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Morning Light’
Has narrow bands of pure white on the leaf
margins. Foliage will turn to a rich gold in fall.
The late season bronze flowers turn to cream
as they age.
Deer resistant.
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Bronzy Pink
Zone
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Purpurascens’
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Rigoletto’
Compact, with strong, creamy-white and
green longitudinal variegation. Bold plumes of
coral pink flowers rising above the foliage in
late summer are attractive through late
winter.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
4-6’
3-4’
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average
Attracts
Birds
Purple Maiden Grass
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Natural
Height Spacing
5-7’
2-3’
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average
Attracts
Birds
Maiden Grass
Bloom Season
Late Summer
Often used in the landscape for its foliage
that is maroon turning reddish orange in fall.
The creamy white tassel-like plumes and
burgundy foliage persist into winter.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
5-6’
3-4’
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average
Attracts
Birds
Height Spacing
4-6’
3-4’
Culture
Sun-Part Shade
Average
Attracts
Birds
Maiden, Japanese Silver Grass
Zone 5-10
Bloom Color
Coral-pink
Bloom Season
Late Summer
Zone
Height Spacing
3-5’
3-4’
Culture
Sun-to Part Sun
Average
Attracts
Birds
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Zebrinus’
Distinctive yellowish-white, horizontal
banding are irregularly spaced on the deep
green leaves.This grass forms widely arching
clumps rather then ‘Strictus’ which is more
upright. Feathery, finely textured creamy
flowers are held aloft in early fall. Fall color is
a rich gold. Foliage should be cut back to 6”
in spring. Deer resistant.
Zebra Maiden Grass
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Creamy Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer
Muhlenbergia reverchonii
A medium sized grass with thin, sometimes
curling, mid-green foliage. Great color for the
fall garden with the finely textured bright
reddish-pink frothy seed heads. Plants turn a
tawny brown in winter. Plant in drifts to
maximize impact. Deer resistant.
Autumn Embers Muhly Grass
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Reddish-pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Fall
Nassella tennuissima
Very fine, thread-like green foliage ending in
straw colored, narrow seed heads. Shortlived but self sows. Beautiful Winter texture.
Deer resistant.
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Buff
Zone
Panicum virgatum ‘Dallas Blues’
Height Spacing
12-15” 12-15”
Culture
Sun
Average-Dry
Attracts
Birds
Switch Grass
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Orange/Red beads
turn buff tones
Bloom Season
Late Summer
Panicum virgatum ‘Heavy Metal’
A stiffly upright switchgrass with metallic
lavender-blue foliage and airy silvery flower
panicles in late summer. It turns bright yellow
in fall and displays dark burgundy seedheads.
Suitable to any soil type. Cut back to 4-6” in
spring.
Height Spacing
24-36” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Dry-Average
Attracts
Birds
Mexican Feather Grass
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
A robust grower with awesome blue foliage
and tan-aging-to-pink flower spikes from
early September to frost. Probably one of the
best wide leaf blue grasses that blends well
into the garden. Cut back to 4-6” in spring.
Height Spacing
6-10’
6-8’
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average
Attracts
Birds
Height Spacing
4-6’
2-3’
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Birds
Blue Switch Grass
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Orange/Red beads
turn buff tones
Bloom Season
Late Summer
Height Spacing
3-4’
2-3’
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Birds
Panicum virgatum ‘Northwind’
Wide, thick blades lead to a more sturdy and
upright form. The powdery blue foliage
creates a dramatic affect with the showy
flower panicles of yellow toward the end of
summer.
Switch Grass
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer
Panicum virgatum ‘Shenandoah’
Foliage has a dark purple cast and reddish
tips through summer, burgundy in fall, and
wheat colored in winter. Hazy flower and
seed heads form late in season. Cut back to
4-6” in spring.
Switch Grass
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Rose tones
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer
Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Hameln’
Nice in mass plantings. Compact habit with
finely textured, mid-green leaves and seed
heads that appear in July and turn a creamy
tan with maturity.
Deer resistant.
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Creamy tan
Zone
Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Little Bunny’
Zone
Bloom Season
Summer-Fall
Pennisetum orientale ‘Karley Rose’
Delightful, fluffy rose-pink flowers begin to
appear in July and continue into fall. Foliage
is deep green and arching.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
24-36” 24-30”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Attracts
Birds
Miniature Fountain Grass
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Creamy tan
Height Spacing
2-3’
2-3’
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Birds
Dwarf Fountain Grass
Bloom Season
Early Summer
Compact habit. Showy and easy to grow with
finely textured, mid-green foliage that ages to
a reddish brown. Foxtail flowers are only 2”
long and form a neat little mound.
.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
5-6’
2-3’
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Birds
Height Spacing
12”
12”
Culture
Sun
Attracts
Birds
Oriental Fountain Grass
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Rose Pink
Bloom Season
Early Summer
Zone
Height Spacing
24-36” 24-30”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Attracts
Birds
Saccharum ravennae
Syn. Erianthus ravennae. This large, clumpforming grass has linear leaves with central
white stripes. It is the tallest ornamental
grass available for northern gardens with
huge. purplish-bronze flower stalks which
fade to silver in late fall. Great winter interest.
Late to appear in Spring.
Deer resistant.
Hardy Plume/Ravenna Grass
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Buff
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer
Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Prairie Blues’
Pewter-blue, ribbon-like foliage bears silver
seed heads in late summer. Fall color is redorange and creates multi-season interest.
Narrow, upright habit.
Deer resistant.
Little Bluestem
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Silvery to Copper
Bloom Season
Late Summer
Sorghastrum nutens ‘Indian Steel’
A native prairie plant that prefers soils slightly
on the dryish side. Slender blue-green leaf
blades turn yellow in fall with narrow,
feathery seed heads which turn bronze in fall.
Cut back hard in early spring.
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Tan-yellow
Zone
Sporobolus heterolepis
Height Spacing
3-5’
2-3’
Culture
Sun
Dry to Average
Attracts
Birds
Prairie Dropseed
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Buff
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer
Sporobolus wrightii
A giant ,native, bunch grass with stunning
feathery branched, summer blooming flower
spikes that tower over the foliage on stiff
stalks. Vigorous grower in a xeric setting but
prefers a bimonthly deep watering.
Height Spacing
24-36” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Birds
Indian Grass
Bloom Season
Late Summer
A graceful upright arching North American
Native grass. Emerald green fine textured
blades are adorned with delicately fragrant
blooms in fall. Foliage turns gold orange in
fall. Attractive in bloom and seed.
Height Spacing
8-10’
4-5’
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Birds
Height Spacing
18-24” 10-12”
Culture
Sun
Well-drained
Attracts
Birds
Giant Sacaton
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Buff
Bloom Season
Late Summer
Zone
Height Spacing
6-7’
3-4’
Culture
Sun
Well-drained
Attracts
Birds
Iris germanica ‘Beverly Sills’
The flower is lacy, wide and impeccably
formed in a most sought after color of coralpink. Fast growing and heavy bloomer.
Bearded Iris
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Late Spring
Iris germanica ‘Boogie Woogie’
Bold white standards sit above the cloudy
violet falls with a orange and white beard.
Flower is ruffled and laced.
Rabbit, deer and squirrel resistant.
Bearded Iris
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
White and Lavender
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Spring
Iris germanica ‘Dusky Challenger’
Enormous, silky, rich dark purple blooms with
violet-black beards. Very tall, well-branched
with an impeccable ruffled form. Iris make
wonderful accent plants for late spring
gardens.
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Dark Purple Self
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Early
Height Spacing
39”
12-15”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Bearded Iris
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Pink-Lavender bicolor
Bloom Season
Early-Late Spring
Iris germanica ‘Sea Swells’
Rolling ruffles of rich marine blue color and a
splash of white at the centers of the falls, all
evoke images of the churning sea.
Height Spacing
24-36” 12-15”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Bearded Iris
Iris germanica ‘Poem of Ecstasy’
Peach-Pink standards complement the deep
lavender falls.
One of the prettiest Iris!
Height Spacing
35”
12-15”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
36”
12-15”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Bearded Iris
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Medium Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Height Spacing
38”
12-15”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Iris germanica ‘Spiced Custard’
Creamy yellow standards nicely compliment
its burnt orange falls. Bright orange beards
add the spice to these moderately sized
flowers. Robust bloomer, often produces
more than one stem per rhizome.
Bearded Iris
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Yellow & Orange
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Iris germanica ‘Superstition’
Amazing black-purple flowers with a hint of
maroon. Choose a sunny position with welldrained soil and remember to divide every 3
-4 years and fertilize in spring.
Bearded Iris
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Dark Purple Self
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Iris germanica ‘War Chief’
The rich, ruby-red petals sets off the golden
bears. The growth habit produces tall, strong
stems and 11-13 flowers per stalk.
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Red
Zone
Iris lactea
Height Spacing
30”
12-15”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Mongolian Iris
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Blue and White
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Iris pallida ‘Argentea Variegata’
Beautiful White and Green striped foliage.
The very fragrant flowers will remind you of
grape cool-aide. Water weekly during dry
spells.
Height Spacing
39”
12-15”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Bearded Iris
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Clumps of narrow gray-green leaves
sheltering elegant soft blue and white flowers
lasting several weeks in late spring.
Excellent choice for rock gardens.
Height Spacing
35”
12-15”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
16-20” 8-12”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
White Variegated Iris
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Blue Violet
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Early
Height Spacing
24-36” 15-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained.
Attracts
Butterflies
Iris pallida ‘Aurea Variegata’
Beautiful Pale Yellow and Green variegated
foliage. The very fragrant flowers will remind
you of grape cool-aide. Water weekly during
dry spells.
LIMITED AVAILABILITY
Golden Variegated Iris
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Blue Violet
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Iris pumila ‘Lemon Pop’
Bright Yellow with a splash of White on the
falls. Best for rock garden or in front of border
in full sun.
Intermediate Bearded Iris
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Bright Yellow with
White on Falls
Bloom Season
Early Spring
Iris pumila ‘Smart’
Red-violet petals with a dark purple spot on
the falls. The small compact plants bloom
very early in spring.
Deer resistant.
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Red-Violet
Zone
Iris sibirica ‘Butter and Sugar’
Height Spacing
10-12” 6-12”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Siberian Iris
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Soft Yellow and White
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Iris sibirica ‘Caesar’s Brother’
Deep purple self with a yellow and white
blaze and black veining. Performs best in
moist, acidic soil but is tolerant of most
garden situations. Great in or around ponds.
The tall, narrow leaves is a nice accent to the
border. Deer and rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
16”
6-12”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris
Bloom Season
Early Spring
Creamy white standards and buttery yellow
falls with excellent flower form and nonfading colors. Reblooms. Plants grow best in
moist soil but also tolerate drier soil.
Height Spacing
24-36” 15-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained.
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
28”
12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Average-Moist
Attracts
Hummers
Siberian Iris
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Blue Violet
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Height Spacing
36-48” 12-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Wet-Average
Attracts
Butterflies
Iris sibirica ‘Flight of Butterflies’
This mid-sized selection has small flowers of
violet-blue with delicate white veining. It
forms clumps of grassy foliage with a late
spring display of butterfly-like flowers.
Siberian Iris
Zone 2-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Violet Blue/ White
veining
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Iris sibirica ‘White Swirl’
The wide, flared ivory-white
self and falls have a touch of gold near the
throat. They prefer adequate moisture to stay
looking their best.
Siberian Iris
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Acanthus spinosus
A clump-forming perennial which is grown as
much for its attractive foliage as for its
architecturally bold flower spikes. Pure white
snap-dragon-like flowers enclosed by spiny,
reddish-purple bracts in vertical rows on
flower spikes. Winter mulch.
Height Spacing
15-24” 6-12”
Culture
Sun or Part Shade
Wet-Average
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
30”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Average-Moist
Attracts
Butterflies
Bear’s Breeches
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
White with Purple
bracts
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Height Spacing
36-48” 30-36”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, well-drained
Attracts
Achillea ‘Coronation Gold’
Large clusters of golden yellow flower
clusters that can measure up to 3-4” across.
Stems are strong and upright and flowers can
be cut and dried before pollen forms. Prolific
bloomer with a long bloom period.
Deer and rabbit resistant
Yarrow
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Late
Height Spacing
30-36” 36”
Culture
Sun
Dry-Average
Attracts
Butterflies
Achillea ‘Moonshine’
Flat-topped, canary yellow flower clusters
and bright silver, ferny foliage. A clump
forming perennial loved for its long bloom
period. For dried flowers, cut before pollen
development and they will keep over a year.
Yarrow
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Sulphur Yellow
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Late
Height Spacing
24-30” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Dry-Average
Attracts
Butterflies
Achillea ageratifolia
Low-growing with narrow, finely divided,
gray-white leaves that form a spreading
clump with bright clusters of small white
flowers on stiff stems for weeks in late
spring. Foliage is evergreen in milder
climates. To 6500’
Greek Yarrow
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-
Height Spacing
6-10” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Dry-Average
Attracts
Butterflies
Achillea millefolium ‘Paprika’
The apple-red and paprika colored flowers
have a sulfur yellow center in flat clusters
atop tall stems. Foliage is a ferny, gray-green.
For dried flowers, cut before pollen
development and they will keep over a year.
Deer & rabbit resistant.
Yarrow
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Ruby Red, Yellow
centers
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Late
Achillea millefolium ‘Pink Grapefruit’
Slightly mounded heads of vivid dusty rosepink florets that age to a soft creamy rose.
Outstanding compact and bushy plants have
a sturdy, full habit and uniform blooming over
a long season. Deadhead faded blooms to
encourage more buds to form. Xeric.
Height Spacing
24-36” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Dry-Average
Attracts
Butterflies
Pink Grapefruit Yarrow
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Rose Pink shades
Bloom Season
June-August
Height Spacing
18-24” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Dry-Average
Attracts
Butterflies
Achillea millefolium ‘Red Beauty’
A spreading clump of finely cut grayish-green
foliage producing stalks topped with large
clusters of maroon-red flowers. Makes a nice
contrast with yellow flowers. Xeric.
To 9,000’
Yarrow
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Maroon-Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Late
Height Spacing
18-24” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Dry-Average
Attracts
Butterflies
Achillea millefolium ‘Red Velvet’
This dark, non-fading selection is regarded as
one of the best reds to date. Beautiful, full,
deep red flower heads bloom on 30” stems in
summer. Finely cut fern-like foliage is deep
green.
Yarrow
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Late
Height Spacing
24-30” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Dry-Average
Attracts
Butterflies
Achillea ptarmica ‘The Pearl’
A profusion of button-like pure white, double
flowers in branched heads on tall stems.
Foliage is silver-gray and lance-shaped unlike
most yarrow’s which have fern-like leaves.
Tolerant of summer heat and humidity. Divide
every 2-3 years.
Sneezewort, Yarrow
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
June-September
Aethionema grandiflorum
Compact, mounding, evergreen sub-shrub
that is ideal for rock gardens or used as
edging along borders. Closely related to
Candytuft with blue-green foliage and
clusters of soft pink flowers in spring. Needs
well-drained soils.
Persian Stonecress
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Spring
Aethionema schistosum
Sweetly fragrant pink flower clusters smother
this plant in early spring over mounds of
narrow, powder blue evergreen leaves. After
bloom, cut back the old flowering stems to
just above the new cluster of foliage at the
base of the plant.
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Soft Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Spring-Early
Height Spacing
8-10” 8-10”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Hyssop
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender Purple
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Late
Agastache ‘Kudos Coral’
Warm, coral colored plumes are dense with a
sweet honey-mint scent. It’s free flowering,
easy to grow habit makes it simply amazing.
Smaller stature is useful in containers or in
the border.
Height Spacing
6-8”
12-16”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Fragrant Persian Stonecress
Agastache ‘Blue Blazes’
Fill your garden with a big cloud of gorgeous,
glowing lavender-purple flower spikes. While
the plant may take two growing seasons to
reach its full size, pinching back the plant in
late spring keeps it more compact.
Height Spacing
18-24” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Dry-Average
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
36-48” 36-48”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies, Hummers
Hyssop
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Coral Red
Zone
Bloom Season
June to September
Height Spacing
17-20” 12-16”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Agastache ‘Kudos Mandarin’
Cheery, bright orange plumes that last and
last. This plant has a neat-as-a-pin
appearance for many months.
The smaller stature of this hyssop makes it a
nice selection for the front of the border.
Hyssop
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Orange
Zone
Bloom Season
June to September
Agastache ‘Ava’
Huge spikes of rosy-purple flowers,
raspberry-red calyxes and a delightful
fragrant foliage. It may take a year or two to
reach full potential. Leave foliage for winter
and cut back after danger of hard frost in
spring.Deer and rabbit resistant.
Hummingbird’s Mint
Zone 5-10
Bloom Color
Zone
Deep Rosy Purple
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Fall
Agastache aurantiaca ‘Apricot Sprite’
Long-blooming, filled with anise fragrance,
soft peach-apricot flowers and nice texture.
The bicolor blooms flute outwards along the
stems and attract hummers and butterflies.
May be short lived or treated as an annual.
Zone 6-10
Bloom Color
Zone
Peachy Apricot
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Fall
Agastache aurantiaca ‘Colorado Sunlight’
Silvery green, minty fragrant foliage is
adorned in mid summer by intense goldenyellow, tubular flowers. Site in protected
location or treat as annual.
Introduced by Joy Andrews.
Zone 6-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Golden Yellow
Bloom Season
Mid Summer- Fall
Agastache aurantiaca ‘Coronado Red’
A distinct color blend of reddish-orange,
crimson and maroon flowers that turn darker
as they age. Blooms from July into
September in average to xeric garden
conditions Fragrant foliage is a softly
textured blue-green. May be short lived or
treated as an annual.
Height Spacing
17-20” 12-16”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Shades of Red-Orange
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Fall
Height Spacing
4-5’
24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Hyssop
Height Spacing
18-24” 12-15”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Hyssop
Height Spacing
18-24” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Hyssop
Height Spacing
18-24” 12-15”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Agastache aurantiaca ‘Coronado’
Long blooming with tubular yellow flowers,
stained with orange from July until frost. The
silvery-green foliage is intensely aromatic.
This plant will not tolerant wet soil, especially
in the winter. Best in a sheltered site.
Deer resistant.
Coronado Hyssop
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Yellow Orange
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Fall
Agastache cana ‘Sonoran Sunset’
A compact form of the hyssop known as
‘Double Bubblegum’, which is the aroma
released when foliage is brushed. Rich pink
tubular flowers appear earlier and bloom
longer on this showy variety.
Hummingbird’s Mint, Double
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Dark Rosy Pink
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Fall
Agastache cana hybrid ‘Bolero’
New foliage emerges a deep shade of bronze.
By mid summer, the licorice scented,compact
plant is accented with rosy-purple flower
spikes that attract honeybees, butterflies and
hummingbirds. Deer and rabbit resistant.
Zone 5-10
Bloom Color
Rosy-Purple
Zone
Agastache rupestris ‘Sunset’
Height Spacing
16”
16-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies, Hummers
Hyssop, Licorice Mint
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Coral and Lavender
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Frost
Agastache x rupestris ‘Joyful’
Attractive, highly fragrant, triangular shaped
leaves with large clusters of tubular flowers
in a showy hot pink starting in July and
persisting until frost. Introduced by Joy
Andrews. Sit back and watch the
hummingbirds feast!
Height Spacing
15-18” 12-15”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Hummingbird’s Mint
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Fall
Bold spikes of sunset-orange flowers have a
delicious root beer scent! The tubular flowers
are attractive to hummingbirds and bloom
just as the birds migrant down. This native
thrives in our hot, dry conditions.
Height Spacing
26-30” 18-20”
Culture
Sun-Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
24-36” 20-30”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Hyssop
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Deep Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Early
Height Spacing
36-48” 24-36”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Ajuga reptans ‘Black Scallop’
Very dark and glossy near black scalloped
leaves. Shocking violet blue flowers appear
on short spikes in spring. Effective under
trees or in areas where grass won’t grow.
Deer resistant.
Bugleweed
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Deep Blue Violet
Bloom Season
Mid Spring-Mid
Ajuga reptans ‘Chocolate Chip’
Petite, glossy foliage of chocolate brown
forms a slow growing ground cover. Short,
upright spikes of violet blue flowers in late
spring. Withstands moderate foot traffic.
Deer resistant.
Bugleweed
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Blue Violet
Zone
Bloom Season
Spring
Alcea rosea ‘Dr. Don’
Well formed single flowers in
burgundy/purple with a deeper maroon
throat. Although biennial, just allow seeds to
fall and the clump will persist for many years.
Cut back to control height.
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Burgundy
Zone
Alcea rosea ‘Halo Series-Cerise’
Height Spacing
6-8’
18-24"
Culture
Sun
Average, Well-drained
Attracts
Hollyhock
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Cerise Pink, Purple
center
Bloom Season
Late Spring-
Alcea rosea ‘Halo Series-Pink’
Finally a perennial hollyhock after years of
breeding! This variety produces large, single,
bicolor flowers of soft pink with a darker rosy
halo in early to midsummer. A favorite
cottage garden plant or good planted along a
fence.
Height Spacing
1-2"/6” 10-12"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Tolerant
Attracts
Butterflies
Burgundy Hollyhock
Bloom Season
Late Spring-
Finally a perennial hollyhock after years of
breeding! This variety produces large, single,
bicolor flowers of cerise pink with a deep
purple halo in early to midsummer. A favorite
cottage garden plant or good planted along a
fence.
Height Spacing
3-6”
12-18”
Culture
Sun to Shade
Tolerant
Attracts
Height Spacing
6-8’
18-24"
Culture
Sun
Attracts
Hollyhock
Zone 3-9
Height Spacing
6-8’
18-24"
Bloom Color
Culture
Zone
Baby Pink, Rosy center Sun
Bloom Season
Attracts
Late SpringButterflies, Hummers
Allium neapolitan
Globe shaped clusters of tiny white starshaped flowers bloom in late summer over
fine stems. Plants give off a distinctive garlic
fragrance.
Deer resistant
White Garlic
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Allium senescens
Leaves form a tight mound of narrow,
corkscrew, blue-green, leaves that are
followed by lightly fragrant globular clusters
of lilac-pink flowers. Unusual addition to the
rock garden or border. Deer resistant
Ornamental Onion
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Lilac Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Alyssum montanum ‘Mountain Gold’
Forms a thick mat of low, trailing stems with
narrow gray-green leaves. Small clusters of
fragrant, mustard yellow flowers appear
during mid-spring.
Deer resistant.
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Bright Yellow
Zone
Alyssum wulfenianum
Height Spacing
6-8”
12-18”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees
Wulfenianum Alyssum
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Gold
Zone
Bloom Season
May-July
Amsonia hubrichtii
Narrow, needle-like leaves producing 2-3”
clusters of small, light blue, star-shaped
flowers in spring. The narrow foliage makes a
marvelous display throughout the season but
it is valued for its golden yellow fall color.
Height Spacing
6-12” 8-12”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Mountain Gold Alyssum
Bloom Season
Early-Late Spring
Cheery spring blooming perennial ground
cover with gold flowers in Spring and rebloom in Summer. Very long-lived variety
with attractive, compact silvery leaves.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
12-18” 8-12”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
6”
12-15”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees
Arkansas Blue Star
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Pale Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Height Spacing
24-36” 24-36”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Average-Moist
Attracts
Butterflies
Amsonia jonesii
This beautiful species has an upright vaseshaped form, large clusters of tubular, pale
blue colored flowers and finely textured
foliage. in Fall foliage takes on a pleasing
yellow color.
Jones Bluestar
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Light Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Anacyclus pyrethrum var. depressus
A nice mat of feathery, silvery green leaves
form the backdrop for the white daisies in
spring. The underside of the flower petals
are red and contrast to the inner white as
they unfold.
To 6,500’
Deer resistant.
Mt. Atlas Daisy
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
White w/Red Reverse
Bloom Season
Mid Spring
Anemone sylvestris
Pure white, 2” flowers above dark green
deeply divided foliage in spring with repeat
blooms in Fall. Spreads quickly. Does not go
dormant like many anemones. Good ground
cover for partial sun. To 8,000’
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
White
Height Spacing
12-18” 12-18”
Culture
Part Sun to Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Japanese Anemone
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Mid
Anemone x hybrida ‘Pamina’
Semi-double flowers of rose-pink with yellow
centers appear on long, wiry-but-graceful,
branching stems over attractive dark green
foliage. Prefers moist, humusy soil with good
drainage.
Deer and Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
1-3"
12-15"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Snowdrop Anemone
Anemone x hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’
Floriferous, single white flowers appear in
late summer and help to extend the flower
season for the partial shade border. Great for
late Summer color.
Height Spacing
12”
10-12”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Average-Moist
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
24-36” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Japanese Anemone
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Rose
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Fall
Height Spacing
36”
18-24”
Culture
Sun-Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Anemone x hybrida ‘September Charm’
Outstanding plants for the late summer-fall
garden. The branching stems yield poppy-like
flowers of rose and pink around bright gold
stamens. They prefer a rich, moist site and
will spread to forma large patch.
Japanese Anemone
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Deep Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Mid
Antennaria ‘McClintock’
A tidy, compact, ground cover with mats of
silvery gray leaves, topped with soft pink
‘pussytoe’ blooms in late Spring. Great
between paving stones or in a rock garden.
Xeric.
Dwarf Pussy Toes
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Spring
Antennaria dioica
Low-growing perennial with leaves of whitish
down and clusters of small pinkish-white
flowers that resemble cat’s paws. Great
between paving stones or in a rock garden.
Best grown in lean, gritty or rocky conditions.
Xeric.
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
White to pale Pink
Bloom Season
Spring
Height Spacing
1”/2-3” 12-15”
Culture
Sun
Dry-Average
Attracts
Butterflies
Marguerite Daisy
Zone 3-7
Bloom Color
Zone
Creamy White
Bloom Season
Early Summer-Early
Anthemis marschalliana
Bright yellow daisies from late spring to early
summer atop well-branched, tufted mats of
finely divided, filigree silver foliage. Great as
a rock garden plant or in the front of the xeric
border.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
1”
12”
Culture
Sun
Dry-Average
Attracts
Butterflies
Pussy Toes
Anthemis ‘Susanna Mitchell’
Foliage is a silvery carpet of fern-like leaves
covered with creamy white daisies with
yellow centers. Cut back after first bloom for
a second period of bloom. Can be pinched
before flowering (mid May) to encourage
bushiness.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
24-36” 18-24”
Culture
Sun-Part Shade
Moist to average
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
20-24 30”
Culture
Sun to Partial Sun
Average
Attracts
Butterflies
Filigree Daisy, Marshall’s Tansy
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Height Spacing
6”
12-15”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Attracts
Butterflies
Aquilegia ‘Songbird Blue Jay’
Large, showy 3”, deep blue and white upward
facing flowers with long attractive spurs. Very
floriferous with a compact habit.
Songbird Columbine
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Deep Blue and White
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Aquilegia ‘Songbird Cardinal’
A hybrid valued for its more compact growth
and very large, sky-facing flowers. The showy
3” red and white blooms have a long red
spur. Very floriferous and may
re-bloom.
Songbird Columbine
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Red and white
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Aquilegia ‘Songbird Dove’
Pure white, sky-facing flowers with large
white spurs that dangle over the lacy bluegreen foliage. Very floriferous with a
compact habit. Blooms are long lasting as cut
flowers.
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Pure White
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Height Spacing
20-24" 12-18”
Culture
Sun-Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Songbird Columbine
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Soft Pink and White
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Aquilegia caerulea
The Colorado State flower.
Large, rich blue & white flowers with long
spurs and bluish-green foliage. Short lived
but can re-seed heavily. Can take several
weeks to re-grow foliage after shearing. To
12,000’
Height Spacing
20-24" 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Songbird Columbine
Aquilegia ‘Songbird Robin’
This hybrid has a compact growth habit and
large 3” bright pink and white flowers with a
long pink spur. Very floriferous, compact and
may re-bloom.
Height Spacing
24-30" 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
20-24" 12-18”
Culture
Sun-Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Rocky Mountain Blue Columbine
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Blue and White
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Height Spacing
24-30" 18-24”
Culture
Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Aquilegia chrysantha ‘Denver Gold’
Deeply lobed leaves on this southwestern
native form a backdrop for loads of brilliant
golden yellow flowers with long spurs. Does
well in Sun and Shade. Long bloom period.
Will self-sow.
Columbine
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Golden Yellow
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Aquilegia hybrida ‘Colorado Violet & White’
Syn. ‘Remembrance’. Absolutely huge, bold
flowers of rich violet-purple outer petals with
long spurs that contrast the pure white inner
petals and yellow stamens.
Remembrance Columbine
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Dark Violet and White
Bloom Season
Mid Spring-Early
Arabis caucasica ‘Variegata’
Green leaves have creamy white borders and
will be smothered with small white flowers in
early spring. Great for the rock garden and
edge of the border. Remains evergreen.
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Arabis ferdinandi-coburgi ‘Old Gold’
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
May
Bloom Season
Summer
Height Spacing
2-4”
12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Attracts
Butterflies
Silver Mound Sage
Zone 3-7
Bloom Color
Insignificant
Height Spacing
6-10” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Rock Cress
Artemisia schmidtiana ‘Silver Mound’
Soft, feathery foliage that forms a compact,
silky cushion-like mound. Excellent accent
plant or is suitable for edgings or rock
gardens. Great paired with dark foliage
Sedums. Xeric.
Height Spacing
14-24” 15-18”
Culture
Part Sun / Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Variegated Rock Cress
Bloom Season
Early Spring
The dark green foliage with its wide, gold
margins is a show stopper. Can be used as a
ground cover in sun or partial sun where it
forms a luscious dense mat that is topped
with small white flowers in May.
Height Spacing
28-34” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Zone
Height Spacing
8-10” 10-15”
Culture
Sun
Attracts
Artemisia stellerana ‘Silver Brocade’
A low, compact selection that forms a
spreading mat of bright silvery-white
scalloped leaves. Terrific for edging, ground
cover or in mixed containers. Clip back hard
in mid summer to maintain low mat-like
effect. Xeric.
Silver Brocade Sage
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Yellow buttons
Bloom Season
Summer
Artemisia versicolor ‘Sea Foam’
Thread-like, deeply cut leaves are densely
covered with white hairs, giving the plant a
silvery appearance. Forms a low, spreading,
curly, evergreen mat. Xeric.
Seafoam Sage
Zone 4b-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Seldom flowers
Bloom Season
N/A
Aruncus dioicus
A spectacular native plant with large, fine
textured feathery blooms in late Spring. It
forms a dense, shrub-like screen when grown
with sufficient moisture in dappled shade.
Deer resistant.
Zone 3-7
Bloom Color
Zone
Creamy White
Asarum europaeum
Height Spacing
36-48” 36-40”
Culture
Part Shade to Shade
Adaptabale
Attracts
Butterflies
European Ginger
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Brown
Zone
Bloom Season
Inconspicuous
Asclepias tuberosa
A N. American wildflower. Plants form an
upright clump, bearing clusters of orange or
gold flowers in mid to late summer. Primary
source of food for adult & juvenile Monarch
Butterfly. Late to appear in Spring. May
reseed.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
8-12” 12-18”
Culture
Sun
Attracts
Goatsbeard
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Mid
Handsome, glossy foliage is evergreen,
creating slow growing, ground cover mounds
in the woodland garden. Flowers are
inconspicuous under foliage.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
6-8”
18-24”
Culture
Sun
Attracts
Height Spacing
6-8”
8-12”
Culture
Part Shade to Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterfly Weed
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Orange
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Height Spacing
24-36” 12-15”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Aster alpinus Mix
This mix of pale lavender, blue, pink and
white shades with a distinct crested center
are suitable for the rock garden or border.
Prefers well-drained soil in a sunny location.
Alpine Aster
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Mix
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring Early
Aster lateriflorus ‘Lady in Black’
An elegant mound of purplish foliage
throughout the growing season. Tiny white
daisies with rosy centers appear in early
autumn. Best color in full sun.
Calico Aster
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
White, Red centers
Bloom Season
Late summer-Fall
Aster novae-angliae ‘Purple Dome’
This is a medium-height selection with
vibrant purple daisy flowers with an orange
center that forms a bushy mound for a Fall
display. Long blooming. Mildew resistant.
To 8,500’
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Purple
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Fall
Height Spacing
15-18” 24-30”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
New England Aster
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Raspberry
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Fall
Aster novi-belgii ‘Alert’
Foliage becomes covered with red-violet to
crimson-red, daisy-like flowers in fall. You
can also cut back the top 6” in mid June to
force more bloom and bushiness.
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
24-36” 24-30”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average-Moist
Attracts
Butterflies
New England Aster
Aster novae-angliae ‘Vibrant Dome’
Vibrant, hot-pink, daisy flowers with yellow
centers flower in autumn. Compact,
mounding habit. Highly mildew resistant.
To 8,500’
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
6-12” 15-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies, Bees
Height Spacing
15-20” 24-30”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Fall Aster
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Magenta
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Summer-Early
Height Spacing
12-15” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Aster novi-belgii ‘Professor Anton Kippenburg’
Perfect little mounds of color beginning in
September. Very durable and long lived.
Pinch back and divide like mums for best
display.
Rabbit resistant.
Michaelmas Aster
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender-blue
Bloom Season
Early Summer-Early
Aster x frikartii ‘Monch’
Longest blooming aster available. Plants form
a bushy mount of light green leaves, bearing
branching stems of lavender-blue daisy
flowers beginning in mid summer and lasting
into fall. Must be dry during Winter.
Rabbit resistant.
Monch Aster
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender Blue
Bloom Season
Early Summer-Fall
Astrantia major ‘Star of Fire’
Clusters of burgundy-red flowers with white
centers accented with dark purple stems on
this woodland plant. The rounded buttonhead flowers are cupped with colorful starshaped bracts. Prefers moist, shady areas
rich in organic matter.
Zone 4-7
Bloom Color
Zone
Burgundy Red
Bloom Season
Early to Late
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender-Blue
Bloom Season
Early Spring
Bloom Season
Early Spring
Height Spacing
3-6"
18-24"
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Purple Red Rock Cress
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Purple Red
Height Spacing
20”
18-24”
Culture
Shade to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Lavender Rock Cress
Aubrieta deltoidea ‘Audrey Purple Red Mix’
Showy, compact selection becomes covered
with purple red blooms for several weeks in
spring. Charming when tucked unto rock
crevices or walls. Foliage is evergreen so
shear back after bloom to maintain form.
Hardy to 8,000’. Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
24-30” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Masterwort
Aubrieta deltoidea ‘Audrey Blue Shades’
Showy, compact selection becomes covered
with lavender-blue blooms for several weeks
in spring. Charming in rock crevices or walls.
Foliage is evergreen so shear back after
bloom to maintain form. Hardy to 8,000’.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
12-18” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Zone
Height Spacing
3-6"
18-24"
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Aurinia saxatilis ‘Gold Dust’
Very early bloomer. A low, mound-forming
evergreen perennial with narrow, gray-green
leaves. In spring, it bears spikes of small
yellow flowers. Deadheading promotes
longer life. Prefers gritty, well-drained soil.
Xeric.
To 10,000’
Gold Dust Basket of Gold
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Bright Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Spring
Baptisia australis
Showy indigo-blue flowers on tapering spikes
that appear above the soft blue-green leaves
that resemble pea foliage. Attractive black
seed pods appear later in season and can be
used in dried arrangements.
Deer resistant.
False Indigo
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Indigo Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Summer
Baptisia sphaerocarpa
Yellow flowers are followed by rounded seed
pods that turn brown when ripe and have
ornamental interest. Plants take on a shrublike appearance and may be sheared to
maintain appearance.
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Butter Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
May to June
Height Spacing
36-48” 24-36”
Culture
Sun
Attracts
Butterflies
Blackberry Lily
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Orange Red, Spotted
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Bergenia cordifolia ‘Winter Glow’
Large, leathery leafed, clump-forming
perennial that has dark, shiny green leaves in
spring with magenta-red flowers in April.
Foliage turns purplish-bronze in fall and
winter.
Height Spacing
36-48” 24-36”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average-Dry
Attracts
Butterflies
Large Yellow Wild Indigo
Belamcanda chinensis
A close cousin to the familiar iris, it forms a
clump of green sword-like leaves with taller
stems of cup-shaped orange flowers with
dark speckles. Attractive pod heads appear
later, which split open to reveal clusters of
black seeds.
Height Spacing
8-12” 12-18”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
24-36” 18-24”
Culture
Sun-Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Heartleaf Bergenia, Pig Squeak
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Magenta-red
Bloom Season
Early Spring
Zone
Height Spacing
12-16” 12-18”
Culture
Part Shade-Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Berlandiera lyrata
This chocolate scented native wildflower
blooms profusely all season with cheery,
quarter-size, vibrant yellow daisies with
striking red striped undersides and
chocolate-colored stamens. The sweetly
fragrant blossoms really do smell like
chocolate! Plant where you can enjoy its
scent in the morning breeze.
Chocolate Flower
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Light Yellow
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Brunnera ‘Alexander’s Great’
These gigantic plants have heavily silvered
leaves and make a dramatic statement in the
landscape. Sprays of bright blue, forget-menot flowers in Spring. Very tolerant, even in
dry shade but prefers fertile, moist soil.
False Forget-Me-Not, Siberian
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Blue, (yes blue)
Bloom Season
Early Spring-Early
Brunnera macrophylla
This woodland plant is valued for its masses
of bright blue, forget-me-not flowers over
heart-shaped foliage in spring. It has a long
bloom period after which the leaves continue
to enlarge making a nice texture specimen.
Very tolerant, even in dry shade but prefers
moderate fertility and moisture. To 8,000’
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Blue, (yes blue)
Bloom Season
Early Spring-Early
Bloom Color
Blue
Height Spacing
12-18" 20-24"
Culture
Sun to Shade
Tolerant
Attracts
Zone 3-8
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Spring-Early
Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’
Sprays of bright blue, forget-me-not flowers
over heart-shaped silver leaves, delicately
veined with mint green foliage. A long bloom
period leaving a beautiful mound of
variegated foliage. Very tolerant, even in dry
shade but prefers fertile, moist soil.
Height Spacing
14”
24-30"
Culture
Sun to Shade
Tolerant
Attracts
Brunnera macrophylla ‘Dawson’s White’
A beautiful foliage plant! Heart-shaped, dark
green leaves with wide irregular cream to
white margins. Leaves increase in size from
Spring to mid Summer. Late spring brings
masses of bright blue flowers.
Zone
Height Spacing
12-15 16-18
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
15-18” 20-24”
Culture
Part Shade to Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Blue, (yes blue)
Bloom Season
Early Spring-Early
Height Spacing
12-18" 20-24"
Culture
Sun to Shade
Tolerant
Attracts
Brunnera macrophylla ‘Looking Glass’
Wispy panicles of blue forget-me-not flowers
hover over the young foliage. Large, heartshaped leaves are solid silver when mature.
Wonderful for brightening up the shade
garden. Prefers fertile, moist soil but is
tolerant in dry shade.
Deer resistant.
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Pale Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Spring-Early
Calamintha nepeta ssp nepeta
Forms a perfect mound of glossy, mintscented leaves that are absolutely smothered
by small, white to pale lilac flowers from
midsummer until frost. Does not re-seed.
Deer resistant.
White Calamint
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Callirhoe involucrata
A prairie native plant with an amazing long
season of bloom. Magenta-purple, cupshaped flowers on sprawling stems of deeply
cut green leaves. May self sow. Xeric
To 8,000’
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Magenta/White center
Campanula ‘Birch Hybrid’
Height Spacing
5-8”
36-48”
Culture
Sun
Average-Dry
Attracts
Bellflower
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Blue Purple
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Mid
Campanula ‘Pink Octopus’
Striking, exotic pink, airy flowers emerge in
summer. If cut back, another burst will
explode right after. Opening from small buds,
the flowers then unfurl into ‘octopus’ shaped
blooms
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
15-18” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees
Prairie Winecups, Poppy Mallow
Bloom Season
Early Summer-Fall
Cheery little plant which forms a trailing
mound of small green leaves that bear sprays
of bright purple-blue bell flowers for many
weeks in early summer. Good choice for rock
gardens or as an edging plant.
Rabbit resistant
Height Spacing
12-16” 12-18”
Culture
Part Shade to Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
4-6”” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Bellflower
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Pink
Bloom Season
Summer
Zone
Height Spacing
8-10” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Campanula ‘Samantha’
Violet blue, fragrant, upward facing, cupshaped blooms put on a good display when
used as an edging plant or even in
containers. Remove faded flowers to
encourage repeat blooming. This compact
Bellflower is well-behaved.
Rabbit resistant.
Carpathian Bellflower
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Violet blue
Zone
Bloom Season
June-September
Campanula carpatica ‘Blue Clips’
Plants form a low, cushion-shaped mound of
small green leaves, with loads of up-facing,
bell flowers of sky- blue. Removing spent
flowers extends bloom period.
Rabbit resistant.
Carpathian Bellflower
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Sky blue
Zone
Bloom Season
June-October
Campanula carpatica ‘White Clips’
Plants form a low, cushion-shaped mound of
small green leaves, with loads of up-facing,
bell flowers of pure white. Removing spent
flowers extends bloom period.
Rabbit resistant.
Striking combination of bright Lime-Green
foliage and blue flowers look nice along
paths, in rock gardens, spilling over walls or
as a ground cover. Very well-behaved.
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Height Spacing
6-12” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Dickson’s Gold Bellflower
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Light Blue-Violet
Bloom Season
Summer
Campanula persicifolia
Often used in cottage gardens with its tall
stems bearing large, open, bright blue bells
during summer. Remove spent blooms to
encourage more buds to form.
To 8,500’
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
4-6”
12-15”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
White Carpathian Harebell
Bloom Season
Early Summer
Campanula garganica
‘Dickson’s Gold’
Height Spacing
4-6”
12-15”
Culture
Sun-Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
4-6”
8-12”
Culture
Morning Sun-Partial Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Blue Peach-leaved Bellflower
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Summer
Height Spacing
24-36” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Campanula persicifolia ‘Takion Blue’
Super compact plant with large, lavenderblue, bell-shaped blooms in abundance. One
of the brightest and most floriferous
Bellflowers with flowers that face upward.
Rabbit resistant.
Dwarf Peach-leaved Bellflower
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender Blue
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Summer
Campanula persicifolia ‘Takion White’
Super compact plant with large white, bellshaped blooms in abundance. One of the
brightest and most floriferous Bellflowers
with flowers that face upward.
Rabbit resistant.
Dwarf Peach-leaved Bellflower
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Summer
Campanula persicifolia ‘Alba’
Bellflowers are very popular for cottage
gardens. This variety bears tall stems with
large, open, white bells during summer.
Remove spent blooms to encourage more
buds to form.
To 8,500’
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Summer
Height Spacing
24-36” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Serbian Bellflower
Zone 3-7
Bloom Color
Zone
Deep Blue-Violet
w/White center
Bloom Season
Early Summer,
Campanula punctata ‘Cherry Bells’
Reddish stalks support large, bell-shaped
blossoms of pink to red. Blooms continually
from late spring thru summer. May spread or
re-seed.
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
16-20” 12-18”
Culture
Sun-Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
White Peach-leaved Bellflower
Campanula poscharskyana ‘Blue Waterfall’
Lovely cascading habit with cool blue, bellshaped flowers that cascade from the center
of the plant. Excellent in containers or as a
ground cover in sun to partial shade.
Height Spacing
16-20” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
8-10” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Spotted Bellflower
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Cherry Red
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Fall
Zone
Height Spacing
12-24” 24-36”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Campanula punctata ‘Wedding Bells’
Upright stems with huge drooping white
double-petalled bells, flushed with soft pink.
Will naturalize and create its own bouquet in
the garden as it mingles with its neighboring
plants.
Rabbit resistant.
Spotted Bellflower
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Fall
Campanula rotundifolia ‘Olympica’
Native to the Northern hemisphere, plants
form low mounds of fine, grass-like leaves
with short sprays of delicate lavender-blue
bells throughout summer. Remove spent
flowers to encourage more buds. To 10,000’
Blue Harebell, Scotch Bluebells
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Blue Purple
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Mid
Campanula rotundifolia ‘White Gem’
The basal foliage forms a mat of rounded
leaves with tall branching stems that hold
delicate, dangling clusters of bell-shaped,
white flowers from June to October.
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Catananche caerulea
Height Spacing
6-18” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Cupid's Dart
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Blue Purple with Violet
center
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Centranthus ruber
Old-fashioned cut flower for the perennial
border. Rosy-red flower clusters bloom for
many weeks atop upright, bushy mounds of
light green leaves. Removing faded flowers
will encourage re-bloom. Xeric. To 9,000’.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
6-18” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
White Gem Harebell, Scotch
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Mid
A favorite of flower arrangers with papery,
lavender-blue blossoms above low clumps of
narrow gray-green leaves. Remove faded
blooms to encourage more buds to form.
Short lived but re-seeds.
To 7,000’
Height Spacing
12-24” 24-36”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
18-24" 12-20"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Jupiter’s Beard, Red Valerian
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Reddish Pink
Bloom Season
Mid Spring-Fall
Zone
Height Spacing
24-36” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies, Hummers
Centranthus ruber ‘Albus’
Old-fashioned cut flower for the perennial
border. White flower clusters bloom for many
weeks atop upright, bushy mounds of light
green leaves. Removing faded flowers will
encourage re-bloom. Xeric. To 9,000’
Deer resistant.
Jupiter’s Beard, White Valerian
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Fall
Cerastium tomentosum
A useful ground cover which forms a low,
fast-spreading mat of silvery-gray leaves,
studded with tiny white star flowers in late
spring-early summer. Clip hard or mow
(to 2”) after bloom to maintain tidy habit.
Xeric.
Snow-in-Summer
Zone 3-7
Bloom Color
Zone
White with Yellow
centers
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Good ground cover with nice foliage which
bursts into color in July with bright blue
flowers. Entire plant takes on shades of
bright scarlet to maroon in Fall. Slow to
appear in Spring. Best with morning sun,
afternoon shade. Deer resistant.
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer
Height Spacing
8-10” indefini
Culture
Sun or Part Shade
Tolerant
Attracts
Butterflies
Turtlehead
Zone 4-7
Bloom Color
Deep Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
August-September
Chrysanthemum ‘Matchsticks’
Quilled petals with unique color make this a
winner. Golden yellow tubular petals tipped
with firey red spoons that resemble
matchsticks. Perfect Fall color over dark
green foliage with stroing stems produce
clumps that don’t require staking.
Height Spacing
4-6”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Plumbago, Leadwort
Chelone lyonii ‘Hot Lips’
Lustrous, deep green foliage, topped in late
summer with rose-pink turtle head shaped
flowers above red stems that persist most of
the season. Appreciates a dressing of
compost. Prefers a moist location.
Height Spacing
18-36” 24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies
Height Spacing
24-36” 18-24
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average-Moist
Attracts
Decorative Hardy Mum
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Yelow tubes tipped
Red
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Early
Height Spacing
14-16” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Partial Sun
Attracts
Butterflies
Cimicifuga ramosa ‘James Compton’
Dark purplish-black foliage make an airy,
architectural backdrop in the garden. Young
leaves emerge green, then quickly deepen to
a dark purple-black if they receive some sun.
Flower spikes in late summer.
Bugbane, Snakeroot
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Light Pink to White
Bloom Season
Late Summer
Coreopsis ‘Jethro Tull’
A cross between ‘Zamphir’ and ‘Early
Sunrise’, it has broader fluted petals of
golden yellow, a compact habit and an
extended flowering season. Responds
beautifully to cutting back, but will re-bloom
without it.
Jethro Tull Tickseed
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Bright Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
June-September
Coreopsis auriculata ‘Nana’
Plants form a small mound of leathery green
leaves, bearing bright golden orange single
daisies in late spring to early summer.
Remove faded flowers to encourage repeat
blooming. To 7,000’
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Golden orange
Bloom Season
Early Summer- Fall
Height Spacing
6-10" 8-12"
Culture
Sun
Tolerant
Attracts
Bees, butterflies
Tickseed
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Yellow, Red center
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Late
Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Sunray’
An exceptional bloomer with double, golden
yellow flowers from late spring to late
summer. Makes it an excellent companion
for blue flowers like Salvia or Veronica.
Height Spacing
15-18" 18-24"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies
Dwarf Coreopsis, Tickseed
Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Sunfire’
One of the earliest Coreopsis to burst into
bloom in early summer with profuse
flowering into fall. The 2” blooms radiate a
bold golden-yellow with a fiery red-burgundy
base.
Height Spacing
36”
18-24”
Culture
Partial Shade to Shade
Moist
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
16-20" 18-24"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies
Tickseed
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Late
Height Spacing
18-24" 18-20"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies
Coreopsis verticillata ‘Creme Brulee’
An improved version of Coreopsis
‘Moonbeam’, it is distinguished by having
larger,deeper yellow flowers and lacy deep
green leaves. Cut back after first flush of
flowers to promote a heavier re-bloom.
Tickseed
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Soft Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer- Frost
Coreopsis verticillata ‘Moonbeam’
Often call Threadleaf Coreopsis, it forms a
spreading clump of delicate, ferny foliage.
Early summer to fall brings loads of starry
yellow daisy-like flowers. Shearing back
plants will encourage more buds.
Threadleaf Tickseed
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Soft Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Frost
Coreopsis x ‘Cosmic Eye’
Bicolor flowers of burgundy-red with bright
yellow tips and golden centers. The slightly
smaller flowers have a dramatic color
contrast on these compact plants with narrow
green foliage. Continuous summer bloom.
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Red & Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Frost
Height Spacing
12-15" 12-18"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies
Threadleaf Tickseed
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Summer-Frost
Coreopsis x ‘Galaxy’
A very long-blooming plant that forms a low
mound of bright green foliage with semidouble blooms of golden-yellow that surround
an orange button eye.
Height Spacing
15-18" 15-18"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies
Threadleaf Tickseed
Coreopsis x ‘Full Moon’
Very large canary yellow flowers that
measure up to 3” across. They are held on
well-branched stems atop a bushy mound of
medium textured foliage. Long-blooming and
easy to grow.
Height Spacing
12-18" 12-18"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies
Height Spacing
18-24" 18-24"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies
Threadleaf Tickseed
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Frost
Height Spacing
12-15" 12-18"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies
Coreopsis x ‘Mercury Rising’
Finally a truly hardy red Coreopsis! Velvety
wine-red blossoms with golden orange
centers cover the narrow, bright green foliage
all summer. It does not produce seed, so you
won’t need to deadhead to keep blooming.
Threadleaf Tickseed
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Wine Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Frost
Coreopsis x ‘Route 66’
Green threadlike foliage, branched stems and
an upright habit, sporting 2 inch yellow
flowers with a red eye. The red pigments
bleeds out onto the petals making each
flower slightly different.
Threadleaf Tickseed
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Red & Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Frost
Coreopsis x ‘Star Cluster’
A profusion of creamy white flowers up to
2.5” across with a gold button center over
bushy clumps of foliage. In cool weather, the
flowers have a deep purple eye. Sterile plants
bloom all summer and won’t seed.
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Creamy White, purple
eye
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Frost
Height Spacing
18-24" 12-18"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies
Yellow Fumewort
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Golden Yellow
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Fall
Crambe maritima
Fantastic powdery-blue foliage that
resembles cabbage or kale, is heavily ruffled
making it a superb plant to add texture to the
garden. Sprays of creamy-white flowers
appear in early summer. Useful for dry, sunny
locations.
Height Spacing
16-20" 12-18"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies
ThreadleafTickseed
Corydalis lutea
A charming little plant with dainty, shortspurred flowers of bright yellow over ferny,
blue-green foliage. Blooming from spring
through summer, it freely self-sows, often in
places other plants may struggle.
Height Spacing
15-18" 18-24"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies
Height Spacing
12-16” 8-12”
Culture
Part Sun to Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Seakale
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Summer
Height Spacing
20-36” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Average-Dry
Attracts
Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’
Plant produce clumps of green sword-shaped
leaves with tall arching spikes of funnelshaped blossoms in brilliant flame-red. May
be short-lived in zone 5 so prepare to winter
mulch or lift bulbs and store like Glads.
Crocosmia, Montbretia
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Scarlet
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer- Early
Dalea purpureum ‘Stephanie’
Bright lavender cylindrical flowers on
compact, bushy plants with as many as 40
stalks per plant. This prairie legume is
suitable for xeric gardens or prairie settings.
Cut back after bloom to reduce self seeding.
Purple Prairie Clover
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Purple
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer
Delosperma ‘Lavender Ice’
A new color in Ice Plants which is hard to
resist. The succulent green leaves will be
covered in iridescent lavender-pink flowers
throughout summer. Good ground cover for
sunny, well-drained locations. Xeric.
Deer resistant.
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender with White
eye
Bloom Season
Early Summer-Fall
Height Spacing
2-4"
12-18"
Culture
Sun
Well drained
Attracts
Bees
Hardy Ice Plant
Zone 5-8
Height Spacing
2-4"
12-18"
Bloom Color
Culture
Zone
Fuschia with White eye Sun
Well drained
Bloom Season
Attracts
Early Summer- Fall
Bees
Delosperma ‘Fire Spinner’
A vigorous ground cover of succulent leaves
which are engulfed by peach colored flowers
with a hot pink center. Excellent as a ground
cover for a sunny,
well-drained site. Xeric.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
15-18” 12-18”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained, Dry
Attracts
Butterflies
Hardy Ice Plant
Delosperma ‘Table Mountain’
This mat forming selection forms a carpet of
succulent, evergreen leaves that bear loads
of starry fuchsia-pink flowers throughout
summer. Nice ground cover for sunny, welldrained site. Xeric.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
36-42” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hardy Ice Plant
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Peach w/ Hot Pink
center
Bloom Season
Early Summer-Fall
Height Spacing
1-2”
12-18”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees
Delosperma ‘Mesa Verde’
This selection forms a low mat of succulent,
evergreen leaves that bear abundant, small
starry salmon-pink daisy flowers from late
spring through summer. Use as a ground
cover for sunny, well-drained sites. Xeric.
Deer resistant.
Hardy Ice Plant
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Salmon Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Summer
Delosperma ashtonii ‘Blut’
A more compact iceplant with vivid redpurple flowers on this mat forming succulent.
The evergreen leaves bear loads of starry
flowers throughout summer. Nice ground
cover for sunny, well-drained site. Xeric.
Deer resistant.
Hardy Ice Plant
Zone 5-8
Height Spacing
2"
12"
Bloom Color
Culture
Zone
Fuschia with White eye Sun
Well drained
Bloom Season
Attracts
Early Summer-Fall
Bees
Delosperma basuticum ‘White Nugget’
Stunning white flowers with a yellow-eye, f
smother tight mounds of evergreen, lowgrowing succulent foliage in spring into
summer. Needs good drainage especially for
winter. Xeric.
Deer resistant.
Hardy Ice Plant
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Zone
White with yellow eye
Bloom Season
Early Summer- Fall
Delosperma dyeri ‘Red Mountain’
This Ice Plant forms a low carpet of
succulent, evergreen leaves, bearing loads of
small, starry burnish-red flowers from late
spring through fall. Excellent as a ground
cover for a sunny, well-drained site. Xeric.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
1-2"
6-12"
Culture
Sun
Well drained
Attracts
Bees
Hardy Ice Plant
Zone 5-9
Height Spacing
1-2”
6-10”
Bloom Color
Culture
Zone
Dark Salmon, Magenta Sun
halo
Well Drained
Bloom Season
Attracts
Early Summer- Fall
Bees
Delosperma nubigenum
Tightly packed mat of plump, succulent
leaves that are light green with a purplish
cast through winter. The low mats will be
covered in small, starry yellow flowers in late
spring. Nice as a ground cover for sunny,
well-drained sites. Xeric.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
2-4"
12-18"
Culture
Sun
Tolerant
Attracts
Bees
Hardy Yellow Ice Plant
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Yellow
Bloom Season
Early to Mid-
Zone
Height Spacing
2-4"
12-18"
Culture
Sun
Well drained
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies
Delphinium ‘Guardian Blue’
Plants form a low mound of deeply cut
leaves, bearing mid-height spikes of satiny
bicolor flowers of deep blue and lavender on
strong stems. Removing faded spikes at the
base will en-courage repeat blooming in fall.
Deer resistant.
Guardian Series Delphinium
Zone 3-7
Bloom Color
Zone
Blue and Lavender
Bloom Season
Early Summer.
Delphinium ‘MF Dark Blue/Dark Bee’
This mid-sized selection has purple petals
with a dark center’ bee’. Cut back after
flowering to encourage re-bloom. Better
suited for windy areas as it seldom needs
staking.
Deer resistant.
This mid-sized selection has deep pink petals
with a white center ‘bee’. Cut back after
flowering to encourage
re-bloom. Better suited for windy areas as it
seldom needs staking.
Deer resistant.
Bloom Color
Zone
Dark Purple with dark
bee
Bloom Season
Early Summer.
Zone 3-7
Bloom Color
Zone
Pink with a White bee
Bloom Season
Early Summer,
Bloom Color
Zone
Deep Blue with a
White bee
Bloom Season
Early Summer.
Height Spacing
24-30” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Magic Fountain Delphinium
Zone 3-7
Delphinium ‘MF Pure White’
This mid-sized selection has bright white
petals with a white center ‘bee’. Cut back
after flowering to encourage re-bloom. Better
staking.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
24-30” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Delphinium ‘MF Mid Blue/White Bee’
This mid-sized selection has bright blue
petals with a white center ‘bee’. Cut back
after flowering to encourage re-bloom. Better
staking.
Deer resistant.
Zone 3-7
Delphinium ‘MF Lilac Pink’
Height Spacing
24-30” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
24-30” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Zone 3-7
Height Spacing
24-30” 18-24”
Bloom Color
Culture
Zone
White with a White bee Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Bloom Season
Attracts
Early Summer.
Butterflies
Delphinium ‘MF Sky Blue/White Bee’
This mid-sized selection has sky blue petals
with a white center ‘bee’. Cut back after
flowering to encourage re-bloom. Better
staking.
Deer resistant.
Zone 3-7
Bloom Color
Zone
Sky Blue with a White
bee
Bloom Season
Early Summer,
Delphinium grandiflorum ‘Blue Butterfly’
Produces broad, lustrous bright blue flower
spikes in midsummer on compact, bushy
plants. Prefers a site with good drainage.
Remove declining flower stalks, but allow
some self seeding.
To 8,500’
Larkspur Delphinium
Zone 4-7
Bloom Color
Bright Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Summer
Delphinium grandiflorum ‘Blue Mirror’
Low, bushy mounds of dissected foliage
covered with loose sprays of single, electric
blue flowers throughout summer. Remove
faded flowers to encourage repeat bloom.
May be short lived, but will reseed.
A reblooming profusion of pretty rose-pink,
2-3” single daisy flowers over leaves that are
highly dissected. Seldom needs staking and
is very cold hardy and floriferous.
To 7,500’ Deer resistant.
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Mid
Dendranthema zawadskii ‘Clara Curtis’
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Fall
Dendranthema/Chrysanthemum ‘Sheffield Pink’
Single form, light salmon pink daisy flowers
over an extended season from late
September into November. Cut back before
bloom to prevent sprawling habit. Great
performer for Fall.
Deer resistant.
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Salmon-Pink
Height Spacing
15-20" 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Clara Curtis Hardy Garden Mum
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Rose Pink
Height Spacing
12-16" 12-18"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Blue Mirror Delphinium
Zone 4-7
Bloom Color
Bright Blue
Height Spacing
24-30” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Fall
Height Spacing
24-36” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Single Korean Daisy
Height Spacing
24-30” 24-36”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average
Attracts
Butterflies
Dianthus ‘Cranberry Ice’
Intricately patterned rose pink flowers with a
cranberry red eye and a matching wide
picotee, fringed edge. Flowers contrast nicely
with the mounded blue-green foliage.
Deer resistant.
Dianthus
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Purple and Pink
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Early
Dianthus ‘Fire Star’
Attractive, powder blue foliage is contrasted
beautifully with profuse deep red blooms with
a crimson eye. Flowers have a scent of
cloves. Sheer back lightly after blooming to
maintain a tight, compact habit.
Deer resistant.
Dianthus
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Dark Red w/Crimson
eye
Bloom Season
Early Summer-Early
Dianthus ‘Kahori’
This variety forms a clump of grassy, greygreen foliage, with a long summer display of
fragrant, lilac-pink blooms. Shear back lightly
after bloom to maintain a tight, compact
habit. Color combines well with many other
plants.
Deer resistant.
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Deep Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Summer-Early
Height Spacing
6-8”
8-12”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Dianthus
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Cerise Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Dianthus ‘Pop Star’
Soft pink, double flowers have a Magenta
eye. The earliest to flower with strongly clove
scented blooms. Sheer back lightly after
blooming to maintain a tight, compact habit.
Tolerates heat & humidity.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
6-8”
12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Dianthus
Dianthus ‘Neon Star’
beautifully with profuse neon pink flowers
hwith the scent of cloves. Sheer back lightly
after blooming to maintain a tight, compact
habit.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
6-8”
10-12"
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
4-6”
10-16”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Dianthus
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Pink w/Magenta eye
Bloom Season
Early Spring-Early
Height Spacing
6-7”
12-16”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Dianthus ‘Spangled Star’
Sweet vibrant red flowers with a light pink
edge and blotch on each petal. The tight
mound of blue-green foliage makes a nice
contrast for the flowers. Very floriferous!
Deer resistant.
Spangled Stars Pinks
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Red and Pale Pink
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Summer
Dianthus ‘Starlette’
beautifully with fragrant, frilled, double
flowers of cerise pink with a deep raspberry
eye. Sheer back lightly after blooming to
maintain a tight, compact habit.
Deer resistant.
Dianthus
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Cerise Pink w/
Raspberry eye
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Dianthus amurensis ‘Siberian Blues’
This species is the closest to blue a Dianthus
gets. Fringed flower petals of light to medium
lavender with a darker eye zone marking
stand above the blue-green foliage.
Deer resistant.
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender Blue
Dianthus barbatus ‘Auricula-Eyed Mix’
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Late
Dianthus deltoides ‘Arctic Fire’
Smaller, icy white blooms have a sharply
contrasting bright fuchsia ring around the
medium pink eye zone. If deadheaded, this
species will flower heaviest in early summer
and again in fall.
To 8,500’
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
12-16” 10-12”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Sweet William, Dianthus
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Multi-colored
Height Spacing
5-7”
10-16”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Blue Dianthus
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Usually grown as biennials, they have broad
leaves and sturdy stems topped with
whiskery tufts which emerge in groups of
fragrant flowers with serrated petals. Flowers
in mixed colors ranging from crimson, purple
to rose-pink.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
8-10" 8-12"
Culture
Sun-Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
12-18” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Average, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Maiden Pinks
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
White with Red center
Bloom Season
Early- Mid Summer
Height Spacing
4-6 ”
8-12”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Dianthus deltoides ‘Brilliant’
An easy-care perennial that forms a low,
spreading evergreen mound of dark-green
leaves, studded with bright cherry-red
flowers in late spring. It will re-bloom if
plants are cut back after first flush.
Deer resistant.
Brilliant Maiden Pinks
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Cherry Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Summer
Dianthus deltoides ‘Flashing Light’
Evergreen, mat-forming perennial with deep
cerise red blooms. Suitable for ground cover,
borders or rock gardens. Trim back lightly
after first bloom to encourage re-bloom.
To 8,500’
Deer resistant.
Maiden Pinks
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Crimson Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Early- Mid Summer
Dianthus deltoides ‘Shrimp’
Evergreen, mat-forming perennial with
salmon-pink blooms. Suitable for ground
cover, borders or rock gardens. Trim back
lightly after first bloom to encourage rebloom and to maintain its neat habit.
To 8,500’
Deer resistant.
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Salmon Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Late Spring
Height Spacing
6-8”
12-18”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Giant Pinks
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Deep Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Early- Mid Summer
Dianthus gratianopolitanus ‘Firewitch’
This outstanding variety forms a low clump of
grassy blue-gray foliage, with a long summer
display of fragrant magenta-pink blooms.
Shear back lightly after blooming to maintain
a tight, compact habit.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
6-8”
8-12”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Maiden Pinks
Dianthus giganteus
A fascinating plant for a wild garden with
numerous tall arching stems holding
compound heads of smallish bright pink
flowers. The unopened flower buds bear a
marked resemblance to a returning space
capsule!
Height Spacing
6-8”
12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Magenta Pink
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Early
Height Spacing
12-18” 8-12"
Culture
Sun-Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Dianthus
Height Spacing
7-8”
10-16”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Dianthus hybridus ‘Rainbow Loveliness’
This unique Dianthus features petals that are
heavily fringed, giving the flowers a fuzzy,
feathery appearance. Flowers range in color
from pink, red, rose or lilac shades above fine
silvery-blue foliage. Has a nice fragrance.
Deer resistant.
Dianthus
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Multi-colored
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Late
Dianthus pontederae ‘Rachel’
Small cushion-forming perennial with graygreen, evergreen leaves and large, double,
baby pink flowers in late spring through
autumn. Dianthus prefer well-drained soils
and full sun.
Deer resistant.
Dianthus
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Diascia integerrima ‘Coral Canyon’
A tender perennial that blooms vigorously
throughout summer bearing small, salmonpink flowers that are held above the foliage
on wiry stems. Long bloom period. Heat
tolerant with adequate moisture.
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 5b-8
Bloom Color
Coral Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Frost
Height Spacing
10-15” 8-12”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Fern-leaved Bleeding Heart
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Rose Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-
Dicentra spectabilis ‘Alba’
Large, bushy clumps of green leaves on
fleshy stems. Puffy, white heart-shaped
flowers dangle beneath the leafless stems.
Every bit as charming as the pink form, but
not as vigorous. May go dormant after
blooming. Hardy to 9,000’.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
3-4”
10-16”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Twinspur
Dicentra ‘King of Hearts’
Vigorous sun and heat tolerant cultivar with
unstoppable blooms. Bright rose, heartshaped flowers fade to pink. Lacy, soft bluegreen foliage that does not go dormant until
fall if given adequate moisture.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
12-15” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
8-10" 12-15"
Culture
Part Sun/Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Old-fashioned Bleeding Heart
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Early
Height Spacing
30-36" 24-30"
Culture
Part Shade to Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Dicentra spectabilis Pink
Large, bushy clumps of green leaves on
fleshy stems. Heart-shaped flowers with
rose-pink petals and white tips dangle
beneath the leafless stems. May go dormant
after blooming. Hardy to 9,000’.
Deer resistant.
Old-fashioned Bleeding Heart
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Rose pink/White
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Early
Dictamnus albus
long-lived with upright, clump-forming
growth and white flowers with darker rose
veining. The glossy, dark green foliage has a
lemony fragrance and may cause allergic
reaction to some.
Deer Resistant.
White Gas Plant
Zone 3-7
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Dictamnus albus ‘Purpureus’
Long-lived with pale pink flowers veined deep
reddish violet. Foliage is glossy, dark green
and has a lemony fragrance. The plants
‘vapor’ is supposed to ignite if lit with a
match and may cause allergic reaction to
some.
Deer resistant.
Zone 3-7
Bloom Color
Zone
Soft Mauve with
darker veins
Bloom Season
Early- Mid Summer
Height Spacing
24”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Tiny Bells, Straw Foxglove
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Yellow with Brown
veining
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Mid
Digitalis obscura
Upright woody stems and lily-like leaves set
the stage for the brown and yellow bell-like
flowers. Unlike woodland Foxglove, these
prefer full to partial sun in lean to average
soils and water deeply but not too frequently.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
24”
18-24’
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Pink Gas Plant
Digitalis lutea
This charming spring-blooming perennial
bears pale yellow, tubular flowers on slender
3’ stalks. Prefers part shade in hot regions
and moist, well-drained soil.
Height Spacing
30-36" 24-30"
Culture
Part Shade to Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Height Spacing
18-30” 12-18”
Culture
Part Sun/Part Shade
Average
Attracts
Hummers
Sunset Foxglove
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Rusty Orange
Bloom Season
Early-Late Summer
Height Spacing
18”
12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Average
Attracts
Hummers
Echinacea ‘Cheyenne Spirit’
A recent hybrid Coneflower with single
flowers in vivid shades of orange, red, yellow
or pink surrounding a large brown cone. Its
habit is well-branched, strong and bushy.
Deadhead to promote continued flowering.
Deer resistant.
Coneflower
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Yellow, Orange to Red
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Echinacea ‘Hot Lava’
Wide petals of deep orange-red to a deeper
red at the base of the magenta orange cone.
Extra petals give the flower a fuller look and
the super-strong stems make it a natural for
cut flowers.
Deer resistant.
Red Coneflower
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Orange, Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Echinacea ‘Hot Papaya’
A robust grower with deep green foliage and
strong sturdy maroon stems. The longer
florescent orange ray petals develop first and
droop as the flower matures, bright inner ray
petals continue to form and intensify.
Deer resistant.
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Orange
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Height Spacing
32-36" 18-24"
Culture
Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Birds, Butterflies, Bees
Coneflower
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Yellow, Orange to Red
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Echinacea ‘Julia’
Glowing tangerine orange, large 4” flowers
with a copper tone appear on very strong,
well-branched stems. Flowers turn golden
orange as they age. Compact, stocky habit.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
24-33" 18-24"
Culture
Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Red Coneflower
Echinacea ‘Hot Summer’
You won’t believe your eyes! Flowers open
yellow-orange, then mature to deep red. Puts
on a stunning show of luscious multicolored
coneflowers.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
25-30" 18-24"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
36-48" 18-24"
Culture
Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Coneflower
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Tangerine Orange
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Height Spacing
16-18" 18-24"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Echinacea ‘Now Cheesier’
This deep, golden yellow Echinacea has
melting cheddar blooms that lighten with the
heat of summer. Flower rays surround the
golden brown center cone. Long blooming.
Deer resistant.
Coneflower
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Cheddar Yellow
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Echinacea ‘PowWow Wild Berry’
The most floriferous Echinacea with brilliantly
colored, 3-4”, rosy-pink blooms on well
branched stems. It does not require
deadheading to set new buds. A nice
compact growth habit.
Deer resistant.
Pink Coneflower
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Rosy Pink-Purple
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Echinacea ‘Raspberry Truffle’
Flowers emerge single coral pink with a
chocolate cone. Then they develop their pompom center as they mature. Fully opened
flowers have strawberry peach rays with a
darker pink pom-pom on showy dark stems.
Deer resistant.
Zone 4-10
Bloom Color
Zone
Lemon Yellow
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Height Spacing
28-32" 20-24"
Culture
Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Coneflower
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Cantaloupe
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Echinacea paradoxa
Large, daisy-like flowers with yellow
drooping rays around a raised disk of dark
brown. The long and narrow leaves form a
basal clump. Great seedheads for Winter
interest. To 6000’
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
24-36" 12-18"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Yellow Coneflower
Echinacea ‘Supreme Cantaloupe’
The flowers are absolutely the color of a ripe
cantaloupe! They are long blooming and
lasting in the double anemone form on strong
upright stems. Young flowers have striking
dark centers.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
15-22" 24-26"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
16-20" 18-20"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Ozark Coneflower
Zone 4-7
Bloom Color
Bright Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Height Spacing
18-24” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Echinacea purpurea ‘Magnus’
Extra large pink flowers that radiate outward
from a central golden orange seed head. A
staple in most perennial borders, it is also
long lasting as a cut flower. To 8,000’
Deer resistant.
Purple Coneflower
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Rose Pink/Dk Orange
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Early
Echinacea purpurea ‘Prairie Splendor’
Earliest blooming period of all coneflowers. A
mid-sized selection with bright rose-magenta
petals surrounding a large orange cone.
Blooming begins in midsummer and
continues for months if faded flowers are
removed. To 8,500’.
Deer resistant.
Purple Coneflower
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Rose Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid- Late Summer
Echinacea purpurea ‘Ruby Star’
Stronger, more intense color than ‘Magnus’. The
deep carmine-pink petals are held horizontally
around the central brown cone. Coneflowers
bloom in summer and into fall if faded flower
heads are removed.
To 8,000’
Deer resistant.
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Dark Rose with Sienna
cone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Early
Height Spacing
24-40” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
White Coneflower
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Echinacea tennesseensis
A daisy-like coneflower which features
slightly upturned, rose-pink petals and spiny,
coppery center disks with a green tinge. Long
bloom season on rigid stems with slender,
dark green leaves.
Best grown in lean soils.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
24-36” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea ‘White Swan’
Plants for a medium to tall clump of coarse
dark green leaves bearing sparkling white
daisy flowers with a yellow-green central
cone. Removing faded flowers will encourage
blooming into fall.
To 8,500’
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
30-36” 20-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
36-48” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Tennessee Coneflower
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Height Spacing
18-24" 18-24"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average to dry, Well Drained
Attracts
Echinops ritro
Plants form a bushy upright mound of thistlelooking gray-green leaves, bearing stems of
ball-shaped flowers of steel-blue through
summer. Pest and disease resistant.
Deadhead to prevent self seeding. To 8,000’
Rabbit resistant.
Globe Thistle
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Metallic Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer- Early
Echium amoenum ‘Red Feathers’
Dark green basal foliage with spikes of
feathery, dark reddish-brown flowers in
spring, reblooming again in summer and fall,
if deadheaded. Resembles a reddish, springblooming liatris with vibrant designer color.
Red Feathers Echium
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Reddish-brown
Bloom Season
Summer, rebloom
Epilobium fleischeri
Attractive Reddish stems and delicate, pink
flowers that resemble butterflies bloom
profusely from mid-summer into fall. The
Silvery seed heads are interesting in the fall.
Long blooming.
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Pink
Zone
Epimedium ‘Lilafee’
Height Spacing
14-18” 8-10”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Barrenwort
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Lavender
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Spring
Epimedium rubrum
A clump-forming, spreading perennial used
as a ground cover in shady areas. Shortspurred, red flowers appear above foliage in
spring. New, heart-shaped leaves emerge in
spring with a red tinge and mature to green,
then turn reddish in fall. Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
4-10” 10-12”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies, Bees
Alpine Willow Herb
Bloom Season
Mid Spring- Early
Long-spurred amethyst purple flowers are
held well above the foliage and appear
shortly after new foliage emerges with a
strong bronzy red tinge, turning green for the
summer months. and then back to bronzy red
in fall.
Height Spacing
20-24” 24-36”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
8-12” 12-16”
Culture
Part Shade to Shade
Average to low
Attracts
Red Barrenwort
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Rose-Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Early
Height Spacing
8-12’
12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Eremurus stenophyllus
Tall spikes with starry florets in bright yellow
are very showy and eye-catching in late
spring-early summer. Best in sunny, welldrained soils. Protect from strong winds and
mulch for winter. The leaves disappear when
flower stalks appear.
Foxtail Lily, Desert Candle
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Eriogonum umbellatum ‘Kannah Creek’
Stalks form umbrella-like clusters with small
floral buttons of tiny, sulfur yellow flowers
which turn orange as they age. Spreading
mats of green foliage changes to vivid purplered in winter. Native
Hardy to 10,000’.
Buckwheat, Sulphur Flower
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Blue Violet
Zone
Bloom Season
Early- Mid Summer
Erodium chrysanthum
Mounds of feathery, gray-green foliage
explodes with a long display of primroseyellow flowers throughout summer. It is very
drought tolerant once established.
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Yellow
Zone
Eryngium amethystinum
Height Spacing
5-8”
12-18”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Amethyst Sea Holly
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Silvery-Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Summer
Erysimum kotschyanum ‘Orange Flame’
Plants form a low, tufted mounds of bright
green foliage, smothered in spring by bright
orange flowers with a spicy fragrance.
Tolerant of hot, dry sites with poor soil.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
12-15” 12-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Yellow Stork’s Bill
Bloom Season
Summer
This Sea Holly features open umbels of
prickly steel-blue flowers surrounded by
showy bracts above spiny-leafed, rosetteforming plants and erect, thistle-like, leafy
stalks. Compact is size, it will eventually
spread to form a small patch. Tolerant of hot,
dry sites and soils high in salts. Xeric.
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
48-56” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Average-Dry
Attracts
Bees
Wallflower
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Orange
Height Spacing
24-30” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Summer-Early
Height Spacing
2-3”
12-18”
Culture
Sun
Attracts
Butterflies
Eupatorium dubium ‘Phantom’
This variety is short and compact with
clusters of fragrant, bright fuchsia flowers,
sturdy upright growth habit with wellbranching purple stems and a long bloom
time.
Joe-Pye Weed
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer
Eupatorium maculatum ‘Gateway’
Large clumping perennial with coarsely
toothed foliage, attractive wine-red stems
terminate in huge clusters of dusky pink
flowers that are long-lasting. Does best in soil
that does not dry out.
Joe-Pye Weed
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Dusky Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer
Eupatorium rugosum ‘Chocolate’
Late to appear in Spring. This outstanding
selection forms an upright mound of dark
bronzy-brown leaves thru most of the season.
In fall, fuzzy white flower clusters bloom
creating a nice contrast.
Zone 3-7
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer- Fall
Height Spacing
36-48” 30”
Culture
Part Shade to Sun
Moist
Attracts
Butterflies
Wood Spurge
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Cream,Lime & Green
Bloom Season
Spring
Fern Athryium nipponicum ‘Pictum’
The fronds grow 12-18” tall and are a soft
gray metallic color with hints of red and blue.
The red stems provide nice contrast. It
prefers partial shade and should be keep
moist in acidic, humus rich soil.
Height Spacing
48-60” 36-48”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
White Snakeroot
Euphorbia x martinii ‘Ascot Rainbow’
Highly ornamental variegated foliage of
narrow gray-green leaves with a striking
yellow edge. The foliage is topped by clusters
of variegated cream, lime and green flowers
in spring. Foliage is flushed in pink in cooler
months.
Height Spacing
30-36” 36-48”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
12-15” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Attracts
Japanese Painted Fern
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
N/A
Bloom Season
Does not bloom
Zone
Height Spacing
16”
18-24”
Culture
Part Shade to Shade
Moist
Attracts
Fern Dryopteris erythrosora ‘Brilliance’
Bold and beautiful choice for shady borders
and woodland gardens. A dwarf-growing fern
with young papery fronds that display
coppery-red color, maturing to deep green.
Frost turns fronds to bronze.
Deer and Rabbit Resistant
Autumn Fern
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
N/A
Zone
Bloom Season
N/A
Fern Matteuccia struthiopteris
One of the tallest native fern, producing
upright green desiduous fronds that provide a
dramatic effect. Spreads by underground
runners, so it is an excellent choice for
naturalizing in dappled shade.
Deer resistant.
Ostrich Fern
Zone 3-7
Bloom Color
N/A
Zone
Bloom Season
N/A
Filipendula vulgaris
Attractive ferny basal foliage makes a nice
backdrop to the tall flowerstalks that carry
white foamy flowers in late May. Tolerant of
most soil conditions and is adaptable from
sun to partial shade.
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Gaillardia aristata ‘Arizona Apricot Shades’
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Apricot & Yellow
Bloom Season
Early Summer-Frost
Gaillardia aristata ‘Arizona Red Shades’
This compact plant with well-branched
stems, produces masses of large, crimson
red flowers from early summer until frost.
Plants must have a well-drained site for
longevity. Xeric.
Height Spacing
36-60” 30-36”
Culture
Part Shade/Part Sun
Average or moist
Attracts
Dropwort
Bloom Season
Late Spring
This compact plant with well-branched
stems, produces masses of large, apricot and
yellow flowers from early summer until frost.
Plants must have a well-drained site for
longevity. Xeric.
Height Spacing
18-24” 18-24”
Culture
Part Sun to Shade
Moist
Attracts
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Red with Yellow tips
Bloom Season
Early Summer-Frost
Height Spacing
12”
12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average to Moist
Attracts
Blanket Flower
Height Spacing
8-12" 12-18"
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Blanket Flower
Height Spacing
8-12" 12-18"
Culture
Sun-Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Gaillardia aristata ‘Arizona Sun’
Flowers are large flame-orange daisies with
golden-yellow tips that bloom from June into
autumn, if faded flowers are removed. Plants
must have a well-drained site for longevity.
Xeric.
Blanket Flower
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Mahogany and Yellow
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Frost
Gaillardia x aristata ‘Oranges and Lemons’
A wonderful color variation with a bounty of
soft orange and yellow daisies from midsummer through fall. Plants are bushy and
upright and thrive in lean to average fertility
soil. Requires good drainage thru winter.
Blanket Flower
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Apricot and Gold
Bloom Season
Early Summer-
Galium odoratum
One of the most popular groundcovers for
shady areas. Clusters of fragrant, tiny white
flowers make a pretty display in spring. It
spreads steadily in moist sites to form a thick
carpet.
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Spring-Early
Bloom Color
Deep PInk
Height Spacing
6-12" Indefini
Culture
Part Shade to Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Wand Flower
Zone 5-9
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Late Summer
Gaura lindheimeri ‘The Bride’
Beautiful, airy texture on a long blooming
plant. It forms a mat of soft foliage that
contrasts beautifully with the delicate white
flowers that are held on long stems. Needs
good drainage. May be slow to appear in
Spring.
Height Spacing
14-18" 12-18"
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Sweet Woodruff
Gaura lindheimeri ‘Crimson Butterflies’
Very compact, dark crimson leaves and red
stems that hold hot-pink flowers above the
foliage. Benefits from regular watering but
needs good drainage. Part shade is tolerated.
May be short-lived.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
8-10" 12-18"
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
14-18” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
The Bride Whirling Butterflies
Zone 5-88
Bloom Color
Zone
White tinged with Red
Bloom Season
Early Summer-Frost
Height Spacing
36-48" 18-24"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterfies
Gazania linearis ‘Colorado Gold’
The silky 2-3” flowers of this golden daisy are
carried on leafless stems above rosettes of
deep green linear leaves. The blossoms are
open in sunny weather, closing during cloud
cover and evening hours. Xeric.
Hardy to 7,500’.
Hardy Gazania
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Golden Yellow
Bloom Season
Spring-Summer
Gentiana ‘True Blue’
Large 2”, bright blue flowers on sturdy, wellbranched stems above semi-glossy, green
foliage in mid summer to early autumn. Do
not allow to dry out completely. Avoid the hot
summer sun in our climate.
Gentian
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Intense Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Gentiana parryi x septemfida
Plants exhibit desirable traits from both
parents. Glossy, narrow foliage with intense
blue flowers on outer stems. Grow in cool sun
or partial shade for blooms in late summer.
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Indigo Blue
Zone
Gentiana verna
Height Spacing
6”
8”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Attracts
Gentian
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Intense Sky Blue
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Geranium ‘Brookside’
The lavender blue flowers have a tiny white
eye and deep purple veining. It is long
blooming over compact clumps of lacy green
foliage. Foliage turns a vivid red-orange in
Fall.
Height Spacing
15-20” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average, Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Gentian
Bloom Season
Summer-Fall
Mountain Bog Gentian. Beautiful tubular
flowers ar born from mid to late Spring over
mounds of lustrous rich green oval leaves.
Colorado native from montane to alpine in
streambeds and meadows. Do not allow to
dry out completely.
Height Spacing
2-4”
8-10”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Dry, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
3”
6”
Culture
Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Brookside Cranesbill, Hardy
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Blue Violet with White
center
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Mid
Height Spacing
18-24” 24-36”
Culture
Part Shade to Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Geranium ‘Rozanne’
One of the longest blooming perennials.
Violet-blue flowers with a white eye are
produced atop sprawling foliage that is lightly
marbled with chartreuse and turns red
in Fall. Will spread 2-3’ in one season.
To 8,000’
Cranesbill, Hardy Geranium
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Blue Violet with White
center
Bloom Season
Early Summer- Fall
Geranium ‘Sweet Heidi’
A vigorous low growing plant that forms a
spreading clump of deeply cut leaves and
upright, cup-shaped flowers of veined
lavender-blue with a pink ring surrounding
the creamy-white centers.
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender, Pink W/
White center
Bloom Season
Early Summer-Fall
Geranium cinereum ‘Ballerina’
A low-growing selection that forms a neat
mat of gray-green leaves. The soft-pink
flowers have a deep purple eye and veining.
Long bloom period throughout summer.
To 8,000’
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Pink with Purple veins
Bloom Season
Summer
Height Spacing
6-8”
12-15”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Magenta w/ Black eye
Bloom Season
Summer
Geranium macrorrhizum ‘Bevan’s Variety’
One of the best flowering selections that form
a spreading mound of large,fragrant green
leaves, bearing deep magenta-pink flowers in
early summer. Tolerant of dry shade.
Height Spacing
20-24” 24-30”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Geranium cinereum ‘Splendens’
This selection forms a dense, low mat of
gray-green eaves. Hot magenta-pink flowers
have a contrasting black center and rest on
trailing stems. Blooms on and off through
summer.
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
18-24” 24-30”
Culture
Part Shade to Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Deep Magenta
Bloom Season
Summer
Height Spacing
6”
12”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
10-12” 18-24
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Adaptabale
Attracts
Butterflies
Geranium pratense ‘Dark Reiter’
Attractive dark-leafed selection that forms a
compact mound of finely cut, plum purple
foliage. Leafy scapes carry clusters of nicely
contrasting, lilac-blue flowers in summer.
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Lilac Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Early to Late
Geranium x cantabrigiense ‘Biokovo’
Profusely blooming with masses of pink
centered white flowers that are held above
mounding foliage on this striking specimen.
Delightful aromatic foliage turns red in the fall
giving it year round appeal.
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
White blushed Pink
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Mid
Geranium x cantabrigiense ‘Crystal Rose’
The near sterile flowers of bright magenta
are long-lasting and profuse through out the
year. They are held erect above the dissected
folige. This is a versatile landscape plant
worthy a spot in any border or rock garden.
Height Spacing
6-12” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Magenta-rose
Bloom Season
June to August
Geum ‘Fire Storm’
This vigorous, compact and long blooming
plant is easy to grow in almost any garden.
The semi-double, orange-yellow flowers are
picoteed with a red edge and emerge from
spring to fall.
Height Spacing
8-10” 12-18”
Culture
Sun or Part Sun
Average
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
12”
12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Attracts
Butterflies
Avens, Grecian Rose
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Orange-Yellow/Red
edge
Bloom Season
Early summer-Early
Height Spacing
24-30” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Geum ‘Lady Stratheden’
Semi-double deep yellow flowers appear to
float on wiry stems over the low, mounded
foliage that is fuzzy and fan-like. Long
blooming, especially if deadheaded.
To 8,000’
Rabbit resistant.
Avens
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Mid
Height Spacing
23-29” 18-24”
Culture
Sun-Part Shade
Moist to average
Attracts
Butterflies
Geum ‘Totally Tangerine’
Loads of warm tangerine flowers on tall,
sturdy stems over an extended period of time.
Plants are sterile which increases blooming
power! Foliage resembles that of
strawberries.
Avens, Grecian Rose
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Tangerine
Zone
Bloom Season
Early summer-Early
Geum chiloense ‘Mrs. Bradshaw’
Plants form a low clump of fuzzy, fan-like
green leaves with rounded, semi-double
scarlet flowers that appear to float on wiry
stems. Long blooming, especially if
deadheaded. Plants may be pruned back hard
after blooming to rejuvenate the foliage and it
may remain evergreen in mild winters.
To 8,000’ Rabbit resistant.
Mrs. Bradshaw Avens
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Hot Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Mid
Geum coccineum ‘Koi’
Compact mounds of glossy green foliage and
bright orange flowers from spring through
summer. Besides its long bloom time, it is
heat and drought tolerant.
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 5-7
Bloom Color
Orange
Zone
Geum flore pleno ‘Blazing Sunset’
Height Spacing
9-11” 10-12”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Avens, Grecian Rose
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Scarlet
Zone
Bloom Season
June-September
Geum triflorum
Rosettes of downy, fern-like, grayish green
foliage produce slim, slightly arching stems
with three nodding flowers followed by rose
pink feathery seed plumes. Does not tolerate
wet winter soil.
To 8,000’
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
18-24” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Avens, Grecian Rose
Bloom Season
Early Spring-Late
Bright and cheerful describes the eyecatching scarlet flowers on fuzzy green
foliage. One of the largest flowering Geum
varieties. Regular deadheading will extend
blooming time.
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
24-30” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
16-20” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Attracts
Butterflies
Pink Plume Avens
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Pink
Bloom Season
Late Spring
Zone
Height Spacing
12-20” 12-16”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Glaucium grandiflorum
Tall branches produce orange poppy flowers
throughout summer, followed by narrow,
seed producing horned pods. Ruffled foliage
is stunning and stays attractive all Winter.
May be short-lived.
Orange Horned Poppy
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Orange Yellow
Bloom Season
Early Summer
Goniolimon tartaricum
Syn. Limonium tartaricum
Most often seen as a dried flower, the
branching, prickly heads of tiny white flowers
are popular in dried flower arrangements and
wreaths. They produce low rosettes of
leathery green leaves. Prefers light, sandy
loam and must have good drainage in winter.
German Sea Lavender
Zone 4-10
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Gypsophila ‘Compacta Plena’
A compact version of ‘Bristol Fairy’. Double
white flowers provide an airy effect in bloom
during late spring-early summer. Cut back
after first bloom to encourage secondary
bloom. Great in alkaline soils. To 8,500’
Deer resistant.
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Summer- Fall
Height Spacing
12-18” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Alpine Baby’s Breath
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
White with Blue veins
Bloom Season
Early Summer- Fall
Gypsophila paniculata ‘Bristol Fairy’
Double white flowers provide an airy, cloudlike display in the summer border. The
upright mounds bear thousands of tiny
flowers which are great in bouquets. Remove
faded flowers for a second flush of bloom.
To 8,500’.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
12-18” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Compact Baby’s Breath
Gypsophila cerastioides
A great plant for rock gardens or for edging
borders. Small, rounded bright green leaves
are studded with starry white flowers with
tiny pink veins from late spring into summer.
Plants will remain evergreen in most winters.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
12-18” 12-18”
Culture
Sun
Well-drained
Attracts
Double White Baby’s Breath
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
White
Height Spacing
2-4”
12-18”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Summer-Fall
Height Spacing
36-40” 24-36”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies0.
Gypsophila paniculata ‘Perfecta’
Large, double flowers that float like wispy
clouds above the narrow leafed foliage. Cut
back after first bloom to encourage
secondary bloom.
To 8,500’
Deer resistant.
Double White Baby’s Breath
Zone 3
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Summer-Fall
Gypsophila paniculata ‘Pink Fairy’
Popular as a filler for cut flowers, this variety
has double soft pink flowers for an airy,
cloud-like effect. Cut back after first bloom to
encourage secondary bloom.
Its compact habit makes it useful for edging.
Deer resistant.
Double Pink Baby’s Breath
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Light Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Summer-Fall
Gypsophila repens ‘Alba’
This is a dwarf cousin to the familiar tall
Baby’s Breath. Plants form a low mat of graygreen leaves with masses of small white
flowers in early summer. Clip back lightly
after blooming to keep plant tidy. To 8,000’
Deer resistant.
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Late
Height Spacing
3-6”
12-20”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Pink Creeping Baby’s Breath
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Pale Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Mid
Helenium ‘Coppelia’
This outstanding variety has bright copperyorange daisy-like blooms and is valued for its
late summer display. Plants may be pinched
back in June to reduce the height.
To 7,500’
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
12-18” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
White Creeping Baby’s Breath
Gypsophila repens ‘Rosea’
This is a dwarf cousin to the familiar tall
Baby’s Breath. Plants form a low mat of graygreen leaves with masses of small pink
flowers in early summer. Clip back lightly
after blooming to keep plant tidy. To 8,000’
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
24-36” 24-36”
Culture
Sun
Low to average, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
3-6”
12-20”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Helen’s Flower, Sneezeweed
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Copper-Orange
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Fall
Height Spacing
36-48” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Helenium ‘Double Trouble’
This mid-sized variety has fluffy double petals
of clear yellow, surrounding a golden button
eye. Good branching habit for cutting. Stems
may need staked in windy areas or pinched
back by half in June to force more compact
plant.
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Fall
Helenium autumnale ‘Mardi Gras’
Tall, bright yellow-orange petals. tie-dyed
with flame orange around a brown center. It
is a great plant for late summer color. Prune
plants to half their height by mid June to
control them and keep them bushy and
compact.
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Yellow splashed
Orange-red
Bloom Season
Early-Late Summer
Helianthemum ‘Annabel’
Double flowers of soft baby-pink over bright
green foliage. Must have good drainage in
winter. Trim plants lightly after blooming to a
keep tidy form and encourage rebloom.
Evergreen in mild winters.
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Soft Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Height Spacing
12-18” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Sun Rose
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Rose Pink w/ dark eye
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Helianthemum ‘Ben More’
Single, deep orange flowers with dark
centers and dark green, evergreen foliage.
Shear lightly after flowering for a repeat
flowering in late summer. Must have good
drainage, especially in winter.
Height Spacing
36-48” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Annabel Sun Rose
Helianthemum ‘Ben Ledi’
Evergreen shrubby perennials are excellent in
rock gardens. Single deep rose-pink flowers
with a darker eye cover the mound of foliage.
A trimming after bloom may produce a new
flush of flowers. Prune plants in spring.
Height Spacing
24-30” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Average or Moist, Well
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
8-12” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Sun Rose
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Orange
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Height Spacing
8-12” 12-16”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Helianthemum ‘Dazzler’
Single, magenta-red, yellow-eyed flowers
over narrow green foliage on this ever-green
sub shrub. Shear lightly after flowering for a
repeat flowering in late summer. Must have
good drainage, especially in winter.
Sun Rose
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Dark Magenta-Red
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Helianthemum ‘Hartswood Ruby’
This evergreen, shrubby plant is excellent in
rock gardens or other well-drained sites.
Single magenta-red flowers cover the mound
in late spring. A trimming after bloom may
produce a new flush of flowers.
Sun Rose
Zone 4-8
Height Spacing
8-12” 18-24”
Bloom Color
Culture
Zone
Red w/Golden stamens Sun
Well Drained
Bloom Season
Attracts
Late Spring-Early
Butterflies
Helianthemum ‘Henfield Brilliant’
These shrubby perennials are excellent for
hot sunny spots. This selection has single
red-orange flowers over a mound of silverygray foliage.
Plants must have very good drainage,
especially through winter. Evergreen.
Sun Rose
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Red-Orange
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Helianthemum ‘Orange’
This evergreen, sub shrub is excellent for
rock gardens or other well-drained sites.
Brilliant orange flowers cover the silver-green
mound in late spring. Trimming after bloom
may produce a new flush of flowers.
Height Spacing
6-8”
18-24”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Sun Rose
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Bright Orange
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Summer
Helianthemum ‘Yellow’
Evergreen, shrubby plant is excellent in rock
gardens. Single yellow flowers cover the
mound of bright green foliage in late spring.
Shear-ing after bloom may produce a new
flush of flowers. Prune plants in spring to tidy
up and encourage new growth.
Height Spacing
8-12” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
6-8”
18-24”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Sun Rose
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Summer
Height Spacing
8-12” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Helianthus x multiflorus ‘Sunshine Daydream’
Double dahlia-like golden yellow flowers
above clean, dark green foliage. This tall,
sturdy, multi-talented plant is good for cut
flowers, massing or as a mid-border anchor.
Sunflower
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Mid
Heliopsis helianthoides scabra ‘Summer Sun’
False Sunflowers have a very long season of
bloom. Plants form a tall, bushy clump of
dark green leaves and semi-double golden
yellow daisy flowers for an extended season.
Water abundantly during dry spells. Prefers
moist, rich sites. Self sows.
False Sunflower
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Golden Yellow
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Frost
Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra ‘Sunburst’
Similar to ‘Loraine Sunshine’ this new form is
produced by seed. It offers terrific cream and
green variegated foliage and single 2-2 1/2”
golden yellow flowers in the heat of summer.
Foliage tends to green up later in season.
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Golden Yellow
Helleborus niger
Height Spacing
30-36” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average to Moist, wellAttracts
Butterflies
Christmas Rose
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Spring
Helleborus orientalis ‘Rote Hybrid’
The robust evergreen clumps, erupt in early
spring with bouquets of translucent cardinalred, cup-shaped flowers with yellow anthers.
The attractive foliage is large, dark green,
leathery and evergreen through most winters.
Height Spacing
30-42" 20-24"
Culture
Sun-Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies, Birds
False Sunflower
Bloom Season
Early Summer-Fall
Getting its common name because this
winter-blooming evergreen blooms very early
in spring, usually around St. Patrick’s Day
here. Grow in humusy rich, well-drained soil
in an area protected from cold winter winds.
Height Spacing
60-72” 24-36”
Culture
Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies. Birds
Height Spacing
18-20” 18-24”
Culture
Shade to Part Sun
Moist-Adaptable
Attracts
Lenton Rose
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Cardinal Red
Bloom Season
Early Spring
Zone
Height Spacing
18-20” 18-24”
Culture
Shade to Part Sun
Moist-Adaptable
Attracts
Helleborus x hybridus ‘Blue Lady’
A fantastic plant for the shady border with
cup-shaped Plum-purple flowers with yellow
anthers that emerge in late winter to burst
into bloom as snow cover disappears. Foliage
is attractive, dark green, leathery and
evergreen.
Lenton Rose
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Plum Purple
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Spring
Hemerocallis ‘Bold Tiger’
As bold as its name, bright orange petals with
a large red eye and yellow-green throat.
Petals are dramatically recurved with a nicely
ruffled edge. Well-branched with heavily
budded scapes. Tetraploid. Dormant winter
foliage. Rabbit resistant.
Bold Tiger Daylily
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Orange w/ Red Eye
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Hemerocallis ‘Brookwood Black Kitten’
Thus unusual color will wow you and your
guests with its Black Red flower with
contrasting midrib stripe.
Diploid. Dormant winter foliage.
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Black Red
Zone
Hemerocallis ‘Charles Johnston’
Height Spacing
22”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Charles Johnston Daylily
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Cherry Red Self
Bloom Season
Mid-Summer
Hemerocallis ‘Chicago Apache’
Intense scarlet red blooms with a golden
throat are 5” across. Petals have a loosely
ruffled edge. Very sun-fast.
Dormant foliage, Tetraploid.
Height Spacing
28”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Daylily
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Bright cherry-red blooms with a green throat
are 6” across. Petals have a loosely ruffled
edge. Very sun-fast. Repeat blooms.
Dormant foliage, Tetraploid.
Height Spacing
18-20” 18-24”
Culture
Shade to Part Sun
Moist-Adaptable
Attracts
Height Spacing
24”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Chicago Apache Daylily
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Red Self
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Height Spacing
28”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hemerocallis ‘Daring Deception’
Features dusky cream-pink trumpet-shaped
flowers with a burgundy-purple throat and
pie-crust edging. Petals overlap, creating a
uniquely shaped eyezone. Its grassy leaves
remain attractive all season. Tetraploid.
Deer resistant.
Daring Deception Daylily
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Creamy Pink w/
Burgundy Eye
Bloom Season
Late June-July,
Hemerocallis ‘Ed Murray’
The 4” flowers are a dramatic, velvety blackred with a bright yellowish-green throat.
Color is sun-fast. Blooms mid to late summer.
Dormant foliage in winter. Diploid.
Ed Murray Daylily
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Black Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Hemerocallis ‘El desperado’
Butter yellow flowers with a striking winepurple eye and matching picotee edge.
Extended bloom (flowers last at least 16
hours). Tetraploid. Dormant winter foliage.
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Yellow, Wine eyezone
Hemerocallis ‘Fooled Me’
Height Spacing
28”
18-24”
Culture
Sun-Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Fooled Me Daylily
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Bright Yellow, Red
Throat Throat
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Hemerocallis ‘Gentle Shepherd’
Lightly ruffled 5” nearly white flowers with a
green throats make a nice highlight in the
garden. Bloom time is early to mid July.
Semi-evergreen winter foliage. Diploid.
Height Spacing
30”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
El desperado Daylily
Bloom Season
Mid- Late Summer
Winner of many awards, this popular variety
has large (5.5”) flowers of a golden-yellow
with a striking deep red eye and matching
picotee, pie crust edge.
Dormant winter foliage. Tetraploid.
Height Spacing
24”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Partial Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
22”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Gentle Shepherd Daylily
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Summer
Height Spacing
29”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hemerocallis ‘Grape Velvet’
The 4.5” flowers are deep wine purple with
paler mid-rib and yellow throat.
Dormant winter foliage. Diploid.
Grape Velvet Daylily
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Deep Wine Purple
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Hemerocallis ‘Happy Returns’
Fragrant, 3” canary-yellow blooms over dark
green leaves. Good repeat bloomer.
Extended length of bloom.
Dormant foliage, Diploid.
Happy Returns Daylily
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Yellow Self
Zone
Bloom Season
Early- Late Summer
Hemerocallis ‘Hyperion’
Canary yellow flowers are carried in profusion
above vigorous clumps of grasslike foliage.
The flowers have a light, sweet fragrance
often not found in newer hybrids. Great
landscape plant.
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Lemon-yellow
Bloom Season
Mid-late Summer
Height Spacing
40”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Joan Senior Daylily
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
White Self
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Summer,
Hemerocallis ‘Jolyene Nichole’
A popular variety with big deep rose pink
blooms held on short scapes.
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
18”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hyperion Daylily
Hemerocallis ‘Joan Senior’
Exquisite, slightly recurved creamy white
blossoms with a pale yellow watermark and a
soft yellow-green throat. Flowers last at least
16 hours each. Foliage is evergreen, Diploid
Height Spacing
24”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
24-30” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Jolyene Nichole Daylily
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Rose-Pink Self
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Height Spacing
16”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hemerocallis ‘Lady Neva’
Classified as an Unusual Form with extended
crispate flower petals of a buff yellow with a
rose eyezone forming a triangular pattern.
Diploid. Semi-evergreen winter foliage.
Rabbit resistant.
Daylily
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Yellow w/ Rose
Eyezone
Bloom Season
Early to Mid
Hemerocallis ‘Lilting Belle’
Spider variant with very unusual orchid-pink
blooms that have an extended bloom time.
Lilting Belle Daylily
Zone 3-9
Height Spacing
36”
18-24”
Bloom Color
Culture
Zone
Pink w/ near White eye Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Bloom Season
Attracts
Mid Summer
Hemerocallis ‘Little Grapette’
A miniature with light grape-purple flowers
with a green throat. Color compliments other
flowers in the garden.
Diploid. Semi-evergreen winter foliage.
Rabbit resistant.
Daylily
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Grape Purple
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Hemerocallis ‘Melon Candy’
The 4.5” flowers of peachy-melon colored
petals with a orange eye-zone and yellow
throat. Fragrant, with extended bloom period,
Dormant winter foliage,
Height Spacing
12”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Melon Candy Daylily
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
peachy-melon, darker
eye
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Hemerocallis ‘Pandora’s Box’
The 4”, fragrant, rich cream tepals with a
cranberry-purple eye and emerald green
throat make a nice edition with its smaller
stature. Evergreen winter foliage. Diploid.
Re-blooms.
Height Spacing
42”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
22”
18-24”
Culture
Sun-Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Pandora’s Box Daylily
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Cream w/ Purple eye
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Summer,
Height Spacing
24”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hemerocallis ‘Pardon Me’
A miniature daylily, 2.75”,fragrant, cranberry
red petals with a narrow yellow watermark
and bright green throat. Heavily budded so
blooms continue from mid-July to early fall
with rebloom.
Rabbit resistant.
Pardon Me Daylily
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Cranberry red
Bloom Season
Early-Late Summer,
Hemerocallis ‘Pennies Worth’
One of the smallest Daylilies with 1.5” blooms
of golden yellow above grass-like foliage.
Dormant winter foliage. Diploid. Re-blooms.
Pennies Worth Daylily
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Golden yellow Self
Bloom Season
Early Summer,
Hemerocallis ‘Preview Party’
The 6”, lightly ruffled flowers are burnish
gold with a burgundy eyezone. It will be the
first large flowered variety to bloom in late
spring-early summer. Tetraploid.
Dormant winter foliage,
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Gold with Burgundy
eye
Hemerocallis ‘Primal Scream’
Height Spacing
25”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Primal Scream Daylily
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Tangerine-Orange
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Hemerocallis ‘Pure and Simple’
The 5.5” bright melon-orange blooms have a
slightly darker, heavily ruffled edge and a
small olive throat. Flower color blends well in
any garden setting.
Semi-Evergreen winter foliage. Tetraploid.
Height Spacing
7-10” 12-15”
Culture
Sun-Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Preview Party Daylily
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Nothing comes close to the enormous,
glimmering tangerine-orange, gold dusted
blossoms that have narrow, twisted, ruffled
petals. Dormant winter foliage. Tetraploid.
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
18”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average to Moist, Well
Attracts
Height Spacing
30”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Pure & Simple Daylily
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Peach Self
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Summer,
Height Spacing
26”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hemerocallis ‘Purple de Oro’
AKA ‘Razzmatazz’ is a miniature with
compact growth. Petals have a narrow pie
crust edge, dark purple veining and paler
purple midribs. Re-blooms will appear later in
summer. Dormant winter foliage. Diploid.
Purple d’Oro Daylily
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Purple
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Late Summer,
Hemerocallis ‘Rocket City’
Bittersweet orange with a deeper halo of
burnt orange, the 7” blooms are a standout in
the midsummer garden. Dormant winter
foliage. Tetraploid, Extended Bloom.
Rabbit resistant.
Rocket City Daylily
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Orange
Zone
Bloom Season
Early to mid
Hemerocallis ‘Rosy Returns’
This ever-blooming daylily has 4” fragrant,
rose-pink blooms with a deep rose eye-zone
and yellow throat. It can be planted as an
edging plant in the border.
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Rosy Pink with darker
eye
Hemerocallis ‘Ruby Sentinel’
Height Spacing
14”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Ruby Sentinel Daylily
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Ruby-Red w/ Yellow
throat
Bloom Season
Early Summer,
Hemerocallis ‘Ruby Stella’
The early blooming, 3” vibrant ruby red
flowers have a small yellow throat and is a
nonstop performer in the garden. Slightly
fragrant. Dormant winter foliage. Diploid.
Height Spacing
36"
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Rosy Returns Daylily
Bloom Season
Early Summer,
Tall scapes carry loads of fragrant, rich ruby
red flowers with matching red stamens and a
brilliant emerald green throat. Petals are
nicely ruffled and recurved. Foliage is
dormant in winter. Reblooms. Tetraploid.
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
20"
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
30-36” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Ruby Stella Daylily
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Ruby-Red w/ Yellow
throat
Bloom Season
Early Summer,
Height Spacing
18”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hemerocallis ‘Ruffled Apricot’
Huge 7”, lightly ruffled, glowing apricot
blossoms have creamy pink midribs and are
highlighted by a deep golden orange throat.
Extended bloom and rebloom. Tetraploid,
Rabbit resistant.
Ruffled Apricot Daylily
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Apricot
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer,
Hemerocallis ‘Shaka Zulu’
Rich deep reddish purple flowers have a pale
watermark above the showy lemon yellow
throat. The pie crust ruffled petals have a
wiry, white edge. Flowers remain open for at
least 16 hours. Semi-evergreen winter
foliage. Tetraploid.
Shaka Zulu Daylily
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Purple w/ Yellow
throat
Bloom Season
Early Summer
Hemerocallis ‘Siloam David Kirchhoff’
A small-flowered daylily features orchid
lavender flowers with a thin red eye zone and
a green throat. Dormant winter foliage.
Diploid.
Rabbit resistant.
Siloam Dave Kirchhoff Daylily
Height Spacing
16”
18-24”
Bloom Color
Culture
Zone
Orchid w/ Red Eyezone Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Bloom Season
Attracts
Early-Mid Summer
Siloam Double Classic Daylily
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Double, Pink Self
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Hemerocallis ‘South Seas’
Strong grower with fragrant, 5.5” ruffled
flowers of an attractive coral with a dark
coral band and golden-yellow throat.
Extended day bloom and re-bloom.
Height Spacing
28”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Zone 4-9
Hemerocallis ‘Siloam Double Classic’
The 5” double, bright pink flowers have a
yellow-green throat. Very fragrant with
extended day bloom.
Height Spacing
28"
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
16”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
South Seas Daylily
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Intense Coral w/ dark
coral band
Bloom Season
Mid Summer,
Height Spacing
30”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hemerocallis ‘Stella de Oro’
Best known for its eve-rblooming, 2.75”
fragrant flowers of a golden-yellow. Bloom
time is extended. Multiplies quickly and can
be divided at most times throughout the
growing season. Dormant winter foliage.
Diploid.
Stella d’Oro Daylily
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Yellow Gold Self
Bloom Season
Early-Late Summer,
Hemerocallis ‘Strutter’s Ball’
The 6”, dark purple flowers have a silky halo
around the lemon throat making them one of
the most popular purple daylilies.
Strutter’s Ball Daylily
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Black-Purple, Yellow
eye
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Hemerocallis ‘Three Tiers’
Sun-rivaling 5.5” orange-gold, double form
flowers over attractive foliage in mid summer
when the garden needs a boost of color.
Dormant winter foliage, Diploid.
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Double, Golden Self
Hemerocallis ‘Wild Horses’
Height Spacing
24”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Daylily
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Cream w/ Deep
Maroon Eye
Bloom Season
Early to Mid
Hesperaloe parvaflora
A stemless succulent with long, narrow
arching leaves that form clumps by slowly
spreading. In mid-summer flower stalks form
a tall arch with coral-red tubular flowers that
open from the bottom up.
LIMITED AVAILABILITY
Height Spacing
28”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Three Tiers Daylily
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
The angular, deep maroon-purple eye on the
creamy blush petals give this daylily a special
look. Petals are ruffled and slightly curved.
Tetraploid. Evergreen winter foliage.
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
11"
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
37”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Red Yucca
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Coral Red
Bloom Season
Summer
Zone
Height Spacing
36-48” 24-36"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained, Dry
Attracts
Heuchera ‘Amethyst Myst’
A vigorous grower with large glossy leaves of
amethyst purple. As the plant matures the
older leaves become more silver. Winter
mulch. Provide afternoon shade in warm
regions.
CoraL Bells
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Cream
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-
Heuchera ‘Caramel’
Uniquely colored foliage on large, bold,
vigorous plants emerge in spring with
butterscotch foliage which changes to
glowing apricot-hued foliage as the season
progresses. It is sun-tolerant and will
withstand heat and humidity.
Coral Bells
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Cream to Pink
Bloom Season
Late Spring-
Heuchera ‘Chocolate Ruffles’
Forms a mound of ruffled chocolate-bronze
leaves that are burgundy on the underside.
Sprays of creamy flowers appear in June.
Foliage should not be trimmed back in the
fall, but tidied up in spring. Evergreen.
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Creamy White
Bloom Season
Late Spring-
Height Spacing
9/26" 16-18"
Culture
Part Shade to Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Coral Bells
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Pink and White
Bloom Season
Spring to Fall
Heuchera ‘Fire Chief’
Mid-sized leaves of glowing wine red make a
gorgeous medium sized mound. These are
topped with bicolored pink and white flowers
on dark red stems. Blooms continuously from
spring
to fall.
Height Spacing
12/24" 18-20"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
CoraL Bells
Heuchera ‘Fire Alarm’
Super vigorous, thick, leathery red leaves pile
up into a delightful mound of eye-dropping
foliage. It will compliment almost every
section of the color palette or stand alone.
Height Spacing
9/26" 16-18"
Culture
Part Sun/Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
9”/13” 15”
Culture
Sun to Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Coral Bells
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Pink and White
Bloom Season
Spring to Fall
Height Spacing
9”/18” 15”
Culture
Sun to Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Heuchera ‘Frosted Violet’
A vigorous, widely clumping coral bell with
broad leaves. New leaves are deep maroonpurple while older ones are deep plum purple
with darker veining. Cool weather intensifies
the colors.
Coral Bells
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Light Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Late
Heuchera ‘Galaxy’
A new creation from Terra Nova. Very large,
thick leathery foliage, very heavily variegated
with spots of color on a very dark
background. Leaves emerge a startling bright
red and turn darker as they age
Coral Bells
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Summer
Heuchera ‘Obsidian’
Shiny, broad, rounded leaves like black stain!
Foliage color does not fade, even in full sun.
Performs well under a variety of garden
conditions making it a fool-proof choice.
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Heuchera ‘Purple Rain Forest’
Height Spacing
10”
16”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Coral Bells
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Light Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Late
Heuchera ‘Southern Comfort’
This variety has huge cinnamon-peach leaves
and a lush habit which makes a bold foliage
statement similar to a Hosta. Foliage color
changes from cinnamon peach to burnished
copper to amber.
Height Spacing
9”/14” 12”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Coral Bells
Bloom Season
Spring to Fall
The wide leaves are a stunning purple veil
with silver-green overcast. This combination
is sure to add to any combination in the
garden. It has a compact habit and grows in a
tight clump.
Height Spacing
20"/30 12-16"
Culture
Part Sun to Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
6"/12” 12"
Culture
Partial Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Coral Bells
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Creamy White
Bloom Season
Spring to Summer
Height Spacing
14”
24”
Culture
Part Shade to Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Heuchera ‘Venus’
The scalloped leaves are silver-white with an
attractive pattern of dark-green veins. The
habit is compact and mounding, ideal for
edging. Winter mulch. Provide afternoon
shade in warm regions. Winter mulch.
Coral Bells
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Summer
Heuchera ‘Autumn Leaves’
Truly a four-season plant, its personality
changes as the days grow longer. Mid-sized
leaves of red in spring, taupe in summer and
ruby red in fall. Tolerant of heat and humidity.
Coral Bells
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Unknown
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-
Heuchera ‘Berry Smoothie’
The large, gently lobed leaves are bright rosepink in spring, becoming bronze-red by
summer. Stems of small pale pink bell
flowers appear in late spring to early
summer. Best color with some sun
andafternoon shade.
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-
Height Spacing
8”/18" 10-15"
Culture
Part Sun/Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Coral Bells
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Pinkish White
Bloom Season
Late Spring-
Heuchera ‘Plum Pudding’
Forms a sturdy mound of rich plum-purple
leaves with a shimmering metallic finish.
Sprays of creamy white flowers appear in
June. Evergreen foliage.
Height Spacing
8”/18" 10-15"
Culture
Part Sun/Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Coral Bells
Heuchera ‘Melting Fire’
A deep maroon Coral Bell with strongly curled
leaf edges. New foliage emerges bright red
and creates highlights on this dazzling new
variety. The pink flowers are a nice
compliment to the foliage color.
Height Spacing
15/30" 18-20"
Culture
Part to Full Shade
Attracts
Height Spacing
15-18" 10-15"
Culture
Part Sun/Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Coral Bells
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Creamy White
Bloom Season
Late Spring-
Height Spacing
7-12” 10-15”
Culture
Part Sun/Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Heuchera micrantha ‘Palace Purple’
Exciting, reddish-purple, maple-like foliage
with white flowers. Nice color contrast in
landscape. Evergreen in mild winter areas.
Coral Bells
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-
Heuchera pulchella ‘Sandia’
A miniature, extra cute form of coral bells
with compact, tidy clumps of evergreen,
ruffled foliage and delicate stems bearing
petite, lacy rose pink bells in late spring.
Coral Bells
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Rose Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring
Heuchera sanguinea ‘Chatterbox’
Beautiful rose-pink flowers are long blooming
if deadheaded. Foliage forms mounds of
rounded soft green leaves. Grows in any well
drained soil but hates wet feet.
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Rose Pink
Zone
Heuchera sanguinea ‘Firefly’
Height Spacing
15-18” 12-18”
Culture
Part Shade to Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Coral Bells
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Bright Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Late
Heuchera sanguinea ‘Ruby Bells’
Intense blood red flowers are held on wellbranched stems above tidy mounds of
scalloped green foliage. Long bloom season.
Deadhead to prolong bloom.
To 8,500’.
Height Spacing
3-8”
6-10”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Coral Bells
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Late
The bright red flowers are held high on long
thin wands over the tidy mounds of scalloped
green foliage. Long bloom season.
To 8,500’.
Height Spacing
12-24" 10-12"
Culture
Part Sun/Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
15-18” 12-18”
Culture
Part Shade to Sun
Attracts
Coral Bells
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Bright Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Late
Height Spacing
15-18” 12-18”
Culture
Part Shade to Sun
Attracts
Heuchera sanguinea ‘Snow Angel’
Delicate pink flowers are held high on long
thin wands above the white mottling and
marbled green scalloped leaves. Heaviest
bloom is May through July.
To 8,000’
Variegated Coral Bells
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Coral
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Mid
Heuchera x ‘Georgia Peach’
In spring huge peach colored leaves with a
showy silver overlay adorn a large lush habit.
Foliage color intensifies to rose-purple in fallwinter. Protect from hot afternoon sun to
prevent leaf scorch.
Coral Bells
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Creamy-White
Bloom Season
Late Spring-
Heuchera x ‘Lime Marmalade’
Ruffled, lime colored leaves and a large
mounding habit make this plant a great
specimen for containers or in the border. It is
super vigorous and full of frills.
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Pinkish-White
Heuchera x ‘Lime Rickey’
Height Spacing
10-16" 18-24"
Culture
Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Coral Bells
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-
Heuchera x ‘Midnight Rose’
Hot pink dots adorn the black foliage on this
vigorous plant. Pink flecks continue to
enlarge and brighten thru season and
contrast the bold, black foliage. Provide
afternoon shade in warm regions. Winter
mulch.
Height Spacing
14-30" 18-24"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Coral Bells
Bloom Season
Late Spring-
The ruffled bright green leaves begin as
chartreuse and then turn to lime green. In late
spring. White flowers appear on this vigorous
growing coral bell. It can be used in
containers but will continue as perennial if
planted in ground by fall.
.
Height Spacing
12-18” 10-15”
Culture
Sun to Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
6”/12" 18-24"
Culture
Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Coral Bells
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Pink flecks on black
foliage
Bloom Season
Late Spring-
Height Spacing
7”/28" 10-15"
Culture
Part Sun/Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Heuchera x ‘Peach Flambe’
Young leaves unfurl in the most vibrant
peachy yellow, becoming redder as the
season progresses. The ruffled leaves are a
glowing peach with flickers of red, turning
plum during the winter. Protect from hot sun.
Coral Bells
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-
Heuchera x ‘Plum Royale’
The shiny rich purple leaves all summer
taking on silver overtones in winter. They
require some sun for summer color. Soft pink
flowers in early summer contrast beautifully
with the dark stems. A nice accent plant.
Coral Bells
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Soft pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-
Heucherella ‘Gold Zebra’
Make a bold statement with the shocking
golden yellow leaves that display a heavy
smattering of bright red pigment that nearly
covers the deeply cut leaves.
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
White Shades
Heucherella ‘Sweet Tea’
Height Spacing
10/18" 10-15"
Culture
Part Sun/Part Shade
Attracts
Butterflies
Foamy Bells
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
White Shades
Bloom Season
Late Spring-
Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Luna Red’
One of the biggest blooming of all Hibiscus,
with 12” dinner plate size blooms of red in
late summer. Fertilize fairly frequently during
the season to get the biggest bloom.
A more compact, bushy and better branched
variety of Hibiscus. Prefers moist soil. Winter
mulch.
Height Spacing
10-20" 12-14"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Foamy Bells
Bloom Season
Late Spring-
Warm shades of orange seasoned with
cinnamon brown describe this bold, largeleaved Foamy Bells. Huge cinnamon stars are
surrounded by the loveliest orange tea
colored borders. The big, palmate leaves
darken in the summer and lighten up in fall.
Height Spacing
7-12" 10-15"
Culture
Part Sun/Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
20”
28"
Culture
Part Sun/Part Shade
Attracts
Butterflies
Luna Red Mallow
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Burgundy Red
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Height Spacing
4-5’
2-3’
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Luna Rose’
One of the biggest blooming of all Hibiscus,
with 12” dinner plate size blooms of rose in
late summer. Fertilize fairly frequently during
the season to get the biggest bloom.
A more compact, bushy and better branched
variety of Hibiscus. Prefers moist soil. Winter
mulch.
Luna Rose Mallow
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Deep Rose-pink
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Hibiscus moscheutos ‘Luna White’
Richly colored white flowers with a red eye
are uo to 12” across! A much more compact,
bushy and better branched variety of
Hibiscus. Fertilize fairly frequently during the
growing season to get the biggest bloom.
Prefers a rich, moist site. Mulch for winter.
Luna Rose Mallow
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
White with Red Eye
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Hosta ‘August Moon’
The large and vigorous mounding Hosta has
heart-shapped, cupped and puckered
chartreuse leaves that provide attractive
texture for the shade. Bell-shaped, white
flowers in mid-July.
To 8,000’
Zone 3-8
Height Spacing
16”
36-42"
Bloom Color
Culture
Zone
Pale Lavender to White Morn. Sun-Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Bloom Season
Attracts
Early Summer
Butterflies
Hosta, Plantain Lily
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Lavender
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Summer
Hosta ‘Christmas Tree’
The large dark green leaves have a thin
yellow margin that fades to creamy white in
summer. The corrugation on the leaves adds
to the beauty of this large hosta.
Height Spacing
24-40” 24-36”
Culture
Sun-Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hosta ‘Blue Angel’
Huge, heart-shaped blue leaves make a very
large tiered mound in the shady border.
Glossy lavender flowers in July.
To 8,000’
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
4-5’
2-3’
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
36/48" 36-48"
Culture
Part Sun to Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies,Hummers
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Lavender
Bloom Season
Early Summer
Zone
Height Spacing
20”
36”
Culture
Shade to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Hosta ‘Dream Weaver’
Large, distinctive leaves have very wide,
blue-green borders and sharply contrasting
creamy-white centers. Leaves are nearly
round and corrugated. White flowers.
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Near White
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Summer
Hosta ‘Francee’
The heart-shaped green leaves have a narrow
white margin. It matures in a dense, arching
mound with pale lavender flowers in summer.
Foliage holds it good color throughout the
growing season. Best with consistent
moisture in rich, organic soil.
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Pale Lilac
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Hosta ‘Gold Standard’
Large leaves emerge light green with dark
green margins and become progressively
more gold towards early summer. Morning
sun will enhance the gold color. Forms a
large mound when mature.
To 8,000’
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Lavender
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer
Height Spacing
20”
20-36"
Culture
Morn. Sun-Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Light Lavender
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Hosta ‘Halcyon’
A mid-sized hosta with long season appeal as
it retains its blue tones longer than most. The
elongated, heart-shaped leaves are of heavy
substance making it more resistant to slugs
and snails. Flowers are ornamental, longlasting and very profuse.
Height Spacing
20-24" 24-36"
Culture
Part Sun to Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Hosta ‘Golden Tiara’
A beautiful small Hosta with dainty, heartshaped leaves of green with a wide gold
margin. It grows quickly to create a compact,
attractive mound that brightens a shady spot.
To 8,000’
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
18/26” 40-48”
Culture
Shade to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Height Spacing
15/24" 20-24"
Culture
Part Sun-Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Light Lavender
Bloom Season
Late Summer
Height Spacing
18/30" 18-24"
Culture
Part Sun to Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hosta ‘Loyalist’
A showstopper! Heart-shaped leaves of heavy
substance are white with broad green
margins. This is the best white centered
hosta and makes a focal point in the shady
garden. Long lived and easy to care for.
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Lavender
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Hosta ‘Minuteman’
This medium sized selection has blue-green,
slightly cupped leaves with a wide white
margin. Pale lavender flowers appear in July.
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Pale Lavender
Bloom Season
Early Summer
Hosta ‘Patriot’
An outstanding, medium sized selection with
mid-green leaves with bold, streaky white
margins. Lavender flowers appear in July.
To 8,000’
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Lavender
Zone
Hosta ‘Sum and Substance’
Height Spacing
22-30" 24-36"
Culture
Shade to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Pale Lavender
Bloom Season
Early Summer
Hosta ‘Tom Schmid’
Steel blue-green foliage surrounded by a pure
white border. The graceful, vase-like habit
make this variety distinctive. The wavy leaves
are of good substance and are slug resistant.
Hostas grow best in moist, well-drained soils.
Height Spacing
20-22” 18-24”
Culture
Shade to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Bloom Season
Late Summer
This huge specimen selection has enormous
chartreuse-yellow leaves with a quilted
texture. Pale lavender flowers appear in July.
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
12-24" 24-30"
Culture
Shade to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Height Spacing
30-36” 40-48”
Culture
Shade to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Lavender
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Height Spacing
40"
36-48"
Culture
Part Sun to Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers & Songbirds
Hosta ‘Whirlwind’
Medium sized with upright pointed leaves
that are twisted and folded. Leaf color
changes throughout the season from creamy
yellow to white centers with very dark green
margins and very heavy substance. Pest
resistant.
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Lavender
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Hosta ‘Wide Brim’
Nicely mounded leaves are dark green with
wide margins of buttery yellow. Attractive
buds open to pale lavender flowers on 24”
scapes in mid to late summer. Prefers full
shade or filtered morning sun.
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Lavender
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Hosta sieboldiana ‘Elegans’
One of the largest Hostas, with deep smoky
blue foliage with a slight hint of frost. Leaves
are heart-shaped with deeply defined veins.
Slugs tend to leave this variety alone.
To 8.000’.
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Summer
Height Spacing
22-30" 36-48"
Culture
Shade to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Candytuft
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
White
Height Spacing
24-36" 36-40"
Culture
Shade to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Iberis sempervirens ‘Alexander’s White’
A heavy bloomer with white flower clusters in
spring over dense, dark green foliage which
is evergreen. Shear plants back after bloom
to maintain shape and control size. To 8,000’
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
16”
24-30"
Culture
Part Sun to Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hosta sieboldiana ‘Frances Williams’
Giant, powdery blue-green leaves have a very
wide chartreuse to creamy-yellow margins
which become wider as the plant matures.
Near-white flowers appear in July.
To 8,000.
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
20”
24-30"
Culture
Part Sun to Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Early
Height Spacing
8-10” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Iberis sempervirens ‘Autumn Beauty’
Blooms twice. A full display of white flowers
in spring on glossy evergreen plants, with a
second blooming in late fall. It can be used
for cascading over rock walls or as an edging.
Shear off after blooming season.
Candytuft
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Spring to Late
Iberis sempervirens ‘Purity’
Glossy, evergreen foliage forms a compact
mound. Loads of white flowers are larger
than the species and perform for several
weeks in late spring. Shear back after
flowering to encourage re-bloom and new
foliage. Drought tolerate once established.
To 8,000’ Deer resistant.
Candytuft
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Iberis sempervirens ‘Tahoe’
Clusters of large, pure white flowers carpet
the compact, well-branched evergreen leaves
with a uniform growth habit. This variety
blooms about 2 weeks earlier than other
forms. Shear back after flowering to
encourage re-bloom and new foliage.
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Spring
Height Spacing
8-10” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Attracts
Butterflies
Miniature Hen & Chicks
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Insignificant
Zone
Bloom Season
N/A
Knautia macedonica
Upright stems bear loads of small deep
burgundy pincushion flowers throughout
summer and into fall. Tolerant of many
conditions, but prefers hot and dry. May be
short-lived but will self sow readily.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
8-10” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Candytuft
Jovibarba hirta ssp arenaria
Among the tiniest of the Hens & Chicks with
lively green rosettes (1/2-3/4” across), and
chicks like tiny red balls sitting on top. Ideal
for dish garden, trough, rock or crevice
garden.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
10-12” 12-15”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
1”
8-12”
Culture
Sun
Dry, Well Drained
Attracts
Red Pincushion Flower
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Burgundy
Bloom Season
June-Frost
Zone
Height Spacing
24-36" 24-30"
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Kniphofia ‘Echo Mango’
Early summer brings sturdy flower stems that
open to bottlebrushes of mango flowers over
a rosette of strap-shaped basal leaves. A long
and heavy blooming cultivar. It is tolerant of
heat and humidity.
Red Hot Poker, Torch Lily
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Mango
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Fall
Kniphofia ‘Echo Rojo’
Deep orange to red blooms dot this plant
beginning with the first breath of summer and
continue all season. Very tolerant of heat and
humidity and can withstand lower water
requirements.
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Dark Orange
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Fall
Kniphofia ‘Elvira’
Single bright orange, narrow spikes on thick
stems above the foliage. Forms clumps of
evergreen, narrow strap-shaped leaves.
Flowers June into early autumn. Tie leaves
together over crowns in winter for protection.
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Bright Orange
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Fall
Height Spacing
24-30" 12-18"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Blue-Leaf Red Hot Poker
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Yellow, Orange, Red
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Kniphofia hirsuta
A petite poker with free-blooming multiple bicolor flower spikes of lovely coral-red and
yellow over straping narrow blue-green
leaves. Easily grown in average and compostenriched garden soils.
Height Spacing
24-36" 18-24"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Kniphofia caulescens
Adds color, texture and structure to the
garden with its robust rosettes of blue foliage
and strap-like leaves. Mid to late summer the
large soft orange and yellow flower spikes
appear.
Height Spacing
24-36" 18-24"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
30-36” 24-36”
Culture
Sun
Average
Attracts
Dwarf Red-Hot Poker
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Coral Red & Yellow
Bloom Season
Early Summer
Height Spacing
15-18” 15-18”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Kniphofia uvaria ‘Early Hybrid’
Flowers resemble glowing red-hot fire pokers
with red at the tips, orange in the middle and
pale yellow at the bottom. They are very
striking in the garden as an accent plant.
Red Hot Poker
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Yellow, Orange, Red
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Kniphofia uvaria ‘Flamenco’
Plants form a big clump of thick grassy
leaves. In late June, a beautifully vibrant
mixture of yellow, orange and red bottlebrush
heads appear with an 8” flower spike on 32”
stems. Requires well-drained soil in winter.
Red Hot Poker
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Yellow, Orange, Red
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Lamium maculatum ‘Orchid Frost’
This selection forms a spreading patch of
silver foliage with a stunning blue-green
margin. Clusters of rose-pink flower spikes
appear in spring, then continue on and off
until fall. Trim back in late winter.
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Orchid-pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring & fall
Height Spacing
4-8”
12-18”
Culture
Part Shade to Shade
Average
Attracts
Dead Nettle
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring & fall
Lamium maculatum ‘Purple Dragon’
Lamium makes an excellent, weedsmothering ground cover and is also a good
mask for dying bulb foliage. Sizable, dense
terminal spikes of rich purple flowers seem to
jump out of the bright silvery foliage.
Height Spacing
24-36” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Average
Attracts
Dead Nettle
Lamium maculatum ‘Pink Pewter’
Spreading patches of small silver leaves have
a narrow green edge. Clusters of soft pink
flowers appear in spring, then on and off until
fall. Tolerant of dry shade, once established
Trim plants back in late winter.
Height Spacing
24-36” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Average
Attracts
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Purple shades
Bloom Season
Mid Spring- Early
Height Spacing
6-8”
12-18”
Culture
Part Shade to Shade
Average
Attracts
Spotted Deadnettle
Height Spacing
4-8"
12-24”
Culture
Part Sun to Shade
Average to low
Attracts
Lamium maculatum ‘White Nancy’
Nice choice for a tough ground cover in
partial to full shade. Clusters of pure white
flowers in spring over small silver leaves
with a narrow green edge. Often evergreen.
Dead Nettle
Zone 2-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring & fall
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Ellagance Purple’
A low growing shrub with fragrant flowers
and foliage, make it a favorite herb for the
border. The gray-green foliage bears intense
purple-blue flowers. Prune lightly in early
spring, no harder than
4“. Good drainage is critical.
English Lavendar
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Purple-Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Early
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Ellagance Snow’
Long blooming, fragrant flowers and foliage,
make it a favorite herb for the border. The
gray-green foliage bears white spike flowers
early in the season. Prune lightly in early
spring, no harder than
4“. Good drainage is critical.
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Early
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’
A low growing shrub with fragrant flowers
and foliage, make it a favorite herb for the
border. The gray-green foliage bears dark
violet-purple flowers. Prune lightly in early
spring, no harder than 4 “. Good drainage is
critical.
Height Spacing
12-14” 8-10”
Culture
Sun
Low, well-drained
Attracts
English Lavendar
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender Blue
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Mid
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Munstead’
Considered a low-growing shrub with
fragrant flowers and foliage. This reliable,
compact selection has gray-green foliage and
bright lavender-blue flowers. Good drainage
is critical. Shear back in spring, no harder
than 4”. Deer and rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
12”
10-12”
Culture
Sun
Low, well-drained
Attracts
English Lavendar
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
White
Height Spacing
6-8”
12-18”
Culture
Part Shade to Shade
Average to dry
Attracts
Height Spacing
8-12” 8-12”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
English Lavendar
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender Blue
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Mid
Height Spacing
12-18” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Lavandula angustifolia ‘Platinum Blonde’
Forms a compact mound of broad, variegated
leaves with creamy white margins and dense
branching. Fragrant lavender-purple spikes
reach skyward for several weeks in mid
summer. Sheer plant in late spring by 4”.
Variegated English Lavendar
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender Blue
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Lavatera thuringiaca ‘Rosea’
A shrubby, semi-woody perennial with strong
upright stems and lobed, mallow-like leaves.
It bears loads of pink, hollyhock-like flowers
all summer long. Plants should be mulched
for winter protection.
Rabbit resistant.
Pink Shrub Mallow
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Summer
Leucanthemum ‘Goldfinch’
This is the yellowest flowering Shasta daisy
ever! The compact, semi-double blooms have
a lightly ruffled edge. Flowers will change
from a bright lemon yellow to ivory white as
they mature. Foliage is coarsely toothed and
dark green.
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Butter yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Summer
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Butter yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
June-August
Bloom Season
Early Summer
Height Spacing
18-24” 24-36”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Shasta Daisy
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
White
Height Spacing
12-24” 12-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Shasta Daisy
Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Becky’
This tall selection bears firm stems that do
not require staking. Flowers are large single
white daisies with a yellow eye. Removing
spent flowers will increase length of bloom.
Divide every 2 to 3 years to maintain vigor.
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
36-48” 24-36”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Shasta Daisy
Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Banana Cream’
The prolific 4” lemon yellow blooms turn a
butter yellow. An extra row of ray petals so
they look even fuller. The compact plants
produce flower buds on side shoots, which
keeps it blooming all summer. Dark green
foliage is disease & rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
16-24” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Zone
Height Spacing
30-36” 24-36”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Silver Princess’
Traditional white, semi-double daisy flowers
on strong stems begin to appear in late spring
and continue for several months if faithfully
deadheaded. Divide clumps every 3-4 years
to maintain vigor.
Rabbit resistant.
Shasta Daisy
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Early- Late Summer
Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Snow Lady’
The earliest white daisy to bloom in spring,
when flowers literally cover the pant. Extend
the bloom period into summer by
deadheading. It exhibits a tidy habit in the
garden. To 8,000’
Deer resistant.
Shasta Daisy
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Late Summer
Leucanthemum x superbum ‘Snowcap’
The masses of single white daisy flowers
with a yellow eye make it excellent for
cutting. Removing spent flowers will increase
length of bloom. Divide every 2 to 3 years to
maintain vigor.
Rabbit resistant.
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Liatris punctata
Native to the Plain States. This drought
tolerant perennial has stunning spikes of
purple flowers in mid summer. It is shorter
and more compact than other species. It may
self sow, but is not invasive.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
12-18” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Spotted Gayfeather
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Purple
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid- Late Summer
Liatris spicata ‘Floristan White’
Widely grown as a commercial cut flower.
Plants form a low clump of grassy leaves,
bearing tall spikes of clean white flowers
beginning in midsummer. Heat tolerant.
Flowers bloom from the top down the stem.
Height Spacing
6-8”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Shasta Daisy
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
White
Height Spacing
12-15” 12-18”
Culture
Sun-Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
18-24” 16-20"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Birds, Butterflies
Spiked Gayfeather, Blazing Star
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
White
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Zone
Height Spacing
26-30" 8-10"
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Liatris spicata ‘Kobold’
Native plant that forms small clumps with
upright stems. ’Kobold’ is a more compact
form with spikes of mauve-purple flowers
that open from the top down. Water
abundantly.
To 8,500’
Deer resistant.
Kobold Gayfeather, Blazing Star
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender Purple
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Liatris spicata purple
Plants form a low clump of grassy leaves,
bearing tall, upright spikes of magenta-purple
flowers in mid summer. Grown from corms,
that can be divided every 3 to 4 years. Prefers
moist, well-drained soil.
Gayfeather, Blazing Star
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Purple
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Ligularia dentata ‘Britt Marie Crawford’
A bold specimen that needs a moist location.
It forms a clump of glossy, large, rounded
maroon-black leaves. Taller stems appear in
midsummer, bearing clusters of bright golden
daisy flowers. Prefers shade in hot climates.
Deer resistant.
Bloom Color
Zone
Golden Yellow
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Height Spacing
30-36” 18-24"
Culture
Shade to Part Shade
Moist
Attracts
Butterflies
Narrow-spiked Ligularia, Ragwort
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Gold Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer
Lilium asiatic ‘4 You’
Upfacing flowers of salmon that are speckled
with burgundy centers. Each strong stem
bears 5-7 buds over glossy green foliage.
Allow stems to die back naturally in fall.
Height Spacing
18-24” 16-20"
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Birds, Butterflies
Ligularia. Elephant Ears
Zone 4-8
Ligularia stenocephala ‘The Rocket’
Large arrowhead-shaped leaves with
serrated edges. The blackish stems bear tall
spires of bright yellow flowers in late
summer. Prefers cool, moist conditions.
Foliage readily wilts in the afternoon sun with
insufficient moisture. Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
18-24” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Birds, Butterflies
Height Spacing
48-60” 36”
Culture
Part Sun/Part Shade
Moist-Wet
Attracts
Birds
Tango Passion Asiatic Lily
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Salmon speckled
Burgundy
Bloom Season
Summer
Height Spacing
16-18” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Lilium asiatic ‘Push Off’
Upfacing flowers of a stunning deep maroon
red with white tips at the end of each petal
with strong stems bearing 5-7 buds per stem.
Allow stems to die back naturally in fall.
Asiatic Lily
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Maroon and White
Bloom Season
Summer
Lilium asiatic ‘Tiny Ghost’
One of the best dwarf purple-red lilies that is
a strong grower with attractive foliage and 5
-7 flowers per stem. Allow stems to die back
naturally in the fall.
Asiatic Lily
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Purple-red
Zone
Bloom Season
Summer
Lilium asiatic ‘Tiny Toes’
Attractive upfacing salmon-pink flowers with
larger deep green foliage and 5-7 buds per
stem. It flowers a little later than other dwarf
varieties. Allow stems to die back naturally in
fall.
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Salmon pink
Zone
Lilium Orienpet ‘Red Dutch’
Height Spacing
16-18” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Orienpet Lily
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Red and Gold
Bloom Season
Early Summer
Lilium orientale ‘Stargazer’
Most popular, fragrant, up-facing flowers of
magenta pink with a narrow white edge.
Excellent cut flower with 3-5 flowers per
stem. Prefers to have their roots shaded in
well draining soil.
Height Spacing
12-14” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Asiatic Lily
Bloom Season
Summer
Striking color combination of golden yellow
flowers with wide red centers that feather
beautifully towards the petals. They are
produced on tall, sturdy stems in late spring
to early summer.
Height Spacing
14-16” 12-18”
Culture
Sun-Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
36-40” 10-12”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Oriental Lily
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Magenta/White edges
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Height Spacing
36”
12-18”
Culture
Sun-Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Limonium latifolium
Excellent for the cutting garden and drying. It
forms low mounds of large, leathery green
leaves with branched heads of tiny, pale
lavender flowers in cloud-like fashion. Very
tolerant of hot locations, but resents being
moved.
Deer resistant.
Sea Lavender Statice
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Lavender
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid- Late Summer
Limonium latifolium ‘Blue Diamond’
A dwarf variety of perennial statice. The airy,
delicate flowers are held high above the
foliage, can be used in flower arrangements,
both fresh and dried.
Blue Diamond Sea Lavender
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Lavender
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Summer
Linum flavum ‘Compactum’
Unlike the popular blue form, this species
features star-shaped, bright golden blooms
that are held in clusters on upright stems
during summer. If deadheaded, flowers will
repeat later in season. Prefers well-drained
sites in a sunny location.
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Early
Height Spacing
12
12-15”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Light Blue Flax
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Sky Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-
Linum narbonense ‘Heavenly Blue’
Tall, bushy plants with larger flowers than
those of other species. It blooms profusely
from late spring to summer, and it repeat
blooms if plants are cut back. Flowers last
one day but are profuse. Best used along
paths or among rocks with poor soil.
Reseeds.
Height Spacing
8-10” 14-16”
Culture
Sun - Part Sun
Well Drained.
Attracts
Golden Flax, Yellow Flax
Linum lewisii
Mounds of needlelike, blue-green leaves with
graceful
2 foot-tall wiry stems loaded with satiny, sky
blue flowers for weeks. Flowers last one day
but are borne in profusion. Short-lived but it
self sows readily.
Height Spacing
18-24” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees
Height Spacing
12-24" 12-18"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Narbonne Blue Flax
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Deep Sky Blue
Bloom Season
Late Spring-
Height Spacing
15-18" 15-18"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Linum perenne
Mounds of small, ferny leaves bear tall stems
loaded with bright blue flowers for weeks on
end. Flowers last one day but are borne in
profusion. Trim back after first flush to repeat
the display. Short-lived but it self sows. Xeric.
Blue Flax
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Sky Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Spring- Mid
Linum perenne nanum ‘Sapphire’
A compact selection, forms a mound of ferny
leaves, bearing loads of sky-blue flowers for
weeks. Flowers last one day but are borne in
profusion. Trim plants back in mid-summer to
encourage repeat bloom. Short-lived but self
sows.
Sapphire Dwarf Flax
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Spring-Mid
Lupinus polyphyllus ‘Gallery Blue’
This compact series produces flowers in deep
blue and white for late spring to early
summer display. Likes cool, moist areas and
prefers afternoon shade. They can be shortlived, but allowing them to set seed will
encourage future generations.
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Blue and White
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Early
Height Spacing
15-20” 12-16”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Dwarf Pink Lupine
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Early
Lupinus polyphyllus ‘Gallery Red’
This compact series produces flowers in deep
rosy-red for late spring to early summer
display. Likes cool, moist areas and prefers
afternoon shade. They can be short-lived, but
allowing them to set seed will encourage
future generations.
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
10-14” 12-15”
Culture
Sun-Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Dwarf Blue Lupine
Lupinus polyphyllus ‘Gallery Pink’
This compact series produces flowers in
bright pink for late spring to early summer
display. Likes cool, moist areas and prefers
afternoon shade. They can be short-lived, but
allowing them to set seed will encourage
future generations.
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
12-24" 12-18"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
15-20” 12-16”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Dwarf Red Lupine
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Deep Rosy Red
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Early
Height Spacing
15-20” 12-16”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Lychnis chalcedonica
Another Cottage garden plant with upright
clumps of bright green leaves, with taller
stems bearing clusters of scarlet-orange
flowers. Cutting back after bloom may
produce new flowers in time for
hummingbirds.
Maltese Cross
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Scarlet
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Lychnis chalcedonica ‘Morgenrot’
Delightful salmon-pink blossoms with
notched petals that appear in clusters on top
of tall stems. Cut back after flowering for
possible rebloom. Needs adequate moisture.
To 8,000’
Salmon-Pink Maltese Cross
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Early-Mid jSummer
Bloom Season
Mid Summer- Fall
Lychnis chalcedonica ‘Rauhreif’
Heads of dainty, skyward facing, small pure
white flowers are held on stiff stems in midsummer. For moist, fertile soil in sun/ part
shade
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Lychnis coronaria ‘Blood Red’
Height Spacing
30-36” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Rose Campion
Zone 5-10
Bloom Color
Magenta
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Summer-
Lychnis flos-jovis
Low tufted rosettes of felted silvery-gray
leaves, bearing upright stems in summer with
loads of round, bright rose flowers. Longblooming. Suitable for Rock Gardens.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
24-30” 18-24”
Culture
Sun-Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Maltese Cross
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Mounds of felted, silvery-gray leaves are
contrasted by the upright stems bearing
bright to deep magenta-pink flowers in
summer. Not long lived but self sows freely.
Flowers are great for cutting. Xeric.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
30-36” 12-18”
Culture
Sun-Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
24-36" 12-18"
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Average-Dry
Attracts
Hummers
Flower-of-Love Campion
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Pink to Deep Pink
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Mid
Height Spacing
6-12" 8-12"
Culture
Sun
Average-Dry
Attracts
Lysimachia ciliata ‘Firecracker’
Attractive burgundy-purple foliage, studded
with starry bright yellow flowers in summer.
Will spread to form a large patch. Likes moist
to boggy soil. Foliage is a nice contrast to
orange or red flowers as well as silver.
Rabbit resistant.
Firecracker Loosestrife
Zone 3-7
Bloom Color
Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Lysimachia clethroides
A spectacular flower with spikes bent over
like a goose’s neck. It can be an aggressive
spreader in moist, fertile, sunny conditions
but controllable in dryer, semi-shaded areas.
Foliage develops a good red color in fall.
Rabbit resistant.
Gooseneck Loosestrife
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Lysimachia nummularia ‘Aurea’
A low-growing, evergreen ground cover with
rounded, golden yellow leaves and cupshaped, bright yellow flowers in summer. It
prefers moist conditions especially when
grown in sun where best color occurs. To
7,500’
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Bright Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Summer
Height Spacing
2”
Indefini
Culture
Part Sun to Shade
Average to Moist-Wet
Attracts
Butterflies
Oregon Grape Holly
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Yellow flowers/Blue
Berries
Bloom Season
Spring
Malva sylvestris ‘Zebrina’
An old-fashioned cottage heirloom plant with
pale pink or purple blooms with darker
stripes from late spring to frost. Each plant
produces copious amounts of flowers which
eventually produce seed that keep the plant
reappearing from year to year.
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
30”
30-36”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average-Moist
Attracts
Butterflies
Golden Creeping Jenny
Mahonia repens
A low-growing, evergreen ground cover that
spreads by underground stems. It features
holly-like leaves that turns purplish in winter.
Deep yellow flowers in spring are followed by
clusters of grape-like berries in late summer.
Height Spacing
30-36” 30-36”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist-Wet
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
8-12” 18-24”
Culture
Sun or Part Shade
Average
Attracts
Zebrina Rose Mallow
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
White with Purple
veins
Bloom Season
Early Summer- Fall
Height Spacing
30-36” 18-24”
Culture
Sun-Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Marrubium rotundifolium
Nice foliage plant with scalloped, fuzzy silver
leaves with a white edge. Yellow flowers are
insignificant and should be sheared to keep
foliage more attractive. A vigorous, low
maintenance plant if soil drainage is good.
Xeric. Rabbit resistant.
Silver-edged Horehound
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Pale Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Summer
Mertensia virginica
April to May brings these sapphire blue
flowers on stems above the oblong leaves.
They are ideal as under plantings because
they go dormant in summer. Can also be used
around Ferns or Hostas where they will
colonize in time.
Virginia Bluebells
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Sapphire Blue
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Spring
Mirabilis multiflora
A mature plant will have hundreds of
magenta-pink flowers open at one time.
Flowers open in mid afternoon. Allow for
deep growing taproot. Xeric.
To 8,000’
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Pink
Zone
Monarda ‘Coral Reef’
Height Spacing
12-18” 24-48”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Coral Reef Bee Balm
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Coral Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Monarda ‘Fireball’
A more compact selection that produces
large heads of shaggy deep pink-red flowers
in mid to late summer. Highly mildew
resistant. Tends to spread and can be divided
in Spring. To 8,500’
Height Spacing
18-24 18-24”
Culture
Shade to Part Sun
Average or moist
Attracts
Wild Four-o-Clock
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
A gorgeous selection with hot coral-pink
blooms above its fragrant minty foliage. It has
demonstrated good mildew resistance. Easy
to grow and it will naturalize with root
rhizomes.
Deer and rabbit resistance.
Height Spacing
4”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
30-42" 18-24"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average, consistant
Attracts
Hummers, Bees, Butterflies
Fireball Bee Balm
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Wine Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Summer
Height Spacing
15-20" 12-18"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Monarda ‘Jacob Kline’
Large scarlet-red flowers arranged in large,
shaggy heads on one of the best mildew
resistant varieties. Foliage is delightfully
fragrant and flowers attract bees and
hummingbirds. Reduce clump size in early
spring.
Bee Balm
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Deep Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Monarda ‘Petite Delight’
This compact variety is highly mildew
resistant and not invasive. Flowers are clear
lavender-pink over fragrant gray-green
foliage. Remove faded flowers to keep plant
tidy. To 8,500’
Dwarf Bee Balm
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender Pink
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Monarda ‘Petite Wonder’
This compact variety is highly mildew
resistant and not invasive. Flowers are a
delicate pink over gray-green foliage.
Remove faded flowers to keep plant tidy.
To 8,500’
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Light Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
July August
Height Spacing
12-15" 12-18"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Raspberry Wine Bee Balm
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Wine Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Monarda didyma ‘Blue Stocking’
This selection features bright, violet-purple
flowers arranged in large shaggy heads.
Avoid overhead watering to reduce powdery
mildew. Bee balm spreads quickly so reduce
clump size in early spring.
To 8,000’
Height Spacing
12-15" 12-18"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Dwarf Bee Balm
Monarda ‘Raspberry Wine’
Very mildew resistant variety with large,
shaggy flower heads of a deep raspberrywine color. Prefers moist, well drained site.
Plant may begin to spread and can be divided
in Spring.
To 8,500’
Height Spacing
36-48” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers, Bees
Height Spacing
36-40" 18-24"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Tolerant
Attracts
Bee Balm
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Lilac-Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid- Late Summer
Height Spacing
24-36" 18-24"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Monarda didyma ‘Cambridge Scarlet’
Brillant, scarlet red tubular florets around
frilly starburst heads atop strong upright
stems. May be cut back by half in early
summer to promote new growth and later
bloom. Leaves can be used to flavor teas.
Bee Balm
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Scarlet Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Summer-Early
Monarda didyma ‘Gardenview Scarlet’
A big, clump forming plant with fragrant
foliage and large, bright red whorled flowers.
This variety is said to be mildew resistant.
May be cut back by half in early summer to
promote new growth and later bloom.
Bee Balm
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Scarlet Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Summer
Monarda didyma ‘Grand Marshall’
Short to medium variety that produces heads
of large, shaggy fuchsia-purple flowers in mid
to late summer. Foliage is delightfully
fragrant and exhibits mildew resistance.
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Fushia-Purple
Monardella macrantha ‘Marian Sampson’
Zone 5b-9
Bloom Color
Red
Height Spacing
12-18" 18-24"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hummingbird Trumpet Mint
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-
Mukdenia rossii ‘Karasuba’
Unique perennial for partial shade. Green,
fan-shaped leaves are topped by delicate
panicles of starry white flowers in spring.
Beginning in summer, deep red tones creep
inward from the edges with fire red fall color.
Height Spacing
24-36" 24-36"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Bee Balm
Bloom Season
Mid- Late Summer
Intensely aromatic herb forming low mounds
of semi-evergreen leaves beneath clusters of
brilliant, scarlet-orange trumpets. Protect
from heat of summer sun for best
performance; may need winter protection in
some areas. Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
24-30" 18-24"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
3-6"
8-12"
Culture
Part Sun to Part Shade
Average to Dry, Well Drained
Attracts
Red Leafed Mukdenia
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
White
Bloom Season
Spring
Zone
Height Spacing
8-12” 24”
Culture
Part Shade to Shade
Moist, organic rich
Attracts
Nepeta ‘Psfike’
Compact mounds of small, gray-green
fragrant leaves bear masses of lavender-blue
flowers on short spikes for the entire
summer. Use as a filler plant in the mixed
border. Xeric To 8,500’
Little Trudy Catmint
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Lavender
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Fall
Nepeta fassenii ‘Blue Wonder’
Bushy mounds of gray-green foliage produce
spikes of lavender-blue flowers starting in
early summer. Shearing after first flush will
encourage new foliage with bloom into late
summer.
Deer resistant.
Blue Wonder Catmint
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender-Blue
Bloom Season
Early-Late Summer
Nepeta x faassenii ‘Select Blue’
Compact mounds of small, gray-green,
fragrant leaves bear masses of bright blue
flowers on short spikes for the entire
summer. This variety is sterile and will not
re-seed. Use as a filler plant in the mixed
border. Xeric.
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Fall
Height Spacing
12-15” 10-14”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Gumbo Lily
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Late
Oenothera fruticosa ‘Sonnenwende’
Yellow Sundrops burst into a riot of satiny
flowers in early summer. The bright yellow
blooms of this cultivar bloom for an extended
time and contrast well against the green
foliage with bronzy-red highlights.
Height Spacing
12-15” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Select Blue Catmint
Oenothera caespitosa
Very common perennial in dry lower to middle
plains. Its large, fragrant white flower petals
open in the evenings and fade to soft pink by
the next day. Tolerates our native soil. Xeric.
Height Spacing
8-10” 12-16”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Summer Solstice Sundrop
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Bright Yellow
Bloom Season
Early Summer
Height Spacing
8-12” 12-18”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Zone
Height Spacing
12-15” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average
Attracts
Butterflies
Oenothera macrocarpa
Large, showy yellow flowers open in the
evening and last into the next day. Foliage is
late to appear in Spring but blooms
continuously all summer. Colorful seed pods
give late season interest. Excellent ground
cover. Xeric.
To 8,000’.
Deer resistant
Mo. Eve. Primrose, Ozark Sundrop
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Lemon Yellow
Bloom Season
Early Summer-Fall
Oenothera macrocarpa ssp fremontii ‘Shimmer’
Long-flowering, with papery lemon yellow
flowers among narrow silvery foliage for a
shining, shimmering look. Pinching the stem
tips several times in spring will keep the plant
compact. Xeric.
Deer resistant.
Shimmer Evening Primrose
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Light Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Fall
Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. incana ‘Silver Blade’
Silvery-green foliage and yellow flowers that
open in the evening and last into the next
day. Foliage is late to appear in Spring.
Colorful seed pods give late season interest.
Excellent ground cover for a rock garden or
dry border. Xeric.
To 8,000’
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Lemon Yellow
Bloom Season
Early Summer - Fall
Height Spacing
6-10" 18-24”
Culture
Sun-Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Ornamental Oregano
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Dk purple calyxes,
pink flowers
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Fall
Origanum laevigatum ‘Hopley’s Purple’
This ornamental oregano blooms with
thousands of tiny reddish purple flowers that
combine in flower heads to make a
spectacular display. Plants grown in full sun
take on more color than those grown in
shade.
Height Spacing
10-12" 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Evening Primrose
Origanum ‘Rotkugel’
Flower stems have large, loose, bi-colored
flowers with dark purple calyxes and deep
pink flowers in August thru October. Plants
have a slow spreading habit. Said to be an
improvement over the variety ‘Herrenhausen’.
Height Spacing
6-12" 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Purple Ornamental Oregano
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Rose Purple with
Purple bracts
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Fall
Height Spacing
12-18” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies, bees
Height Spacing
18-24” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Origanum laevigatum ‘Pilgrim’
Appearing as a beautiful purple haze in the
garden, it features tiny pink flowers encased
in light purple bracts, held in clusters along
the length of the stem.
Ornamental Oregano
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender Pink
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Fall
Origanum rotundifolium ‘Kent Beauty’
Unique! The showy bracts are clustered
together to resemble hops. It forms a wellbehaved low mound of gray-green foliage
with chartreuse and pink bracts holding tiny
lavender flowers. Hop-like pods are
attractive.
Ornamental Oregano
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender, Pink and
Chartreuse
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Fall
Origanum vulgare ‘Aureum’
Grown primarily as an ornamental, its golden
colored foliage is the special feature of this
herb. Performs best in partial shade during
the heat of the day because the yellow foliage
scorches in full sunlight in hot climates.
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Pink Purple
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Fall
Height Spacing
12-18” 18-24”
Culture
Sun-Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies, bees
Avalanche Sun Daisy
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Spring- Fall
Osteospermum ‘Lavender Mist’
Neat mats of oblong, nearly succulent leaves
are evergreen. Its 3” flower heads bloom
from April to autumn opening white and
fading to soft lavender. Grow in warm,
sheltered site. Prefers afternoon shade.
To 7,000’
Height Spacing
6-10” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Golden Oregano
Osteospermum ‘Avalanche’
Huge white flowers held over succulent,
evergreen foliage. Sterile, it doesn't set
seeds and puts its energy into months of nonstop flowers and is the most cold hardy,
easily growable plant of the genus exhibiting
superior vigor and longevity. To 7,000’
Height Spacing
16-18” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
8-12” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Average-Moist
Attracts
Butterflies
Lavender Mist Sun Daisy
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
White with Purple
center
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Fall
Height Spacing
10-12” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Average-Moist
Attracts
Butterflies
Osteospermum ‘Purple Mountain’
Bright purple daisies completely cover the
trim mat of rich green leaves from late April
to midsummer. Deadheading encourages
bloom until frost. Best in warm, sheltered
site. Prefers afternoon shade.
To 7,000’
Purple Mountain Sun Daisy
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Purple
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Fall
Paeonia ‘Festiva Maxima’
Very long-lived. Large, pure white, fragrant
blooms with occasional flecks of crimson at
the base of the center petals. Cut flowers will
last for weeks. Plants may require 1-2 years
to reach bloom size.
Festiva Maxima Garden Peony
Zone 3-7
Bloom Color
Zone
White w/Crimson
blotches
Bloom Season
Midseason
Paeonia ‘Karl Rosenfeld’
A dependable bloomer with 5” large double
crimson flowers. It is a good flower producer
with strong stems. Very long-lived.
Deer resistant.
Zone 2-8
Bloom Color
Crimson Red
Zone
Paeonia ‘Sarah Bernhardt’
Height Spacing
32-38” 28-36”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Garden Peony
Zone 3-7
Bloom Color
Rose-Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
May-June
Paeonia lactiflora ‘Bowl of Beauty’
Offering a lovely fragrance along with single,
5-7” Japanese type light pink flowers and
yellow fringed centers. Bloom period is
midseason. Very long-lived.
Height Spacing
30-34” 28-30”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Garden Peony
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Season
Easily grown in rich, fertile, medium moist,
well-drained soil. Flowers are over 8” and it
is best to provide support for plant. A classic
favorite. Very long-lived.
Height Spacing
10-12” 12-15”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Average-Moist
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
36-39” 28-30”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Japanese Peony
Zone 4-7
Bloom Color
Zone
Rose-pink with Yellow
center
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Mid
Height Spacing
364
24-36”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average-Moist
Attracts
Butterflies
Paeonia lactiflora ‘Sorbet’
This unique double selection features
alternating rings of soft pink and ivory petals.
Flowering is best in a sunny location but may
appreciate some afternoon shade. Trim old
stems to ground in late fall. Deer and rabbit
resistant.
Japanese Peony
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Light Pink and Ivory
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Mid
Papaver atlanticum
Plants form a low tuft of silvery-green leaves,
bearing upright stems of satiny flowers in a
gorgeous sherbert-orange shade. A shortlived perennial, but self sows readily. Blooms
all summer if faded flowers are removed.
Deer resistant.
Spanish Poppy
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Pale Orange
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Summer
Papaver orientale ‘Beauty Of Livermere’
Plants form a low clump of coarse, hairy
leaves bearing huge, satiny oxblood-red
flowers in late spring to early summer.
Foliage dies back after flowering, reappears
in late Summer. Attractive seed heads. To
9,000’
Zone 2-8
Bloom Color
Shiny Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Early
Height Spacing
24-36" 18-24"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees
Oriental Poppy
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Dusky LavenderPurple
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Papaver orientale ‘Prince of Orange’
Huge, crepe-paper-like tangerine blossoms
on wiry stems in late spring. In the center is a
large, velvety-black seed capsule surrounded by black signals and stamens. Plants go
dormant after bloom but re-emerge in fall.
Height Spacing
12-24" 12-18"
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies
Red Oriental Poppy
Papaver orientale ‘Patty’s Plum’
This is a show stopper! The 6’ crepe-paper
flowers are bright lavender with outer petals
of bright purple & an inner ring of blackberry.
Foliage dies back after flowering, but
reappears in late Summer.
Height Spacing
28”
24-36”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average-Moist
Attracts
Butterflies
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Tangerine Orange
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Height Spacing
30-36" 18-24"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees
Oriental Poppy
Height Spacing
24-30" 18-24"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees
Papaver orientale ‘Princess Victoria Louise’
Silky flowers of salmon pink, contrast against
dark blotches in center of flower. Foliage
dies back after flowering and reappears in
late Summer. Attractive seed heads. Longlived.
Oriental Poppy
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Salmon Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Papaver orientale ‘Queen Alexander’
Beautiful, clear salmon-pink blooms, 4-5”
across, bloom in May. The petals have a
crepe-like appearance and a satiny texture.
Plants will go dormant in the heat of summer,
so plan accordingly.
Oriental Poppy
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Early
Penstemon ‘Prairie Dusk’
This hybrid selection forms a low clump of
green foliage with upright spikes appearing in
early summer. Flowers are vivid purple
trumpets and are attractive with other
perennials in a well-drained site. To 8,500’
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Red Violet
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Mid
Height Spacing
18-24” 12-15”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Beardtongue
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
July-August
Penstemon barbatus ‘Coccineus’
A splendid tall perennial. The long, graceful
flower spikes carry bell-shaped flowers of
bright scarlet throughout summer. Grow in
full sun, well-drained soil with no babying!
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
24-30" 18-24"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees
Beardtongue
Penstemon ‘Dark Towers’
Glossy bronze-red foliage is topped with
masses of pink flowers in July to August.
Foliage stays darker than ‘Husker Red’
Penstemon. It tolerates high heat and
humidity.
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
24-30" 18-24"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees
Height Spacing
30-36” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Average-Moist
Attracts
Jingle Bells Beardtongue
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Scarlet
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Height Spacing
36”
12-18”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Penstemon barbatus ‘Elfin Pink’
The low clump of glossy green foliage
compliments the erect, upright spikes of pink,
tubular, bell-shaped flowers in early summer.
Watering well when plant is in bloom will
extend flowering period. Needs good
drainage.
Rabbit resistant.
Beardtongue
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Late Summer
Penstemon barbatus ‘Rondo Mix’
This variety makes a mound of narrow,
lance-shaped, evergreen foliage. Sparkling,
tubular, jewel tone flowers in shades of deep
lavender, intense pinks and even purple and
blue. Flowers all summer. Thrives in a wide
range of soils. Rabbit resistant.
Beardtongue
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Pinks, Purples, White
Bloom Season
Early-Late Summer
Penstemon cardinalis
Large, glossy deep green leaves form a low
mound that sets off the tall spikes bearing
unusually deep red tubular flowers in
midsummer. Needs good drainage.
To 8,500’
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Crimson
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Height Spacing
24-36” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained, Dry
Attracts
Firecracker Beardtongue
Zone 5
Bloom Color
Crimson
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Penstemon mensarum
The richly colored, deep cobalt-blue and
lavender flowers are awe inspiring. It forms a
sturdy semi-woody plant with deep glossy
green foliage. It should be grown in lean,
well-drained soil with plenty of sun.
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
12-18” 12-18”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Cardinal Beardtongue
Penstemon eatonii
Leaves are arranged in a low rosette next to
the ground. The brilliant red, tubular flowers
are borne on vertical stalks. Needs good
drainage and a sunny location.
To 8,500’
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
18-24” 12-18”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
24-36” 12-18”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained, Dry
Attracts
Grand Mesa Beardtongue
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Cobalt blue and
Lavender
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Height Spacing
24-30” 15-24”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained, Dry
Attracts
Penstemon palmeri
The very fragrant and showy, large pink
flowers adorn the tall, branching flower
spikes throughout summer. Foliage is toothed
and a sage green. Easy to grow in hot and dry
soil and is tolerant of clay as well. To 6,500’
Xeric.
Palmer’s Penstemon
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Rose Pink
Height Spacing
24-48” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Zone
Bloom Season
Spring-Late
Penstemon pinifolius
Native to Southwestern USA. It forms a low,
bushy mound of leaves that resemble pine
needles. Tubular flame-orange flowers
appear in early to mid summer. Drainage is
very important. Prune no lower than 4“ in
spring. Rabbit resistant.
Pineleaf Penstemon
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Red Orange
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Late
Penstemon pinifolius ‘Compactum’
A more compact form of the easy to grow
evergreen subshrub. Foliage is needle-like
with brilliant orange-red flowers from June
to September. Drainage is very important.
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
8-10" 10-12"
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Compact Pineleaf Penstemon
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Red Orange
Height Spacing
10”
12”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Late
Penstemon pinifolius ‘Mersea Yellow’
The low mound of green leaves resemble
pine needles. By midsummer, soft yellow
tubular flowers cover the plant for many
weeks. Drainage is very important but it
appreciates more moisture then the red form.
Mersea Yellow Penstemon,
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Late
Penstemon pinifolius ‘Shades of Mango’
Unusual, as the flowers start out yellowish
and change to shades of orange to scarlet.
Foliage is needle-like on this evergreen subshrub. Drainage is very important.
To 8,000’
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Yellow to Soft Orange
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Summer
Height Spacing
6-12" 12-15"
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Shades of Mango Pineleaf
Height Spacing
12-16" 8-10"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Penstemon pseudospectabilis
Abundant intensely deep-pink, tubular
flowers in late Spring over an attractive
mound of evergreen foliage. Deadheading the
plant after flowering is finished leaves a nice
mound of serrated blue-green foliage. A
vigorous re-seeder. Deer resistant.
Desert Beardtongue
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Hot Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring
Penstemon rostriflorus
This gem explodes in color in mid summer
with hundreds of scarlet-orange tubular
trumpets on tall, slender stems. The foliage is
evergreen and the plant is woody and shrublike. It likes cool summer nights.
Bridges Beardtongue
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Penstemon strictus
A native to the foothills and mountains of the
southern Rockies. Tall showy spikes of
intense blue-purple tubular flowers last for
over a month in late spring. One of the
longest lasting and easiest to grow
Penstemons.
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Dark Blue/Violet
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Mid
Height Spacing
24-36” 24-30”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Superb Beardtongue
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Coral Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
April-June
Penstemon x mexicali ‘Pike’s Peak Purple’
Glossy, narrow foliage and concord-grape
colored flowers bloom continuously from
summer thru fall. This vigorous grower
performs best in moderately fertile, welldrained soil. Cut back in spring. To 7,000’.
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
18-24” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Rocky Mountain Penstemon
Penstemon superbus
Rosettes of heavy substance leaves of bluegray provide the backdrop for tall, thick,
twisting stems bearing many brilliant coralpink tubular flowers. Great for the xeric
garden or Rock Garden.
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
30-36” 18”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained, Dry
Attracts
Hummers
Beardstongue
Zone 4b-8
Bloom Color
Grape
Height Spacing
24-30” 15-24”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained, Dry
Attracts
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Late
Height Spacing
18-24” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Penstemon x mexicali ‘Red Rocks’
This hybrid has glossy, narrow foliage and tall
spikes of stunning rose-pink and white
flowers. This vigorous grower performs best
in moderately fertile, well-drained soil.
To 7,000’
Rabbit resistant.
Beardstongue
Zone 4b-8
Bloom Color
Bright Rose
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Late
Penstemon x mexicali ‘Windwalker’
Purple-red or garnet colored tubular flowers
with striped throats nearly all summer long.
Narrow, glossy green leaves form an
attractive mound. Performs best in
moderately fertile, well-drained soil.
To 7,000’
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 4b-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Garnet/Purple-Red
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Late
Perovskia atriplicifolia
Extremely valuable for its long season of
bloom. Plants form a bushy, upright clump of
grayish leaves that are lacy and fragrant.
Spikes of rich violet-blue flowers appear in
high summer. Cut back to 6” in Spring. To
8,500’
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender Blue
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Fall
Height Spacing
15-20” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Height Spacing
36-60” 24-36”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Russian Sage
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender Blue
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Fall
Phlomis cashmeriana
Large, handsome gray-green foliage and
showy spikes of lavender-pink, whorled
flower clusters in summer. It is an
outstanding performer in the garden.
Deer resistant..
Beardstongue
Russian Sage
Perovskia atriplicifolia ‘Little Spire’
This selection forms a bushy upright clump of
fragrant gray-green leaves, bearing copious
spikes of lavender-blue flowers from midsummer on. Better suited for the smaller
garden. Cut back to 6” in Spring.
To 8,500’
Height Spacing
15-20” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Height Spacing
24-30” 24-36”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Kashmir Sage
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender-Pink
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Summer
Height Spacing
36-48” 18-24”
Culture
Sun- Shade
Attracts
Butterflies
Phlomis russeliana
The olive green, fuzzy, heart-shaped leaves
create a form of ground cover that give way
to whorls of butter-yellow, hooded flowers in
early to mid summer. Plants must be mature
to produce blooms.
Deer resistant.
Jerusalem Sage
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Summer
Phlox bifida
Dark green mats of two-inch leaves are
completely covered with deeply cleft, white
flowers in mid-spring to early summer. Ideal
for a rock garden as it prefers dry, sandy or
rocky conditions.
Sand or Cleft Phlox
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
April - June
Phlox bifida ‘Betty Blake’
This selection has tight, long, needle-like,
glossy green foliage on stems that emerge
from a central clump and don't root down.
The clumps are topped with a mass of tightly
held, dark lavender-blue, deeply cut flowers
in mid April.
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender Blue
Bloom Season
April - June
Height Spacing
4-8”
12-18’
Culture
Sun-Part Sun
Attracts
Butterflies
Sweet William Woodland Phlox
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender Blue
Bloom Season
Spring-Early
Phlox paniculata ‘David’
Large Hydrangea-like flower clusters create a
spectacular show in summer. Sweetly
fragrant, this tall selection has clear white
heads, over a clump of dark green foliage. It
is more mildew resistant. Deadhead to
increase bloom time. To 7,000’
Height Spacing
4-8”
12-18’
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Attracts
Butterflies
Sand or Cleft Phlox
Phlox divaricata
A show in mid-spring in a shady or sunny
garden with moisture. The low, spreading
mound bears upright stems with star-shaped
fragrant blue flowers. They have excellent
vigor and disease resistance and slowly
spread to form a small patch.
Height Spacing
24-36” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
15”
15”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Garden Phlox
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Early
Height Spacing
36-42” 20-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Phlox paniculata ‘Delilah’
Sweetly fragrant, purple flower clusters
bloom above upright stems on compact
mounds of green foliage. Good mildew
resistance. Deadhead to increase bloom time.
To 7,000’
Garden Phlox
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Purple
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Phlox paniculata ‘Laura’
This mid-sized selection has good resistance
to powdery mildew disease. The large
clusters of fragrant flowers have deep violetpurple petals with a white eye. Deadhead to
increase bloom time.
To 7,000’
Garden Phlox
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Purple with White
center
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Early
Phlox paniculata ‘Light Pink Flame’
An outstanding, long-blooming, dwarf variety
suitable for the front of a sunny border. Large
clusters of medium pink petals with a deep
rose eye in mid summer. Deadhead to
increase bloom time. Good mildew resistant.
To 7,000’
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Bright Pink w/darker
eye
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Early
Height Spacing
12-18” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Garden Phlox
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Purple
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Early
Phlox paniculata ‘Nora Leigh’
Pale pink flowers with a deep pink eye over
foliage that is variegated creamy-white
accented with green. Has good mildew
resistance if grown in rich, moist soil in full
sun.
Height Spacing
36-48” 20-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Garden Phlox
Phlox paniculata ‘Nicky’
Large flower clusters make this a standout in
the summer garden. Sweetly fragrant, deep
magenta-purple flower clusters stand on tall
stems above mounds of green foliage. Good
mildew resistance. Deadhead to increase
bloom time.
To 7,000’
Height Spacing
20-24” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
30-36” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Garden Phlox
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Pale Pink/Dk Pink
Center
Bloom Season
Summer
Height Spacing
24-36” 20-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist
Attracts
Hummers
Phlox paniculata ‘Orange Perfection’
Hydrangea-like flower clusters make a
spectacular show. Sweetly fragrant, the
brilliant salmon-orange heads stand on tall
stems over the clump of dark green foliage.
Excellent cut flower.
To 7,000’
Garden Phlox
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Bright Orange Salmon
Bloom Season
Mid Summer- Early
Phlox paniculata ‘Purple Flame’
A long-blooming, dwarf variety. It forms a
bushy mound perfect for near to the front of a
sunny border. Large clusters of magentapurple to rose petals in mid summer.
Deadhead to increase bloom time. Good
mildew resistant.
To 7,000’
Garden Phlox
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Purple
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Early
Phlox paniculata ‘Red Flame’
Large clusters of vibrant coral red flowers
make this a real eye-catcher. Plants form
short, bushy clumps with medium green
foliage. Offers good disease resistance.
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Coral Red
Zone
Phlox paniculata ‘Red Magic’
Height Spacing
15-18” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Garden Phlox
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Cherry Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Phlox paniculata ‘Shockwave’
Shocking yellow and green foliage will
brighten up any garden. In summer, the
margins lighten to creamy yellow and large
clusters of lavender pink flowers with a white
starburst center are produced.
Height Spacing
18-24” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Garden Phlox
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Early
A dazzling, long blooming variety with
excellent mildew resistance. Copious blooms
during July and August that hummingbirds
love. Deadhead to increase bloom time.
To 7,000’
Height Spacing
24-36” 15-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
24-28” 10-12”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Garden Phlox
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender Pink
Bloom Season
Summer
Height Spacing
12-18” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist
Attracts
Hummers
Phlox paniculata ‘Starfire’
Sweetly fragrant, large flower clusters in a
cherry-red color make a great addition to the
summer border. Clump forming mounds of
foliage is bronze-tinged green. One of the
best reds in Garden Phlox.
To 7,000’
Garden Phlox
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Bright Cherry Red
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Phlox paniculata ‘White Flame’
A long-blooming, dwarf variety. It forms a
bushy mound perfect for near to the front of a
sunny border. Large clusters of pure white
petals in mid summer. Deadhead to increase
bloom time. Good mildew resistant.
To 7,000’
Garden Phlox
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Early
Phlox subulata ‘Candy Stripe’
The soft, evergreen, needle-like foliage of the
durable, drought-tolerant groundcover is
topped with round flowers, each carefully
striped pink and white. Shear back after
flowering to encourage rebloom.
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Pink and White
Phlox subulata ‘Emerald Blue’
Height Spacing
4-6”
12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Creeping/Moss Phlox
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Blue Violet
Zone
Bloom Season
Spring
Phlox subulata ‘Fort Hill’
Cushions of dark green needle-like leaves,
smothered by fragrant, rosy-pink flowers,
each with a tiny darker eye, in late spring.
Shear back after flowering to encourage rebloom and keep plants tidy for the next
season. Evergreen. To 7,500’
Height Spacing
12-18” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Creeping/Moss Phlox
Bloom Season
Spring
smothered by tiny lavender-blue flowers in
late spring. Shear back after flowering to
encourage re-bloom and keep plants tidy for
the next season. Evergreen.
To 7,500’
Height Spacing
30-36” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
4-6”
12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Creeping/Moss Phlox
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Pink
Bloom Season
Spring
Zone
Height Spacing
4-6”
12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Phlox subulata ‘Millstream Daphne’
Cushions of dark green needle-like leaves
form a short, tight, rounded clump which is
covered in hot pink flowers with a darker eye
in late spring. Shear back after flowering to
encourage rebloom.
Creeping/Moss Phlox
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Hot Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Spring
Phlox subulata ‘Purple Beauty’
Mounds of dark green needle-like leaves,
smothered by tiny flowers of light purple with
a distinct purple eye. Clip plants lightly
following bloom to encourage a dense habit.
Requires good drainage.
Creeping/Moss Phlox
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Lilac w/ Dark Purple
Eye
Bloom Season
Spring
Phlox subulata ‘Scarlet Flame’
smothered by tiny bright scarlet flowers, each
with a tiny darker eye, in late spring. Shear
back after flowering to encourage re-bloom
and keep plants tidy for the next season.
Evergreen. To 7,500’
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Red-Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Spring
Height Spacing
4-6”
12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
White Delight Creeping/Moss
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
White
Bloom Season
Late Spring,
Phlox x ‘Chattahoochee’
Fragrant, slender, sky-blue flowers accented
by magenta eyezones over a low, spreading
mound of bright green leaves in mid-spring.
Low growing, bushy and semi-evergreen
foliage. Exhibits good vigor and better
disease resistance.
Height Spacing
4-6”
12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Creeping/Moss Phlox
Phlox subulata Snowflake’
A low-growing ground cover which forms a
carpet-like mat of bright, white snowflake
flowers. Best in well-drained soil. Shear this
plant and clean up any dead foliage in early
summer, after it’s finished blooming. This
may encourage late season bloom.
Height Spacing
4-6”
12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Zone
Height Spacing
4-6”
12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Chattahoochee Phlox
Zone 5-9
Height Spacing
10-12’ 8-10”
Bloom Color
Culture
Zone
Sky Blue with Magenta Sun to Part Sun
eye
Moist, Well Drained
Bloom Season
Attracts
Spring-Early
Butterflies
Physostegia virginiana ‘Miss Manners’
Selected because of its well behaved, nonspreading habit and clumping form. The pure
white snapdragon-like flowers perform from
June to September over the deep green,
glossy foliage.
Obedient Plant
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
June to September
Platycodon grandiflorus ‘Double Blue’
Large balloon-like buds open to double bright
blue five-lobed blossoms in June-September.
Among the latest perennials to emerge in
spring. Yellow fall foliage. Deer resistant.
To 7,500’
Double Blue Balloon Flower
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Blue Violet with darker
veins
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Platycodon grandiflorus ‘Double White’
Slow to appear in spring.
Double-flowered white flowers that burst
from full round buds that resemble balloons.
Flowers are long-lasting and pest free.
Deer resistant.
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Platycodon grandiflorus ‘Astra White’
Slow to appear in Spring. Summer-blooming,
star-shaped,single white blossoms first
appear as inflated buds. Its small habit makes
it a good choice for rock garden or front of
the border.
Deer resistant.
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Platycodon grandiflorus ‘Mariesii’
Many spikes of large deel blue balloons first
inflate and then burst open to bell shaped
flowers. They are late to emerge in spring but
are reliable bloomers and long-lived. For a
long lasting cut flower, sear the stem with a
flame.
Height Spacing
18-20” 12-18”
Culture
Sun-Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Dwarf White Balloon Flower
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
White
Height Spacing
15-24” 15-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Double White Balloon Flower
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
White
Height Spacing
18-24” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist to average
Attracts
Hummers
Height Spacing
8-10" 12-18"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Mariesii Balloon Flower
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Blue Violet
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Height Spacing
12-20" 12-18"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Attracts
Hummers
Platycodon grandiflorus ‘Sentimental Blue’
Slow to appear in Spring. Plants form a
compact mound of green foliage, bearing
inflated buds that open to star-shaped single
violet-blue blossoms in mid summer.
Deer resistant.
Dwarf Balloon Flower
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Summer
Polemonium ‘Bressingham Purple’
Foliage takes on a rich, dark Purple hue in
Spring and Fall. Burgundy stems set off the
fragrant,star-shaped, lavender-blue flowers.
Best with protection from hot afternoon sun.
To 8,000’
Deer resistant.
Purple Leaf Jacob's Ladder
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Deep Lavender
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Early
Polemonium caeruleum ‘Brise d’ Anjou’
A first-class foliage plant for the front of a
shady border. The variegated green and
creamy-white leaves are enhanced with the
violet-blue flowers that rise on short stems in
early summer. Do not allow it to go dry.
Deer resistant.
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Violet Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring, Early
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Pale Lavender
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Polemonium reptans ‘Touch of Class’
A sport of Stairway to Heaven with more pure
white variegation (no yellow) with spikes of
pale lavender blue flowers in early summer.
A vigorous grower that holds up to summer
heat.
Deer resistant.
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Pale Lavender
Bloom Season
June-July
Height Spacing
8-15” 15-18”
Culture
Shade to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Variegated Jacob’s Ladder
Polemonium reptans ‘Stairway to Heaven’
An exciting new variegated cultivar that holds
up to the summer heat. Green foliage has
creamy white margins with a tinge of pink.
Spikes of lightly fragrant pale lavender blue
flowers in early summer.
Best in average to moist soil.Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
6-8"
10-12"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Height Spacing
18-24” 12-18”
Culture
Shade to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Variegated Jacob's Ladder
Height Spacing
12-18” 15-18”
Culture
Shade to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Variegated Jacob's Ladder
Height Spacing
14”
15-18”
Culture
Shade-Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Polygonatum multiflorum ‘Variegatum’
The most graceful shade plant. Narrow, pure
white streaks are artfully painted along the
leaf margins which appear on arched stems.
Dangling white bell flowers in late spring. It
spreads by shallow rhizomes.
Variegated Solomon’s Seal
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Spring-Early
Potentilla atrosanguinea ‘Gibson’s Scarlet’
Plants form low mounds of strawberry-like
leaves, bearing branches of cup-shaped,
extremely vibrant, red flowers in early
summer. Shear plants back after blooming to
rejuvenate the foliage.
Deer resistant.
Cinquefoil
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Scarlet Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Summer
Potentilla crantzii ‘Pygmaea’
Bright green mounds of strawberry-like
foliage that are covered with bright yellow
flowers beginning in mid April and continuing
into early summer. Nice selection as edging
plant or in a rock garden. Can withstand
moderate foot traffic.
Deer resistant.
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Butter Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Spring- Mid
Height Spacing
3”
6-12”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Cinquefoil
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Peach to Rose
Bloom Season
Summer
Potentilla neumanniana ‘Nana’
Forms a delightful little carpeting for between
flagstones or in rock gardens. The single
yellow buttercup flowers nestle amoung the
small evergreen leaves in late spring. Very
little maintenance is required.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
12-18" 18-24"
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Clump Cinquefoil
Potentilla nepalensis ‘Miss Willmott’
Strawberry-like leaves in basal clumps
produce long leafy stems bearing clusters of
peach to rose-red flowers with a contrasting
crimson eye. Plants should be sheared back
after blooming, to rejuvenate the foliage.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
18-24" 24
Culture
Shade to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
10-12" 18-24"
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Creeping Cinquefoil
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Butter Yellow
Bloom Season
Mid Spring-Mid
Zone
Height Spacing
2-4”
8-12”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Pulmonaria ‘Raspberry Splash’
Very profuse flowering on this sun tolerant
hybrid. Dusky raspberry-coral flowers arrive
in early spring to herald the strongly silvermarked, sharply pointed, very upright foliage.
Plants should be cut back hard immediately
after blooming to rejuvenate the leaves.
Deer resistant.
Lungwort
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Raspberry Coral
Bloom Season
Mid Spring
Pulmonaria saccharata ‘Mrs. Moon’
Valued for its attractive foliage. The large,
narrow leaves have large, silvery spotting.
Drooping flower clusters open pink and
mature to blue. Best in shaded areas with
sufficient moisture.
Bethlehem Sage
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Pink buds turn Blue
Bloom Season
Spring
Pulsatilla vulgaris
This spring-flowering species produce
crocus-like flowers in shades of lilac to violet
purple, covered in soft down. The cup-shaped
blooms have bright yellow centers and
attractive, silvery seed heads that will self
sow.
Deer resistant.
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Purple
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Spring
Height Spacing
6-12” 8-12”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees
Pasque Flower
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Crimson Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Spring
Ratibida columnifera
Flowers feature a long narrow center cone of
golden-brown with 3-7 drooping yellow rays
at the base. This long-headed prairie
coneflower is an erect, hairy, clump-forming
plant for low water gardens.
To 8,000’
Height Spacing
8-12" 18-24"
Culture
Part Shade to Shade
Moist
Attracts
Bees
European Pasque Flower
Pulsatilla vulgaris ‘Red Clock’
Hairy flower stems emerge in spring with
solitary, erect to nodding, bell-shaped
blooms. Flowers are followed by silky, plumelike seed heads that are decorative in the
garden. May go dormant after flowering.
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
10-12” 18-24’
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Height Spacing
8-10" 10-12"
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees
Yellow Prairie Coneflower
Zone 3-10
Bloom Color
Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Summer-Frost
Height Spacing
24-32" 18-24"
Culture
Sun
Dry
Attracts
Butterflies
Ratibida columnifera var. pulcherrima
Yellow-edged, drooping red petals around a
columnar center, create a striking display on
this rare, easy to grow wildflower. Long
bloom period. preferring dry soil. Native to
prairies of western states. To 8,000’
Deer resistant.
Zone 3-10
Bloom Color
Zone
Mahogany and Yellow
Bloom Season
Early Summer-Frost
Rudbeckia fulgida ‘City Garden’
Nicely sized for city gardens because of its
smaller stature. Sturdy, upright branching
produces loads of golden yellow flowers with
a brown cone. Long blooming.
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Gold Yellow/Brown
Center
Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Gold Yellow/Brown
Center
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Frost
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Gold Yellow/Brown
Center
Bloom Season
Mid Summer- Fall
Rudbeckia fulgida var. s. ‘Little Goldstar’
A very compact plant make it an ideal plant
for smaller gardens. In mid summer, it
produces loads of golden flowers with a
prominent dark brown cone. Could also be
used in containers.
Height Spacing
18-24” 18-24"
Culture
Sun or Part Shade
Moderate, Well Drained
Attracts
Birds, Butterflies
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Viette’s Little Suzy’
Compact plants make a bushy, upright clump
which is very floriferous with smaller bright
gold daisies around a brown eye. Bloom
period is midsummer through fall. Leave seed
heads up for birds to enjoy in winter.
Height Spacing
18-24” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Dry
Attracts
Butterflies
Black-eyed Susan
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Early
A native North American wildflower. Plants
make a bushy, upright clump with a profuse
display of brown-eyed, golden daisies from
midsummer thru fall. Seed heads have winter
interest & provide food for finches.
Red Prairie Coneflower
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Gold Yellow/Brown
Center
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Fall
Height Spacing
24-36" 18-24"
Culture
Sun or Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Birds, Butterflies
Dwarf Black-eyed Susan
Height Spacing
12-14" 12-18"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Birds, Butterflies
Dwarf Black-eyed Susan
Height Spacing
12-16" 12-18"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Birds, Butterflies
Rudbeckia hirta ‘Autumn Colors’
A short-lived perennial or treated as an
annual. They produce large brown-eyed daisy
flowers for months on end in a range of
bicolor shades from yellow to orange to
bronzy-red. Remove faded flowers to
encourag buds. Re-seeds.Deer & rabbit
resistant.
Gloriosa Daisy
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Red, Gold, Orange &
Rust
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Fall
Rudbeckia hirta ‘Cherry Brandy’
Often known as short-lived perennials or
treated as annuals. Deep maroon red petals
around a dark center. Flowers are 3-4”
across! Seed heads provide Winter interest
and attract birds.
Re-seeds.
Gloriosa Daisy
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Cherry Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer- Fall
Rudbeckia hirta ‘Denver Daisy’
A short-lived perennial or treat as an annual.
Produces large, eye-catching flowers. The
petal rays are gold with a deep-red color
encircling a dark-brown center. Remove
faded flowers to encourage more buds.
Re-seeds.
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Gold w/ Brown
marking
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Height Spacing
30-36” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Birds, Butterflies
Gloriosa Daisy
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Golden Yellow, Brown
Cone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer- Fall
Rudbeckia hirta ‘Prairie Sun’
Short-lived perennial or treat as annual. This
taller strain features golden petals with
yellow tips around a light green-eyed center.
Flowers are 5” across! Remove faded flowers
to encourage more buds. Re-seeds.
Height Spacing
20-24” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Birds, Butterflies
Gloriosa Daisy
Rudbeckia hirta ‘Indian Summer’
Often known as short-lived perennials or
treated as annuals. Large single or semidouble blooms of golden-yellow petals
around a dark center cone. Remove faded
flowers to encourage more buds. Re-seeds.
Height Spacing
20-24” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Birds, Butterflies
Height Spacing
24-48” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Birds, Butterflies
Gloriosa Daisy
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Golden Yellow with
lighter tips
Bloom Season
Mid Summer- Fall
Height Spacing
30-36” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Birds, Butterflies
Rudbeckia triloba
BIENNUAL. A native to Eastern North America.
Plants form a rosette of green, three-lobed
leaves the first year. The second year they
produce bushy stems that are loaded with
tiny brown-eyed golden daisies. Self sows.
Brown-eyed Susan
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Gold Yellow/Brown
Center
Bloom Season
Mid Summer- Frost
Ruellia humilis
Natively it occurs in dryish soils in open
woods and prairie fields. The lance-leafed,
olive green leaves appear in late spring,
followed with lavender to lilac tubular, bellshaped, petunia-like flowers from late May to
October.
Hardy Petunia
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Lavender
Zone
Bloom Season
Early to Late
Sagina subulata ‘Irish’
A popular groundcover that forms a very low
moss-like carpet of bright shamrock-green
foliage. Dislikes drought and soggy wet soils
and prefers midday shade. in our hot
summers. Withstands heavy foot traffic.
Deer resistant.
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring to Mid
Height Spacing
1/2”
8-12”
Culture
Sun to Partial Shade
Consistent moist to average
Attracts
Silver Sage
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Summer
Salvia azurea grandiflora
A spectacular plant for the fall garden, it
forms a low mound of green leaves, sending
up tall stems in late summer that are topped
with spikes of bright azure-blue flowers.
Height Spacing
12-24” 12-16”
Culture
Sun or Part Shade
Average to Dry, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Irish Moss
Salvia argentea
Large, white, fuzzy leaves provide a great
texture to the garden. Spikes of white
flowers appear the second year, but are
usually removed to maintain nice foliage. Will
be short-lived if grown with too much
moisture. Xeric.
Height Spacing
36-48" 18-24"
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Birds, Butterflies
Height Spacing
6”/18” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Dry, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Blue Sage
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Sky Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer- Fall
Height Spacing
48-60” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Salvia daghestanica
Low, tight rosettes of textured, nearly-white
foliage with showy spikes of large, Blue
flowers. Blooms for 3-4 weeks. It requires a
hot, full-sun position and grows readily in
most soil types INCLUDING CLAY!
Dwarf silver-leafed Sage/ Platinum
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Blue Violet
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Salvia greggi ‘Furman’s Red’
Crimson to scarlet flowers are produced in
repeated flushes throughout summer. This
woody perennial is best cut back to 1/3 in
spring. Needs a protected spot to over winter.
Rabbit resistant.
Autumn Sage
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Spring-Mid
Salvia greggi ‘Wild Thing’
Quick to grow, full of vigor and more tolerant
of cold, damp winters than most greggii
species. Lustrous green foliage and droves of
vivid cherry-pink flowers with contrasting
wine-colored calyxes. Needs a protected site
to overwinter.
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 5b-9
Bloom Color
Cherry Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Spring-Mid
Height Spacing
24-36” 24-36”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Feathered Sage, Upside down sage
Zone 5-10
Bloom Color
Violet Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Summer
Salvia nemorosa ‘Blue Hill’
True blue flower stalks on this tough and
profuse bloomer. It is valued for its sturdy,
compact stature and long-blooming habit. It
can be cut back to encourage re-bloom early
into the fall.
Height Spacing
24-36” 24-36”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Autumn Sage
Salvia jurisicii
A small compact plant with eye-catching,
feathery foliage giving it a frothy appearance.
The small hairy flowers grow in closely
spaced whorls that are turned upside down.
Flower color ranges from white to violet.
Height Spacing
10-12” 10-12”
Culture
Sun
Dry, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
12-24” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Attracts
Meadow Sage
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Late
Height Spacing
18-24” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’
This selection is medium to tall, with upright
flowers of deep violet-blue held on unusually
dark stems. Remove faded blooms to
encourage repeat flowering. Cutting back
hard will rejuvenate the foliage.
Garden Sage
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Blue Violet
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Late
Salvia nemorosa ‘Marcus’
A dwarf form of Salvia with intense dark
purple spires that remain all summer if
regularly deadheaded. They are drought
tolerant but bloom better with moisture.
Suitable for containers but plant into ground
by fall.
Deer resistant.
Dwarf Sage
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Deep Purple
Zone
Bloom Season
Summer
Salvia nemorosa ‘May Night’
A medium sized selection with spiky flowers
of deep indigo violet-blue in early summer.
Remove faded blooms to encourage repeat
flowering. Clip back hard after blooming to
rejuvenate the foliage. Xeric.
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Indigo Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Spring-Late
Height Spacing
18-24” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
‘Mojave Sage’
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Blue Violet with Rose
bracts
Bloom Season
June-November
Salvia reptans
The needle-thin, green leaves adorn the 3’
stiff stems resembling grass. These give way
to hundreds of cobalt blue flowers in late
summer into fall and are a big draw for
hummingbirds. It is extremely xeric.
Height Spacing
10-12” 12-16”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies, Bees
Garden Sage
Salvia pachyphylla
The intensely aromatic, evergreen foliage has
great substance. Silver-green leaves set off
persistent mauve bracts that surround the
flowers. A shrubby perennial. Xeric
Height Spacing
16-18” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
18-36” 24-36”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers, Butterflies
West Texas Grass Sage
Zone 5-10
Bloom Color
Cobalt Blue
Bloom Season
Late summer
Zone
Height Spacing
3-4’
15-18’
Culture
Sun
Attracts
Salvia x ‘Ultra Violet’
The dark green foliage and copious violetpink flowers make this a standout in the
xeriscape garden. Selected in the garden of
Lauren Springer & Scot Ogden. Treat as
tender perennial and site in a warm microclimate.
Rabbit resistant.
Ultra Violet Hybrid Sage
Zone 5b-9
Bloom Color
Violet Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Summer-Fall
Saponaria ocymoides ‘Splendens’
Carpets of bright pink flowers creates a
beautiful ground cover for a spring show.
Blooms at the same time as Tall Bearded Iris.
Prompt shearing as flowers fade will keep it
tidy and prevent reseeding.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
18-20” 24-28”
Culture
Sun
Attracts
Pink Soapwort
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Spring
Height Spacing
8-10” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Average
Attracts
Saponaria x lempergii ‘Max Frei’
Huge clusters of 1” clear pink flowers that
cascade over the blue-green foliage and
make an impressive display in late summer.
Try it around the feet of Blue Mist Spirea.
Deer resistant.
Zone 3-7
Bloom Color
Clear Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer
Scabiosa caucasica ‘Fama’
Plants form a low mound of green leaves,
with upright stems of large, lacy blossoms in
purple. Remove faded flowers regularly to
encourage more buds to form. Their long
stems make them excellent for cutting
flowers. To 8,000’
Pincushion Flower
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Purple
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Fall
Scabiosa caucasica ‘Alba’
Plants form a low mound of green leaves,
with upright stems of large, lacy blossoms in
white. Remove faded flowers regularly to
encourage more buds to form. Their long
stems make them excellent for cutting
flowers. To 8,000’
Height Spacing
6-8”
12-18”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
24-20” 20-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
White Pincushion Flower
Zone 4-7
Bloom Color
White
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Zone
Height Spacing
24-36” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies
Scabiosa columbaria ‘Butterfly Blue’
Soft lavender-blue pincushion flowers begin
to appear in early summer and continue
blooming non-stop into fall. Foliage forms low
mounds of ferny green foliage. Removing
faded flowers will ensure continued
blooming. Group for better impact.
Pincushion Flower
Zone 5-7
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender Blue
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Late
Scabiosa columbaria ‘Pink Mist’
A sister to Butterfly Blue Scabiosa, it retains
all the attributes but with soft pastel pink
flowers. Flowering begins in early summer
and continues until frost. Deadhead to keep
plants fresh looking and prolong bloom time.
Pincushion Flower
Zone 4-7
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender Pink
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Late
Scrophularia macrantha
A very rare Penstemon relative, that has
large,
triangular leaves with tall wands of white
lipped, cherry-red flowers that look like little
red birds in profile. Plant may need support or
should be cut back in June.
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Scarlet with White tips
Bloom Season
Early Summer-Fall
Height Spacing
36-48” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Skull Cap, Helmet Flower
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Blue Purple
Zone
Bloom Season
Summer
Sedum ‘Autumn Fire’
An improved ‘Autumn Joy’ with a tighter,
taller and stronger growth habit. Plants begin
to produce broccoli-like buds in mid summer,
followed by large dusty-rose flower heads
that deepen to a rich rusty-red during
autumn. Xeric. Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
12-16” 12-16”
Culture
Sun-Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies
Redbirds In A Tree
Scutellaria resinosa ‘Smoky Hills’
Mounded habit with deep blue or purplish
flowers tipped with two, small white patches
that bloom continuously from May thru July. A
Great Plains native.
Height Spacing
12-16” 12-16”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies
Height Spacing
10-12” 12-16”
Culture
Sun
Attracts
Bees
Stonecrop
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Bright Rose
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Frost
Height Spacing
18-24" 18-24"
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies, Bees
Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’
A popular fall blooming sedum. Bushy
mounds of blue-green, broccoli-like buds in
midsummer, gradually open into enormous
dusty-pink flower heads, which deepen to
rich bronzy-red. Seed heads provide winter
interest. Rabbit resistant.
Stonecrop
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Pink to Copper
Bloom Season
Late Summer- Frost
Sedum ‘Birthday Party’
This hardy hybrid has purple-brown tinted
leaves which provide color before the blooms.
In late summer, huge, deep burgundy rose
flower heads appear that will wow you! Its
compact habit means it doesn’t open up.
Rabbit resistant.
Stonecrop
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Deep Burgundy Rose
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Frost
Sedum ‘Postman’s Pride’
An outstanding selection produces a bushy
mound of dark blackish brown succulent
leaves with a semi-upright habit. Taller stems
appear in late summer, bearing deep purple
buds that open into clusters of starry pinkishred flowers. Xeric.
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Pinkish-red
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer- Frost
Height Spacing
18-24" 18-24"
Culture
Sun-Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies, Bees
Stonecrop
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Dark Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Frost
Sedum ‘Vera Jameson’
This variety forms a medium-height, nonspreading clump of powdery, mahoganypurple leaves. Dusky rose-pink starry flowers
appear in late summer, clustered at the ends
of each stem. Provide well-drained site. Xeric.
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
7-11” 12-20"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies, Bees
Stonecrop
Sedum ‘Purple Emperor’
This selection produces mounds of rich
purple-black leaves early in the season, then
branching heads of dusky rose flowers
appear in fall. Very attractive addition to the
garden. Xeric.
To 8,000’
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
18-24" 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies, Bees
Height Spacing
12-16" 12-18"
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies, Bees
Vera Jameson Stonecrop
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Rose-pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer- Fall
Height Spacing
9-12” 15-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies, Bees
Sedum ‘Xenox’
Sedum with dark foliage and a form perfectly
suited to growing in containers. Foliage is
lovely shades of green and mature to mauve
in spring, then darkens to deep burgundypurple. Useful in rock garden or any low
water site. Rabbit resistant.
Stonecrop
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Dark Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer- Frost
Sedum ‘Autumn Charm’
A sport of Autumn Joy, The gray-green leaves
have a butter yellow, serrated edge and form
an upright clump like the parent. Cream buds
open to light pink flowers in September,
followed by russet seed heads in October.
Rabbit resistant.
Stonecrop
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Bright Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer- Frost
Sedum ‘Autumn Delight’
This new sport of ‘Autumn Joy’ is a colorful
new upright Sedum with vibrant chartreuse
leaves that are narrowly edged with bluegreen serrated margins. Buds open to light
pink flowers that deepen in tone through
autumn.
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Bright Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer- Frost
Height Spacing
18-34" 18-24"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies, Bees
Stonecrop
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Bright Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Frost
Sedum cauticola ‘Lidakense’
An alpine selection, this variety forms a low,
non-spreading clump of rounded blue-green
leaves, flushed with purple. Glistening pink
star flowers appear late summer, clustered at
the ends of each stem. Xeric.
Height Spacing
18-34" 18-24"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies, Bees
Stonecrop
Sedum ‘Chocolate Drop’
Upright mounds of lightly scalloped, dark
chocolate brown leaves make a great
addition to the border or the rock garden. Soft
rose colored flowers are a nice accent to the
foliage color.
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
10-14" 12-18"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies, Bees
Height Spacing
10"
18-24"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies, Bees
Lidakense Stonecrop
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Frost
Height Spacing
18-24" 12-18"
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies, Bees
Sedum dasyphyllum ‘Himalayan Skies’
An excellent ground cover forming a low
cushions of tiny, powdery, aquamarine,
foliage which remains evergreen in mild
winters. Cluster of white, red veined, star
flowers appear in early summer.
Stonecrop
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
White w/ Red veins
Bloom Season
Early Summer-
Sedum kamtschaticum ‘The Edge’
Chartreuse green foliage with a distinct
yellow margin make it a choice plant for the
rock garden or as a ground cover. Requires
excellent drainage.
The Edge Stonecrop
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Summer
Sedum kamtschaticum ‘Variegatum’
An attractive semi-evergreen, mounding
selection with rich green, toothed leaves that
are tinged with white and pink. Orangeyellow flowers appear in early summer
followed by russet-orange seed capsules.
Rabbit resistant.
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Orange Yellow
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Height Spacing
6-8"
10”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Tolerant
Attracts
Stonecrop
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Frost
Sedum rupestre ‘Angelina’
A terrific low evergreen ground cover for
sunny to partial shady areas. The trailing mat
of succulent golden-yellow leaves take on
amber to red tones in winter months. Clusters
of yellow starry flowers appear during
summer. Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
4-6"
12-18"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies, Bees
Variegated Stonecrop
Sedum reflexum ‘Blue Spruce’
This sedum accents other blue foliage in your
garden. The evergreen, soft blue-gray foliage
color is very consistent and the yellow
flowers appear above it. Useful for rock
gardens or any dry garden situation.
Height Spacing
2"
6-8"
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies, Bees
Height Spacing
4-6"
12-15"
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies, Bees
Stonecrop
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer- Frost
Height Spacing
4-6"
12-15"
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies, Bees
Sedum sediforme ‘Turquoise Tails’
A compact, robust selection with turquoiseblue foliage that is needle-like. The creamyyellow flowers rise above the succulent blue
mounds in mid-summer. Excellent for rock
gardens or situations with low care. Xeric.
Deer resistant.
Stonecrop
Zone 5-10
Bloom Color
Zone
Creamy Yellow
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Sedum sieboldii
Silver blue scalloped foliage with clusters of
bright pink flowers in late September and
October. Unique arching habit with the best
winter resistance. The entire plant turns light
to deep pink with colder temps. Evergreen.
To 8,000’. Rabbit resistant.
October Daphne Stonecrop
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Frost
Sedum spurium ‘Dragon’s Blood’
A creeping form of Stonecrop that is excellent
as a ground cover with bronzy green leaves
that turns blood-red in Fall. Clusters of rose
red star flowers appear in summer.
To 8,500’
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Rose Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Height Spacing
2-4"
12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Average-dry, Well drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Stonecrop
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Rose Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Sempervivum Assorted Varieties
These form a low clump of fleshy leaves with
tiny new plants appearing in a circle around
the mother in the middle. They prefer welldrained conditions found in sunny rock
gardens or walls.
To 10,000’
Height Spacing
4-6"
12-15"
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies, Bees
Dragon’s Blood Stonecrop
Sedum spurium ‘Voodoo’
Spreading mat of deep-red succulent leaves
and clusters of tiny rose-red flowers during
summer. The darkest of the spurium Sedums,
and has a lower growing habit with foliage
that takes on a deep mahogany red. Xeric.
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
4-6"
6-12"
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies, Bees
Height Spacing
3-4"
10-12”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well drained
Attracts
Butterflies, Bees
Hens and Chicks
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Various
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Zone
Height Spacing
2-6”
12-18”
Culture
Sun
Sharp Drained
Attracts
Sempervivum ‘Ruby Heart’
Rosettes of sharply pointed, blue-green,
succulent leaves flushed rosy red at the base.
This unique plant multiplies freely and
creates exciting interest in rock gardens,
stone wall crevices or other difficult sites.
Xeric.
Deer & Rabbit resistant.
Red Hens & Chicks
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Pinkish-Purple
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Sempervivum ‘Silver King’
Rosettes of silvery, mint-green with redpurple centers in cold weather.This unique
plant multiplies freely and creates exciting
interest in rock gardens, stone wall crevices
or other difficult sites. Xeric.
Hens & Chicks
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Light Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Sempervivum arachnoideum ‘Red Cobweb
Tiny gray-green rosettes are covered with
fine cobweb-like hairs. Foliage flushes red in
spring.This unique plant multiplies freely and
creates exciting interest in rock gardens,
stone wall crevices or other difficult sites.
Xeric.
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Reddish Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Height Spacing
3-4”
6-12”
Culture
Sun
Sharp Drained
Attracts
Red Hens & Chicks
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Rose
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Seseli gummiferum
Biennial or short-lived perennial. Basal
rosettes of silvery-blue, lacy foliage make a
nice accent in the border. The second year it
produces a succession of five inch umbels of
pale pink flowers.
Xeric.
Height Spacing
3-4”
6-8”
Culture
Sun
Sharp Drained
Attracts
Hens & Chicks
Sempervivum rubrum
Rosettes of sharply pointed leaves of ruby
red. The color intensifies in cool
temperatures. Excellent for rock gardens,
wall crevices or any difficult site. It is also
very attractive in containers. Xeric.
Height Spacing
3-4”
6-8”
Culture
Sun
Sharp Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
3-4”
10-15”
Culture
Sun
Sharp Drained
Attracts
Moon Carrot
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Pale Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer-Fall
Height Spacing
24-36” 10-15”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well drained
Attracts
Butterflies, Bees
Silene ‘Schafta’
A useful rock-garden plant for late season
color. It forms a low mound of bright green
leaves, loaded with starry magenta-pink
flowers from mid-summer into fall. Prefers a
sandy or gritty soil. Great for those hot, dry
sites!
Schafta Campion, Catchfly
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Magenta
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid- Late Summer
Silene “Rollie’s Favorite’
Light pink, bell shaped flowers held in soft
clusters bloom profusely throughout summer.
Shearing after the first bloom will encourage
more blooms and keep the foliage looking
nice and compact.
Catchfly
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
May-July
Silene lacinata
Dianthus-like flowers of coral pink are held in
loose clusters above the lance-shaped
leaves. Does not like winter moisture so plant
in a well-drained site.
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Coral Pink
Zone
Silene regia
Height Spacing
12-18” 18-24
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees, Hummers
Royal Catchfly
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Red
Zone
Bloom Season
July-August
Solidago ‘Golden Baby’
Plants form a bushy upright mound of deepgreen leaves, bearing large heads of goldenyellow flowers in late summer.Prefers moist,
well drained soil. Does not cause hayfever.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
10-15” 10-12”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Mexican Campion, Catchfly
Bloom Season
Summer
Small clusters of 5-petaled, scarlet red
flowers in summer. It grows best with
adequate soil moisture but requires excellent
drainage.
Height Spacing
4-6”
12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Height Spacing
24-36” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
Golden Baby Goldenrod
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Golden Yellow
Bloom Season
Late Summer
Height Spacing
22-27” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Solidago ‘Little lemon’’
Lightest yellow flowering goldenrod available.
It produces a bright display of lemon-yellow
flower spikes in late summer with a freebranching habit. Does not cause hayfever!
Deer resistant.
Little Lemon Goldenrod
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Light Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
August-September
Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks’
An outstanding selection of our native North
American wildflower. A clump forming plant
with narrow, dark green leaves bearing long
radiating golden yellow flowers that
resembles fireworks. A nice companion for
fall Asters.
Deer resistant.
Fireworks Goldenrod
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Golden Yellow
Bloom Season
Late Summer- Early
Solidago sphacelata ‘Golden Fleece’
Sprays of golden yellow flowers from mid
August through September. The heart shaped
leaves are semi-evergreen and it can be used
as a ground cover to charm the bees and
butterflies. Does not cause hayfever!
Deer resistant.
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Golden Yellow
Bloom Season
Summer-Early Fall
Height Spacing
15-18” 12-15”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Orange Globemallow
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Shades of Orange
Bloom Season
Mid Summer- Early
Stachys byzantina ‘Silver Carpet’
A non-flowering selection that forms a wellbehaved spreading ground cover with
creeping stems that form a fuzzy rug of silver
foliage. Easily grown in most well-drained
soil. To 8,000’
Height Spacing
36-48” 24-36”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Golden Fleece Goldenrod
Sphaeralcea munroana
Long wands of orange flowers resemble
miniature hollyhocks. A deep-rooted
wildflower, it creates a welcome sight in
midsummer when may other flowers have
faded. Needs sharp drainage but is not picky
about soil.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
8-10” 10-12”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
24-36” 24”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Silver Carpet Lamb’s Ear
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Pink
Bloom Season
Seldom
Zone
Height Spacing
6-8”
12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Stachys monieri ‘Hummelo’
Low mounds of crinkled foliage with sturdy,
upright spikes of bright-purple flowers in
early to mid summer. Removing faded
flowers will encourage more buds.
Deer resistant.
Hummelo Betony
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Rose Lavender
Bloom Season
Early-Late Summer
Stachys spicata ‘Alba’
Low mounds of crinkled foliage with sturdy,
upright spikes of white flowers in early to mid
summer. Removing faded flowers will
encourage more buds.
Deer resistant.
White Betony
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Late Summer
Stylophorum diphyllum
A woodland plant native to eastern North
America with oak-like, blue-green leaves.
Throughout spring, the 2” wide lemon yellow,
poppy-like flowers bloom in clusters on 15”
stems. Prefers humus-rich, evenly moist soil
in shade. Plants often self-sow.
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Spring
Height Spacing
18”
12-15”
Culture
Shade to Part Shade
Evenly moist
Attracts
Beth Chatto Tansy
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Tanacetum cinerarifolium
Small, single white daisies are held neatly
above the mounds of finely divided gray
green leaves that have white silky hairs
below. This is an ideal perennial for the drier
garden.
Height Spacing
18-20” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Celandine Poppy
Tanacetum ‘Beth Chatto’
Grown for its attractive, aromatic, silvery,
filagreed foliage. Tiny, button-like yellow
flowers appear in late spring to early
summer. A great plant for poor, dry, sunny
conditions such as a rock garden. Xeric.
Height Spacing
18-20” 18-23”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
6-10” 12-18”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Dalmation Daisy
Zone 4-10
Bloom Color
White
Bloom Season
May-July
Zone
Height Spacing
16-20” 24-30”
Culture
Sun
Average to dry
Attracts
Butterflies
Tanacetum coccineum ‘Robinson’s Hybrid’
Extensive mix of colors from light pink, rose
to near red make a beautiful display in spring
as the tall bearded Iris bloom. They prefer
cooler weather and should be cut back after
first bloom to promote a fall bloom.
Deer resistant.
Painted Dasy
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Pink to Rose shades
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Early
Tanacetum densum ssp amani
This plant will form a dense carpet of
feathery, silver foliage when planted in a
sunny, hot location with well-drained soil.
Early summer brings clusters of yellow
button-like flowers, which may be sheared if
desired. Xeric.
Height Spacing
18-24” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Partridge Feather
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Height Spacing
6-8”
12-18”
Culture
Sun-Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Tanacetum vulgare ‘Isla Gold’
This selection makes a fantastic addition to
the border with its striking fern-like, bright
yellow foliage. From mid to late summer,
interesting flat topped clusters of golden
flowers appear. Naturalizes well, growing
quickly to a broad dense specimen.
Tansy
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Yellow buttons
Bloom Season
Summer
Teucrium cossonii majoricum aka aroanium
A subshrub with fragrant, silvery leaves
which make a neat mound, bearing clusters
of lavender-pink flowers on short stems in
mid to late summer. Plants may be cut to
within 2” of ground level in spring to maintain
compact habit. Deer & rabbit resistant.
Gray Creeping Germander
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender Pink
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Teucrium hyrcanicum ‘Purple Tails’
With the look of a spiky Veronica, these form
bushy clumps of aromatic, rugose, green
leaves topped with bright reddish purple
flower spikes on reddish stems. Deadhead to
promote a later bloom.
Height Spacing
20-24” 20-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Attracts
Height Spacing
2-4”
18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Germander
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Purple-Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Summer
Height Spacing
18-24” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Average to low, Well Drained
Attracts
Thalictrum ‘Black Stockings’
Long, nearly black stems, contrast well with
its bright green leaves. Fluffy lavender pink
flowers in large, flat-topped flower clusters in
mid to late summer. Very showy for the back
of the border.
Meadow Rue
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender-pink
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Thalictrum flavum glaucum
A tall perennial for the back of larger borders,
blooming in mid-summer. Both the fuzzy,
yellow flower sprays and the blue-green
foliage can be used in cut arrangements.
Rabbit resistant.
Dusty Meadowrue
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Pale Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Late Summer
Thalictrum rochebrunianum ‘Lavender Mist’
Beautiful, lacy foliage that resembles that of
Columbine. The tall clumps, with deep purple
stems bear big clusters of bright lavendermauve flowers in
mid-summer. Keep well watered. May need
staking.
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender Pink/Yellow
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Height Spacing
48-60” 20-24”
Culture
Part Sun/Part Shade
Moist
Attracts
Golden Banner/False Lupine
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Spring
Thymus praecox ‘Coccineus’
This flat-growing Thyme features fragrant
dark green leaves, smothered by bright
magenta-red flowers in early summer.
Tolerates moderate foot traffic and is suitable
as a lawn substitute. Evergreen.
Height Spacing
40-60” 30-36’
Culture
Part Sun/Part Shade
Moist
Attracts
Butterflies
Lavender Mist Meadow Rue
Thermopsis lanceolata
A spectacular bloomer that lights up the
garden with its large, sulfur-yellow lupinelike flower spikes. It is a long-lived perennial
that establishes itself in a few years. Prefers
compost-enriched soil and moderate
moisture.
Height Spacing
48-58” 20-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
12-18” 12-18”
Culture
Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Red Creeping Thyme
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Magenta Red
Bloom Season
Spring-Summer
Zone
Height Spacing
1-2”
12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies
Thymus pseudolanuginosus
One of the best Creeping Thymes for general
ground cover purposes. This is a low,
creeping species with fuzzy gray-green
foliage, occasionally producing soft pink
flowers. Evergreen. Becomes. Takes
moderate foot traffic.
Woolly Thyme
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Pink to Lavender
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Early
Thymus serphyllum ‘Elfin’
A very slow-growing selection which makes a
very tight bun-shaped cushion of tiny darkgreen leaves, studded with little soft mauve
flowers in early summer. Withstands heavy
foot traffic. Evergreen.
To 8,500’
Creeping Thyme
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Light Lavender Pink
Bloom Season
Late Spring- Early
Thymus serphyllum ‘Pink Chintz’
A creeping ground cover with long-blooming,
salmon-pink flowers over tiny, aromatic,
fuzzy leaves. Foliage will stay evergreen in
warm winter climates. Leaves may be used
for culinary purposes. Tolerates moderate
foot traffic. To 8,500’
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Salmon Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Height Spacing
1-3”
12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies
Dwarf Thyme
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Midsummer
Trollius chinensis ‘Golden Queen’
Popular perennial, bursting into color in late
spring and early summer. Semi-double
golden-orange buttercup flowers that grow
well in sunny or partial shaded borders where
sufficient moisture is present. Shear plants
back after bloom to encourage new leaves.
Rabbit resistant.
Height Spacing
1-3”
12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies
Pink Chintz Thyme
Thymus serpyllum ‘Minus’
A choice, slow growing selection that creates
a tight rug of small overlapping gray-green
leaves. It is a great selection between
flagstones.
Height Spacing
1”
12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies
Height Spacing
1”
12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Attracts
Bees
Globe Flower
Zone 3-10
Bloom Color
Zone
Golden Yellow
Bloom Season
Early - Mid Summer
Height Spacing
30-36” 18-24”
Culture
Part Shade/Part Sun
Moist, Well-Drained
Attracts
Trollius x cultorum ‘New Moon’
An early bloomer with large, creamy yellow
cup flowers on strong, upright stems.
Attractively dissected foliage is deep green
making a nice looking clump for partial
shade. Pair with blue hostas for a cool
combo.
Rabbit resistant.
Globe Flower, Buttercups
Zone 3-7
Bloom Color
Zone
Creamy Yellow
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Verbena bipinnatifida ‘Valley Lavender’
Selected from the Great Plains Verbena, it is
an ever-blooming wonder. Clusters of
magenta-pink flowers bloom over light green,
narrow leaves all summer. It adapts to
extremes of heat and cold and is suitable for
hot dry locations. Xeric.
Great Plains Verbena
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Lavender
Zone
Bloom Season
Summer-Fall
Veronica ‘Sunny Border Blue’
Valued for its long display in summer months,
plants form a bushy clump of crinkled, darkgreen leaves, bearing spikes of deep violetblue flowers for weeks. Provides good
vertical accent. Powdery mildew can be a
problem.
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Violet Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Summer-
Height Spacing
24-36” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Spike Speedwell
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Deep Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Summer
Veronica ‘Giles Van Hees’
This dwarf variety forms a low clump of
bright green leaves, loaded with upright
spikes of clear rose-pink flower for many
weeks during summer. Removing faded
flowers will greatly increase blooming time.
Height Spacing
6-12” 12-18”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Speedwell
Veronica ‘First Love’
A hybrid featuring glowing fluorescent pink
flower spikes on a compact, low mounding
plant. Flowers begin in early summer and
continue for weeks. Remove faded blooms to
encourage new buds.
Height Spacing
24”
16-20”
Culture
Part Shade/Part Sun
Moist, Well-Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
10-12” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Attracts
Butterflies
Spike Speedwell
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Pink
Bloom Season
Summer
Zone
Height Spacing
6-8”
10-12”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Veronica alpina ‘Alba’
This hybrid forms neat mats of green leaves
bearing long spikes of white flowers from
early spring through summer. Shear plants
back by half after flowering will keep foliage
tidy and promote re-bloom. To 8,000’
Spike Speedwell
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Spring-Fall
Veronica alpina ‘Goodness Grows’
This hybrid forms neat mats of green leaves
bearing long spikes of rich purple flowers
from early spring through summer. Shear
plants back by half after flowering will keep
foliage tidy and promote re-bloom. To 8,000’
Spike Speedwell
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Dark Blue-Purple
Bloom Season
Mid Spring- Fall
Veronica austriaca ‘Trehane’
Plants form a low, mounding clump of bright
chartreuse-yellow leaves with loads of rich
blue flowers in early summer. Trim plants
back after blooming. Make a good ground
cover, but should be protected from hot
afternoon sun. Deer & rabbit resistant.
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Deep Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Mid Summer
Height Spacing
6-10” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Turkish Speedwell
Zone 3-10
Height Spacing
2-4”
18-24”
Bloom Color
Culture
Zone
Light Blue Violet, white Sun to Part Shade
eye
Average-Dry
Bloom Season
Attracts
Late Spring-Early
Butterflies
Veronica longifolia ‘Eveline’
Bushy, upright clump of shiny, dark green
leaves, bearing upright wands of deep
lavender pink spiked flowers beginning in
midsummer and continuing for weeks. Cut
back after flowering for repeat bloom.
Height Spacing
12-15” 15”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Speedwell
Veronica liwanensis
Evergreen, glossy green foliage turns bronze
in extreme heat. The mats are studded with
small bright blue flowers in late spring.
Prefers afternoon shade. May re-bloom.
Withstands light foot traffic. To 8,500’
Height Spacing
8-12” 12-15”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Speedwell
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender Pink
Bloom Season
Mid Summer- Early
Height Spacing
18-22” 12-15”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well-drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Veronica oltensis
Creeping mats of dark-green leaves are
covered with azure-blue flowers in spring.
Very tight foliage. Use as ground cover or in
Rock Garden. Xeric
Speedwell
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Azure-Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Spring
Veronica pectinata
Dense, mat-forming species has evergreen
foliage with toothed gray-green leaves. Its
saucer-shaped flowers are deep blue with
with eyes and bloom from early spring to
summer. Withstands light
foot traffic. Xeric. To 8,500’
Blue Wooly Speedwell
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Light Blue Purple
Bloom Season
Early Summer
Veronica pectinata ‘Rubra
Lovely gray felted foliage creates a soft
carpet groundcover which will drape over
rocks or retaining walls.It is adorned by rosepink saucer flowers with white eyes in spring.
Withstands moderate foot traffic.
To 8,500’
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Rose Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Spring to Early
Height Spacing
1-2”
12-18”
Culture
Sun-Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Speedwell
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Blue with White eye
Bloom Season
Early Spring-Early
Veronica prostrata ‘Goldwell’
A hardy, evergreen ground cover with green
foliage edged in gold. In late spring through
early summer the plant is covered in small
blue flowers with white centers.
Makes an attractive border or rock garden
addition.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
1-2”
12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Pink Wooly/Cascade Speedwell
Veronica peduncularis ‘Georgia Blue’
A creeping Speedwell that forms low mats of
deep green leaves, evergreen but turning
bronze in the cooler months. Small sapphireblue flowers are studded all over during the
spring. May re-bloom in late summer.
Height Spacing
1/2”
12-15”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees
Height Spacing
6-12” 12-18”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Speedwell
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Purple Blue
Bloom Season
Spring-Early
Zone
Height Spacing
4-6”
12-18”
Culture
Sun
Attracts
Butterflies
Veronica reavis ‘Crystal Rivers’
An evergreen ground cover that forms a very
low spreading mat. Tiny sky-blue flowers
smother the plant in mid to late spring, then
sporadically thru summer. Suitable for
growing along pathways.
Speedwell
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Spring
Veronica repens ‘Sunshine’
Excellent ground cover for small areas. It
forms a flat carpet of tiny golden-yellow
leaves with small near white flowers. Nice as
a contrast to blue or purple flowering
companions. Remove accumulated leaves in
fall to prevent winter smothering.
Golden Creeping Speedwell
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Veronica rupestris ‘Heavenly Blue’
A vigorous prostrate grower with small, shiny
green leaves bearing deep blue flowers at the
tips of each stem. Tolerates foot traffic.
Works nicely as an edging plant.
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Gentian Blue
Zone
Veronica spicata ‘Icicle’
Height Spacing
2-4”
18-24”
Culture
Sun or Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Spike Speedwell
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Summer
Veronica spicata ‘Red Fox’
This compact selection forms a bushy clump
of dark-green leaves, bearing spikes of deeppink flowers through the summer months.
Removing faded flowers will keep it flowering
much longer. To 8,000’
Height Spacing
0-1”
6-12”
Culture
Partial Sun
Average
Attracts
Speedwell
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
This selection forms a bushy clump of dark
green leaves, bearing upright spikes of white
flowers through the summer months.
Removing faded flowers will keep it flowering
much longer.
Height Spacing
2-3"
20-30"
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
18-20” 18-24”
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Spike Speedwell
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Rose Pink
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Summer-Fall
Height Spacing
12-18" 12-18"
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Veronica spicata ‘Royal Candles’
Compact, bushy plant with glossy, dark green
foliage. In early summer, short spikes of deep
blue flowers bloom for several weeks. Shear
lightly after blooming to encourage fresh
foliage.
Speedwell
Zone 3-10
Bloom Color
Zone
Deep Royal Blue
Bloom Season
Mid Summer- Early
Veronica x ‘Waterperry Blue’
This dwarf selection forms a mat of glossy
green leaves, tinged in bronze during cooler
temps. It bears lavender-blue flowers with a
white eye from late spring into the fall.
Withstands moderate foot traffic. To 8,000’
Speedwell
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Lavender Blue
Bloom Season
Mid Spring-Mid
Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Albo-Rosea’
The narrow, curving, candle-like flower
spikes are a pretty white with a pink blush.
Plants form tall, bushy clumps of dark green
leaves for the middle to back of the border. It
deserves a special location in the border.
Deer resistant.
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid Summer
Vinca minor ‘Bowles’ Variety’
An excellent evergreen ground cover for
shaded and semi-shaded areas. Dark green,
glossy foliage and conspicuous blue flowers
in early spring. Very adaptable. Long bloom
period.
To 8,000’
Height Spacing
40
24-36”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Culver’s Root
Zone 3-8
Bloom Color
Lilac Rose
Height Spacing
4-6”
12-15”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Culver’s Root
Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Fascination’
The narrow, curving, candle-like flower
spikes are a pretty lilac-rose. Plants form tall,
bushy clumps of dark green leaves for the
middle to back of the border. It deserves a
special location in the border.
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
12-18” 12-15”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well-drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Height Spacing
40
24-36”
Culture
Sun to Part Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Periwinkle, Creeping Myrtle
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Blue Violet
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Late
Height Spacing
4-8”
Indefini
Culture
Part Shade to Shade
Tolerant
Attracts
Vinca minor ‘Illumination’
An excellent evergreen ground cover for
shaded and semi-shaded areas. Golden
centers with dark green margins, glossy
foliage and conspicuous blue flowers in early
spring. Very adaptable. Long bloom period.
Periwinkle, Creeping Myrtle
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Blue Violet
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Late
Height Spacing
4-8”
Indefini
Culture
Part Shade to Shade
Tolerant
Attracts
Viola ‘Etain’
Plants are low and compact and can be used
for edging a border. Creamy yellow flowers
are accented by a lavender-purple edges and
a sweet fragrance. Blooms best in a cool
location. Plants are not long-lived but may be
divided in September.
Violet
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Yellow with Violet
Edge
Bloom Season
Early Spring-Early
Viola corsica
Plants form a low mound of bright green
leaves, bearing loads of deep violet-blue
flowers, each bloom with a tiny yellow center
and a white whiskered face. Compact habit.
Long bloom period, if deadheaded. Shortlived but self sows easily.
Corsican Violet
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Blue Violet
Zone
Bloom Season
Early Spring- Late
Zauschneria calif. latifolia
Slender, hairy stems with light gray-green
lance-shaped leaves grow outward to form a
compact plant that cascades over rocks and
walls. Tubular red-orange flowers in late
summer when hummingbirds are migrating.
Height Spacing
6-8”
6-8”
Culture
Sun to Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies, Bees
California Fuschia
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Red-Orange
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Early
Zauschneria garrettii ‘Orange Carpet’
A low-growing mat of small green leaves,
bearing a riot of small scarlet orange trumpet
blooms from mid summer in to autumn.
Spreads by underground rhizomes. Xeric.
To 8,000’
Deer resistant.
Height Spacing
6-8”
6-8”
Culture
Morning Sun/Partial Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Attracts
Butterflies
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Scarlet Orange
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Fall
Height Spacing
12-18” 18-24”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Hummers
California Fuchsia
Height Spacing
4-6”
15-20”
Culture
Sun
Dry, Well-drained
Attracts
Hummers
Zinnia grandiflora
Native to southwest US, this wildflower
thrives in very rugged terrain. Preferring hot
sunny spots in well-drained soil. The plant
will delight you with bright yellow, papery
flowers in late summer. Xeric.
To 8,000’
Prairie Zinnia
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Yellow Gold
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Buddleja ‘Buzz Midnight’
Fragrant, full-sized flowers on compact
bushes just 1/3 the usual height. Deep,
velvety dark-as-night purple flower clusters
are long-blooming for in the garden or large
containers.
Dwarf Butterfly Bush
Zone 5-11
Bloom Color
Dark Purple
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Late Summer
Ampelopsis brevipedunculata ‘Elegans’
This elegant, variegated vine is densely
covered in small leaves delicately splashed
with pink and white and young pink shoots. In
autumn foliage turns yellow and the
porcelain-colored berries darken to steel
blue, teal and amethyst. Self-clinging.
Zone 5-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Creamy white
Bloom Season
Late Spring
Height Spacing
10-25’ 8-15’
Culture
Part Shade
Well Drained
Attracts
Bill MacKenzie Clematis
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Yellow
Zone
Bloom Season
Early-Late Summer
Clematis ‘Jackmanii’
Easily grown in fertile, medium moisture,
well-drained soil in sun, if roots are shaded or
partial sun. Blooms on new wood so cut this
vine back to about 10” in spring. Keep root
zone shaded. (PG3)
Height Spacing
24-36” 24-36”
Culture
Sun
Average-Dry
Attracts
Porcelain Berry Vine
Clematis ‘Bill MacKenzie’
Large, 2” bright yellow nodding flowers in
profusion from early to late summer followed
by beautiful silky seedheads in autumn. The
leaves are finely-cut on this vigorous vine.
Blooms on new wood so cut this vine back to
about 10” in spring. (PG3)
Height Spacing
6-8”
8-12”
Culture
Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Height Spacing
6-10’
5-6’
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees
Jackman Clematis
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Purple
Zone
Bloom Season
Mid-Late Summer
Height Spacing
7-10’
3-4’
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees
Clematis ‘Niobe’
Stunning large flowers open as black ruby red
velvet. The color then changes to a brighter
shade as it matures. The cream stamens
contrast nicely on the rich velvety sepals. It
flowers right through the summer. Keep root
zone shaded. (PG2)
Niobe Clematis
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
Deep Red
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring-Early
Clematis ‘Pink Champagne’
One of the earliest large-flowered clematis to
bloom. As the name implies, this variety
boasts bubbly, bright pink petals with pale
centers and bright yellow stamens. Keep root
zone shaded or cooler. Deer and rabbit
resistant. (PG2)
Pink Champagne Clematis
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Zone
Deep Pink/Lighter Pink
center
Bloom Season
May-June/ July-
Clematis integrifolia
This non-vining, herbaceous, woody-based
plant has an upright but somewhat sprawling
habit. The nodding, bell-shaped, slightly
twisted flowers are violet to blue. Blossoms
mature to attractive, feathery, silver-green
seed heads. (PG3)
Zone 3-7
Bloom Color
Deep Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
May to July
Height Spacing
1-3’
1-3’
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Fertile, Well Drained
Attracts
Bees
Bushy Blue Clematis
Zone 3-9
Bloom Color
Zone
Pink, White, Lavender
or Blue
Bloom Season
Summer
Clematis scottii
A stunning wildflower found in our Colorado
foothills. It is a non-vining, bushy clematis
with 1” deep blue, nodding, bell-shaped
flowers on stems, followed by fuzzy white
seed heads. Irrigate regulariy if grown in full
sun. May be slow to establish. (PG3)
Height Spacing
7-9’
3-4’
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees, Hummingbirds
Bushy Blue Clematis
Clematis integrifolia ‘Mongolian Bells’
This non-vining, herbaceous, woody-based
plant has an upright but sprawling habit. The
nodding, bell-shaped, slightly twisted flowers
range from white, pink, lavender to blue.
Blossoms mature to attractive, feathery,
silver-green seed heads. Xeric. (PG3)
Height Spacing
6-10’
3-4’
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees
Height Spacing
10-14” 12-15”
Culture
Part Shade to Sun
Fertile, Well Drained
Attracts
Bees
Sugar Bowl Clematis
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Deep Blue
Bloom Season
Late Spring
Zone
Height Spacing
12”
18”
Culture
Sun-Part Sun
Enriched, Well Drained
Attracts
Bees
Clematis scottii x fremonti
This garden hybrid is a strong growing, nonvining prairie species with broad leathery
textured leaves and nodding purple-blue
flowers followed by fuzzy white seed heads.
Irrigate regularly if grown in full sun. May be
slow to establish. (PG3)
Sugar Bow Hybrid Clematis
Zone 4-8
Bloom Color
Purple Blue
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Spring
Clematis terniflora
Vigorous, fast growing vine climbs with
twisting petioles and stems. Becomes large
and needs support. Fragrant, white flowers
are followed by feathery seed heads. Flowers
on current year’s new growth. Prune heavily
after bloom or in Spring. (PG3)
Sweet Autumn Clematis
Zone 4-9
Bloom Color
White
Zone
Bloom Season
Late Summer-Fall
Hedera helix ‘Baltica Thorndale’
Attractive dark green leaves have a
prominent central lobe and creamy white
veins. It is super hardy and can be used as a
ground cover or climbing vine. Foliage turns
reddish during winter. Shady sites are best
to keep evergreen appearance year round.
Height Spacing
18”
18”
Culture
Sun-Part Sun
Enriched, Well Drained
Attracts
Bees
Height Spacing
10-20’ 8-10’
Culture
Sun to Part Sun
Well Drained
Attracts
Bees
English Ivy
Zone 5-8
Bloom Color
N/A
Bloom Season
N/A
Zone
Height Spacing
Indefini Indefini
Culture
Part Shade to Shade
Adaptabale
Attracts

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