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Growing Perennials - Plant Chart
Perennial Plant Chart
| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Hardiness
Zone
|
Height
ft. |
Bloom Period |
Light |
| Adam's-Needle |
Yucca filamentosa |
4 |
4-6 |
July - August |
Sun |
| Avens |
Geum spp. |
5 |
2-3 |
May - October |
Sun |
| Baby's breath |
Gypsophila paniculata |
4 |
1-3 |
June - October |
Sun |
| Balloon flower |
Platycodon grandiflorus |
3 |
2-4 |
July - October |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Barrenwort |
Epimedium spp. |
3 |
1 |
May |
Part Shade - Shade |
| Basket-of-gold |
Aurinia saxatilis |
3 |
1 |
May |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Beard-tongue |
Penstemon spp. |
5 |
1-3 |
June - August |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Bearded iris |
Iris laevigata |
4 |
2-4 |
May - September |
Sun |
| Bee balm |
Monarda didyma |
4 |
2-3 |
June - July |
Sun |
| Bellflower |
Campanula spp. |
3 |
1-4 |
June - October |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Bergenia |
Bergenia cordifolia |
3 |
1-2 |
April - May |
Part Shade - Shade |
| Blackberry lily |
Belamcanda chinesis |
5 |
3 |
July - September |
Sun |
| Black-eyed-susan |
Rudbeckia fulgida |
4 |
2-3 |
July - September |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Blanket flower |
Gaillardia xgrandiflora |
3 |
1-2 |
June - October |
Sun |
| Blazing star |
Liatris spicata |
3 |
2-5 |
July - September |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Bleeding heart |
Dicentra eximia |
3 |
1-2 |
May - September |
Part Shade |
| Bleeding heart |
Dicentra spectabilis |
3 |
2-3 |
May - June |
Part Shade - Shade |
| Blue fescue |
Festuca ovina glauca |
4 |
1 |
April - October |
Sun |
| Blue leadwort |
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides |
5 |
1 |
July - September |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Blue lungwort |
Pulmonaria officinalis |
3 |
1 |
April - May |
Part Shade - Shade |
| Bugleweed |
Ajuga spp. |
3 |
<1 |
April - May |
Sun - Shade |
| Butterfly weed |
Asclepias tuberosa |
3 |
2-3 |
June - August |
Sun |
| Candytuft |
Iberis sempervirens |
3 |
<1-1 |
April - May |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Cardinal flower |
Lobelia cardinalis |
3 |
2-3 |
July - October |
Part Shade |
| Catmint |
Nepeta xfaassenii |
4 |
1-2 |
May - October |
Sun |
| Chinese-lantern plant |
Physalis alkekengi |
3 |
1-2 |
July - August |
Sun |
| Cinquefoil |
Potentilla spp. |
3 |
<1 |
May - July |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Columbine |
Aquilegia spp. |
3 |
1-3 |
May - July |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Common Yarrow |
Achillea millefolium |
3 |
2 |
June - September |
Sun |
| Coralbells |
Heuchera sanguinea |
3 |
1-3 |
May-August |
Part Shade - Shade |
| Cranesbill |
Geranium spp. |
4 |
<1-2 |
April - August |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Creeping phlox |
Phlox subulata |
3 |
<1 |
April - May |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Daylily |
Hemerocallis spp. |
3 |
1-4 |
June - August |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Dwarf Bearded Iris |
Iris pumila |
4 |
<1-1 |
April - May |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Eulalia grass |
Miscanthus sinensis |
4 |
4-6 |
September - Nov. |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Evening primrose |
Oenothera macrocarpa |
3 |
<1-2 |
June - September |
Sun |
| False indigo |
Baptisia australis |
3 |
3-4 |
May - June |
Sun - Part Shade |
| False spirea |
Astilbe spp. |
4 |
1-4 |
June - August |
Shade |
| Fern-leaf yarrow |
Achellia filipendulina |
4 |
2-5 |
June - October |
Sun |
| Fleabane |
Erigeron speciosus |
3 |
1-2 |
June - November |
Sun |
| Forget-me-not |
Mysotis alpestris |
3 |
<1 |
May - July |
Shade |
| Fountain Grass |
Pennisetum spp. |
5 |
3-6 |
August - October |
Sun |
| Gas plant |
Dictamnus albus |
3 |
3 |
May - June |
Sun |
| Gentian |
Gentiana spp. |
3 |
<1-1 |
April - August |
Sun - Shade |
| Globe thistle |
Echinops spp. |
3 |
3-4 |
July - October |
Sun |
| Globeflower |
Trollius spp. |
4 |
1-2 |
May - June |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Goatsbeard |
Aruncus dioicus |
2 |
5 |
June-July |
Shade |
| Golden marguerite |
Anthemis tinctoria |
3 |
2 |
June - October |
Sun |
| Goutweed |
Aegopodium podagraria |
3 |
1 |
May-June |
Sun - Shade |
| Green-and-gold |
Chrysogonum virginianum |
5 |
1 |
April - September |
Sun - Shade |
| Hardy aster |
Aster spp. |
4 |
2-5 |
September - Oct. |
Sun |
| Heliopsis |
Heliopsis helianthoides |
4 |
3-4 |
July - October |
Sun |
| Hellebore |
Helleborus spp. |
3 |
1-2 |
February - April |
Part Shade-Shade |
| Hen-and-chickens |
Sempervivum spp. |
4 |
1 |
July - August |
Sun |
| Hollyhock |
Alcea rosea |
3 |
4-8 |
June-August |
Sun |
| Hosta |
Hosta spp. |
3 |
1-4 |
August-September |
Part Shade-Shade |
| Jacob's ladder |
Polemonium caeruleum |
3 |
1-2 |
May - June |
Sun - Shade |
| Japanese iris |
Iris ensata |
5 |
2-3 |
May - June |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Lavender |
Lavendula angustifolia |
5 |
1-3 |
June - October |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Larkspur |
Delphinium spp. |
3 |
4-6 |
June - October |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Leopard's bane |
Doronicum cordatum |
4 |
1-2 |
May - June |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Lily-of-the-valley |
Convallaria majalis |
3 |
<1-1 |
May-June |
Part Shade - Shade |
| Lilyturf |
Liriope spicata |
5 |
1 |
July - August |
Part Shade-Shade |
| Loosestrife |
Lysimachia punctata |
4 |
3 |
July - August |
Sun - Shade |
| Lupine |
Lupinus hybrids |
3 |
3-4 |
May - June |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Maltese-cross |
Lychinis chalcedonica |
3 |
1-3 |
June - September |
Sun |
| Meadow rue |
Thalictrum spp. |
3 |
3-6 |
July - August |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Mist flower |
Eupatorium coelestinum |
5 |
2-3 |
September - Oct. |
Sun - Shade |
| Mondo Grass |
Ophiopogon spp. |
5 |
<1-1 |
July - August |
Sun - Shade |
| Monkshood |
Aconitum spp. |
3 |
3-5 |
August - October |
Shade |
| Mountain bluet |
Centaurea montana |
3 |
3 |
June - September |
Sun |
| Mum |
Chrysanthemum |
4 |
1-3 |
August - October |
Sun |
| Obedient plant |
Physostegia virginiana |
3 |
2-4 |
July - September |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Oriental poppy |
Papaver orientale |
3 |
3-4 |
June - July |
Sun |
| Peony |
Paeonia lactiflora |
3 |
2-3 |
May - July |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Phlox |
Phlox paniculata |
3 |
2-4 |
July - September |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Pink |
Dianthus spp. |
3 |
<1-2 |
May - September |
Sun |
| Perennial flax |
Linum perenne |
4 |
1-2 |
June - August |
Sun |
| Primrose |
Primula spp. |
4 |
<1-1 |
April - May |
Part Shade-Shade |
| Purple coneflower |
Echinacea purpurea |
3 |
3-5 |
July - September |
Part Shade |
| Purple loosestrife |
Lythrum salicaria |
3 |
2-5 |
July - September |
Part Shade |
| Purple rock cress |
Aubrieta spp. |
4 |
<1 |
April-June |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Painted daisy |
Chrysanthemum coccineum |
3 |
2-3 |
June |
Part Shade |
| Red valerian |
Centranthus ruber |
4 |
2-3 |
June |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Rock cress |
Arabis spp. |
3 |
<1 |
March - May |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Rodgersia |
Rodgersia spp. |
4 |
3-4 |
July - August |
Part Shade - Shade |
| Salvia |
Salvia spp. |
4 |
1-3 |
June - October |
Sun |
| Seaf-heal |
Prunella grandiflora |
3 |
<1-1 |
June - July |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Senecio |
Ligularia spp. |
3 |
3-6 |
July - August |
Sun - Shade |
| Shasta daisy |
Chrysanthemum maximum |
4 |
1-4 |
June - September |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Siberian bugloss |
Brunnera macrophylla (Anchusa) |
3 |
1-2 |
April - June |
Part Shade - Shade |
| Siberian iris |
Iris sibirica |
3 |
2-4 |
May - June |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Smartweed |
Polygonum spp. |
3 |
<1-2 |
May - October |
Sun |
| Snow-in-summer |
Cerastium tomentosum |
3 |
<1-1 |
May - June |
Sun |
| Soapwort |
Saponaria ocymoides |
3 |
<1 |
June - September |
Sun |
| Solomon's-seal |
Polygonatum spp. |
3 |
1-3 |
May - June |
Shade |
| Speedwell |
Veronica spp. |
4 |
<1-4 |
4une - August |
Sun |
| Spurge |
Euphorbia epithymoides |
4 |
1-2 |
April - May |
Sun |
| Spiderwort |
Tradescantia hybrids |
5 |
2-3 |
June - August |
Sun - Shade |
| Stonecrop |
Sedum spectabile |
3 |
2 |
August - October |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Stoke's aster |
Stokesia laevis |
5 |
1-2 |
July - September |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Stonecrop |
Sedum spp. |
3 |
<1-1 |
June - September |
Sun |
| Sweet Violet |
Viola cornuta |
4 |
<1-1 |
April - May |
Part Shade - Shade |
| Sweet woodruff |
Galium odoratum |
4 |
<1 |
May - June |
Part Shade - Shade |
| Sea thrift |
Armeria spp. |
4 |
<1 |
April - May |
Sun |
| Thyme |
Thymus spp. |
4 |
<1-1 |
June - July |
Sun |
| Tickseed |
Coreopsis spp. |
3 |
1-3 |
June - October |
Sun |
| Torch lily |
Kniphofia spp. |
5 |
2-4 |
August - September |
Sun |
| Virginia bluebells |
Mertinsia virginica |
3 |
<1-2 |
April - May |
Part Shade - Shade |
| Windflower |
Anemone japonica |
5 |
2-4 |
September - Oct. |
Sun - Part Shade |
| Wormwood |
Artemisia spp. |
3 |
1-3 |
June - September |
Sun |
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