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Perennials : Ajuga | Aster | Astilbe | Balloon flower | Bee balm | Black eyed Susan | Columbine | Cone flower | Coral bells | Coreopsis | Day lily | Dianthus | Diascia | Gaillardia | Geraniums | Grasses, ornamental | Heucherella | Hibiscus | Hosta | Iris | Jacobs ladder | Leopard plant | Lobelia | Lungwort | Mountain bluet | Penstemon | Peony | Salvia | Scabious | Sedum | Spiderwort | Thyme | Tiarella | Verbena | Veronica | Yarrow | Roses |
This is a selection of recommended perennial flowers - flowers that grow every year and die down in the winter months to grow again the following spring
Key: difficult - difficult conditions the plant will endure, everg - evergreen, shd - will grow in shade, sshd - will grow in semi-shade
| Name | Pic | habit | Colored foliage? | difficult | zones | seasons | height | spread | flower | everg | shd | sshd |
| Ajuga, Bugle |
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spreading | Yes | 3-9 | 6in | 2-3ft |
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| Alcea - hollyhock |
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upright | 3-9 | Su | 8ft | 2ft |
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| Anemone - Japanese |
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upright | 6-9 | SuFa | 2-4ft | 4ft |
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| Aquilegia - Columbine |
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clump | 3-9 | SpSu | 2ft | 1ft |
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| Aster |
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clump | sun, dry | 3-8 | Su | 2ft | 2ft |
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| Astilbe |
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upright | damp, wet, clay | 3-8 | SpSu | 2-4ft | 2-4ft |
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| Name | Pic | habit | Colored foliage? | difficult | zones | seasons | height | spread | flower | everg | shd | sshd |
| Campanula - bell flower |
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upright, clump or spread | 4-8 | SpSu | 2-6ft | 2ft |
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| Centaurea - Mountain bluet |
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upright | 3-9 | Sp | 18in | 1ft |
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| Coreopsis - Tickseed |
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clump | 3-9 | SuFa | 1-3ft | 1-2ft |
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| Crambe |
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clump | 6-9 | SpSu | to 8ft | 5ft |
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| Delphinium |
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upright | 3-8 | SpSu | 2-5ft | 2ft |
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| Dianthus - Carnations and pinks |
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clump | 3-11 | Sp - Fa | 1-2ft | 6-12 inches |
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| Name | Pic | habit | Colored foliage? | difficult | zones | seasons | height | spread | flower | everg | shd | sshd |
| Diascia |
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clump | sun | 7-11 | Sp - Fa |
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| Echinacea - cone flower |
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erect | 3-8 | SpSum | 2-6ft | 1-3ft |
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| Eryngium - sea holly |
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upright, clump | sun, dry | 3-8 | SuFa | 3ft | 1.5ft |
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| Euphorbia |
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upright or spread | exposed | 5-10 | Su-Win | 1-4ft | 3-4ft |
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| Gaillardia - Blanket flower |
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clump | 3-9 | SuFa | 2ft | 1ft |
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| Geraniums |
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clump | 3-11 | SpSu | 6in-4ft | 1-3ft |
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| Name | Pic | habit | Colored foliage? | difficult | zones | seasons | height | spread | flower | everg | shd | sshd |
| Grasses |
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clump | Yes | 3-11 | all | 1-8ft | 1-6ft | N/A | Y | Y | Y | |
| Hemeracallis - day lily |
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clump | clay, sun | 2-9 | SpSu | 2-3ft | 2-3ft |
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| Heuchera - Coral bells |
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spread | Yes | 3-9 | 1-2ft | 1-2ft |
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| Heucherella |
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spread | Yes | shade | 4-9 | SuFa | 6 in | 2-3ft |
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Y | Y | Y |
| Hibiscus |
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upright | 4-9 | Su | 2-5ft | 1-3ft |
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| Hosta |
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clump | Yes | shade, darker varieties | 3-11 | Sp-Fa | 1-2ft | 2-3ft |
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| Name | habit | Colored foliage? | difficult | zones | seasons | height | spread | flower | everg | shd | sshd | |
| Iris |
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rhizomes | Yes | dry shade - only foetidissima | 3-9 | SuFa | 1-3ft | 1-3ft |
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Y | Y | Y |
| Kniphofia - red hot poker |
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rhizomes | exposed | 6-9 | Su | 3ft | 2ft |
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| Lavandula lavender |
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bushy | poor soil | Sp-Fa | 1-2ft | 2-4ft |
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| Ligularia - Leopard plants |
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upright | damp, wet, clay | 4-8 | Su | 4-5ft | 2-3ft |
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| Lobelia |
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upright | Yes | damp, wet | 4-9 | Su | 1-3ft | 1-2ft |
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upright | 4-8 | SpSu | 5ft | 2ft |
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| Name | Pic | habit | Colored foliage? | difficult | zones | seasons | height | spread | flower | everg | shd | sshd |
| Monarda - Bee balm, bergamot |
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clump | clay | 3-9 | Su | 3ft | 18in |
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| Penstemon |
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upright | 3-8 |
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| Peony - Paeonia |
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clump | 2-8 | SpSu | 1-3ft | 1-3ft |
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| Perovskia - Russian sage |
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upright | 6-9 | SuFa | 3-5ft | 3-4ft |
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| Phormium | clump | clay, exposed | 8-10 | all | 8-12ft | 6ft |
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| Platycodon - Balloon flower |
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clump | 3-8 | SpSu | 2ft | 1ft |
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| Name | Pic | habit | Colored foliage? | difficult | zones | seasons | height | spread | flower | everg | shd | sshd |
| Polemonium - Jacob's ladder |
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upright | 4-8 | Su | 1-3ft | 1-2ft |
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| Pulmonaria - Lungwort |
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clump, spread | Yes | heavy, clay | 4-8 | SpSu | 1ft | 3ft |
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Rudbeckia Black eyed susan |
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rhizomes | heavy, clay | 3-9 | SuFa | 2-3ft | 3ft |
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| Salvia - sage |
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erect or spreading | Yes | sun, drought | 3-10 | Sp-Fa | 1ft | 1-2ft |
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Scabiosa - Scabious |
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clump | 3-10 | SpSu | 2ft | 2ft |
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erect or mat forming | Yes | any, sun. exposed | 3-11 | SuFa | 2ft | 2ft |
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| Name | Pic | habit | Colored foliage? | difficult | zones | seasons | height | spread | flower | everg | shd | sshd |
| Tradescantia - spiderwort |
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clump | Yes | 4-9 | Sp-Fa | 2ft | 2ft |
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| Thyme - Thymus |
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spread | Yes | sun, drought | 4-10 | Sp-Fa | 6-12in | 1-3ft |
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| Tiarella - foam flower |
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spread | Yes | dry shade | 3-8 | Sp-Fa | 6in | 1ft |
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| Verbena |
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upright or trailing | 7-11 | Sp-Fa | 6-12in | 1-2ft |
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| Veronica - speedwell |
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upright | 3-9 | Su | 1-2ft | 1-2ft |
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| Name | habit | Colored foliage? | difficult | zones | seasons | height | spread | flower | everg | shd | sshd |
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