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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
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Name |
Pic |
habit |
Colored foliage? |
difficult |
zones |
seasons |
height |
spread |
flower |
everg |
shd |
sshd |
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Ajuga,
Bugle |
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spreading |
Yes |
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3-9 |
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6in |
2-3ft |
 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
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Alcea - hollyhock |
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upright |
|
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3-9 |
Su |
8ft |
2ft |
  
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Anemone - Japanese |
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upright |
|
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6-9 |
SuFa |
2-4ft |
4ft |
 |
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Y |
Y |
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Aquilegia
- Columbine |
 |
clump |
|
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3-9 |
SpSu |
2ft |
1ft |
 |
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Y |
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Aster |
 |
clump |
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sun, dry |
3-8 |
Su |
2ft |
2ft |
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Astilbe |
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upright |
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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 |
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Campanula - bell flower |
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upright, clump or spread |
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4-8 |
SpSu |
2-6ft |
2ft |
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Y |
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Centaurea - Mountain bluet |
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upright |
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3-9 |
Sp |
18in |
1ft |
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Coreopsis
- Tickseed |
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clump |
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3-9 |
SuFa |
1-3ft |
1-2ft |
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Crambe |
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clump |
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6-9 |
SpSu |
to 8ft |
5ft |
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Delphinium |
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upright |
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3-8 |
SpSu |
2-5ft |
2ft |
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Dianthus
- Carnations and pinks |
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clump |
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3-11 |
Sp - Fa |
1-2ft |
6-12 inches |
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Y |
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Name |
Pic |
habit |
Colored foliage? |
difficult |
zones |
seasons |
height |
spread |
flower |
everg |
shd |
sshd |
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Diascia |
 |
clump |
|
sun |
7-11 |
Sp - Fa |
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Echinacea - cone flower |
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erect |
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3-8 |
SpSum |
2-6ft |
1-3ft |
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Eryngium - sea holly |
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upright, clump |
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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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Y |
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Gaillardia
- Blanket flower |
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clump |
|
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3-9 |
SuFa |
2ft |
1ft |
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Geraniums |
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clump |
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3-11 |
SpSu |
6in-4ft |
1-3ft |
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Y |
Y |
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Name |
Pic |
habit |
Colored foliage? |
difficult |
zones |
seasons |
height |
spread |
flower |
everg |
shd |
sshd |
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Grasses |
 |
clump |
Yes |
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3-11 |
all |
1-8ft |
1-6ft |
N/A |
Y |
Y |
Y |
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Hemeracallis
- day lily |
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clump |
|
clay, sun |
2-9 |
SpSu |
2-3ft |
2-3ft |
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Y |
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Y |
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Heuchera - Coral bells |
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spread |
Yes |
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3-9 |
|
1-2ft |
1-2ft |
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Y |
Y |
Y |
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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 |
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Hibiscus |
 |
upright |
|
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4-9 |
Su |
2-5ft |
1-3ft |
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Hosta
|
 |
clump |
Yes |
shade, darker varieties |
3-11 |
Sp-Fa |
1-2ft |
2-3ft |
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Y |
Y |
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Name |
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habit |
Colored foliage? |
difficult |
zones |
seasons |
height |
spread |
flower |
everg |
shd |
sshd |
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Iris
|
 |
rhizomes |
Yes |
dry shade - only foetidissima |
3-9 |
SuFa |
1-3ft |
1-3ft |
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Y |
Y |
Y |
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Kniphofia - red hot poker |
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rhizomes |
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exposed |
6-9 |
Su |
3ft |
2ft |
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Y |
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Lavandula
lavender |
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bushy |
|
poor soil |
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Sp-Fa |
1-2ft |
2-4ft |
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Y |
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Ligularia - Leopard
plants |
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upright |
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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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Y |
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Lupin
|
 |
upright |
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4-8 |
SpSu |
5ft |
2ft |
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Name |
Pic |
habit |
Colored foliage? |
difficult |
zones |
seasons |
height |
spread |
flower |
everg |
shd |
sshd |
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Monarda
- Bee balm, bergamot |
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clump |
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clay |
3-9 |
Su |
3ft |
18in |
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Penstemon |
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upright |
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3-8 |
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Y |
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Y |
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Peony
- Paeonia |
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clump |
|
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2-8 |
SpSu |
1-3ft |
1-3ft |
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Y |
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Perovskia - Russian sage |
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upright |
|
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6-9 |
SuFa |
3-5ft |
3-4ft |
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Phormium |
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clump |
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clay, exposed |
8-10 |
all |
8-12ft |
6ft |
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Y |
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Y |
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Platycodon - Balloon flower |
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clump |
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3-8 |
SpSu |
2ft |
1ft |
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Y |
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Name |
Pic |
habit |
Colored foliage? |
difficult |
zones |
seasons |
height |
spread |
flower |
everg |
shd |
sshd |
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Polemonium - Jacob's ladder |
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upright |
|
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4-8 |
Su |
1-3ft |
1-2ft |
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Y |
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Pulmonaria
- Lungwort |
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clump, spread |
Yes |
heavy, clay |
4-8 |
SpSu |
1ft |
3ft |
|
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Y |
Y |
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Rudbeckia Black eyed
susan
|
 |
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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Y |
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Scabiosa
- Scabious
|
 |
clump |
|
|
3-10 |
SpSu |
2ft |
2ft |
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Y |
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Sedum
|
 |
erect or mat forming |
Yes |
any, sun. exposed |
3-11 |
SuFa |
2ft |
2ft |
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Y |
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Name |
Pic |
habit |
Colored foliage? |
difficult |
zones |
seasons |
height |
spread |
flower |
everg |
shd |
sshd |
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Tradescantia
- spiderwort |
 |
clump |
Yes |
|
4-9 |
Sp-Fa |
2ft |
2ft |
|
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Y |
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Thyme
- Thymus |
 |
spread |
Yes |
sun, drought |
4-10 |
Sp-Fa |
6-12in |
1-3ft |
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Y |
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Tiarella
- foam flower |
 |
spread |
Yes |
dry shade |
3-8 |
Sp-Fa |
6in |
1ft |
|
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Y |
Y |
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Verbena |
 |
upright or trailing |
|
|
7-11 |
Sp-Fa |
6-12in |
1-2ft |
|
|
|
|
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Veronica
- speedwell |
 |
upright |
|
|
3-9 |
Su |
1-2ft |
1-2ft |
|
Y |
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Y |
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Name |
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habit |
Colored foliage? |
difficult |
zones |
seasons |
height |
spread |
flower |
everg |
shd |
sshd |
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