| Common Name |
Botanical Name |
Plant Type |
|
Notes |
| African Blue lily |
Agapanthus |
perennial |
|
strap-like leaves and umbels of trumpet-shaped blue
flowers (lovely!) |
| bleeding heart |
Dicentra spectabilis |
perennial |
|
36" tall x 24" wide |
| California fuchsia |
Zauschneria californica, syn. Epilobium califoricum |
shrubby perennial |
|
trumpet-shaped vermilion to scarlet flowers |
| calla lilies |
Calla |
marginal aquatic perennial |
|
great for bogs; also a popular houseplant |
| columbine |
Aquilegia |
perennial |
|
striking flowers; grow a cultivar suggested for your
area |
| larkspur, butterfly delphinium, Chinese delphinium |
delphinium grandiflorum |
perennial |
|
blue flowers on spikes 3-4 feet high |
| evening primrose, sundrops, Ozark sundrops |
Oenothera missouriensis, syn. O. macrocarpa |
perennial |
|
vigorous grower with bright yellow flowers from late
spring to early autumn |
| false spirea |
Astilbe 'Straussenfeder', syn. A.'Ostrich
Plume' |
perennial |
|
coral pink flowers in mid to late summer |
| floss flower |
Ageratum |
annual |
|
blue, pink or white flowers in brush-like clisters |
| foxglove |
Digitalis |
biennials and short-lived perennials |
|
up to 6 ft. spikes of purple, pink or white flowers |
| hellebores |
Hellebore |
perennial |
|
grow in groups or allow to naturalize |
| hollyhocks |
Alcea rosea, syn. Althaea |
Perennial |
|
purple, pink, white, yellow flowers on vigorous 5-8
ft. plants |
| iris, Siberian iris |
Iris sibirica |
rhizomes |
|
20-48 inches tall |
| lambs' ears, lambs' tails, lambs' tongues |
Stachys byzantina, syn. S. lantana, syn.
S. Olympica |
perennial |
|
foliage has the same soft, downy feel of lambstuff |
| lantana, common lantana, shrub verbena |
Lantana |
evergreen perennial |
|
poisonous to deer, but they may eat it if other food
sources are not available; in zones 7-8 it may get killed to the ground
in winter, but returns in summer with a vengeance; butterflies adore
the flowers |
| lavender |
Lavandula |
evergreen sub-shrub |
|
lovely, fragrant, evergreen and aromatic; will proliferate
but not bloom in warmer climes |
| lupine, lupin |
Lupinus |
annuals and perennials |
|
tall spikes of blue, purple, pink, white, yellow, orange
and red flowers; a legume that fixes nitrogen in soils. Locate specific
cultivar for your region. |
| marigold, English marigold, pot marigold |
Calendula |
annual |
|
single or double flowers in solids and mixes of yellow,
orange and gold |
| moss pinks, moss phlox, creeping phlox |
Phlox subulata |
evergreen perennial |
|
frost hardy and evergreen |
| Origanum, marjoram, oregano |
Origanum |
perennials and subshrubs |
|
herbs with aromatic leaves |
| poppy |
Papaver |
annuals, biennials, and perennials |
|
frost hardy; full sun; most are self seeding |
| coneflower |
Echinacea, syn. Rudbeckia |
perennial |
|
flowers from mid-summer to early autumn |
| Russian sage |
Perovskia |
deciduous subshrub |
|
panicles of pale blue flowers in late summer |
| sage |
Salvia nemorosa |
perennial |
|
spikes of dark purple flowers |
| speedwell |
Veronica |
annuals, perennials and marginal aquatics |
|
named for St. Veronica; it is said that the face of
Christ can be seen inside these tiny flowers |
| thyme |
Thymus |
evergreen perennials, shrubs and sub-shrubs |
|
attractive to bees |
| tickseed, marguerites |
Coreopsis |
annuals and perennials |
|
plentiful yellow blossoms |
| Verbascum, mullein, purple mullein |
Verbascum phoeniceum, syn. Celsia mullein |
biennial or short-lived perennial |
|
tall spikes of long-lasting summer flowers |
| Wax Begonia |
|
(very tender perennial?) |
|
grown as annual |
| wormwood, mugwort, sagebrush |
Artemesia arborescens |
woody perennial |
|
aromatic, silvery leaves; try 'Powis Castle' 24-36"
grown for foliage (remove yellow flower heads for best results) |
| Yarrow |
Achillea |
deciduous perennials |
|
excellent for cutting and drying; lovely in a wildflower
border |
| Zinnia |
Zinnia |
annual |
|
daisy-like flower heads are attractive to butterflies |
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