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Perennial Flowers

 

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 spreading Yes   3-9   6in 2-3ft blue Y Y Y
Alcea - hollyhock upright      3-9 Su 8ft 2ft pinkredpurple
orange		         
Anemone - Japanese upright     6-9 SuFa 2-4ft 4ft whitepink   Y Y
Aquilegia - Columbine clump     3-9 SpSu 2ft 1ft whiteyellowpinkredpurple     Y
Aster clump   sun, dry 3-8 Su 2ft 2ft blue
pink
purple		         
Astilbe upright   damp, wet, clay 3-8 SpSu 2-4ft 2-4ft white
pink
red		      
Name Pic habit Colored foliage? difficult zones seasons height spread flower everg shd sshd
Campanula - bell flower upright, clump or spread      4-8 SpSu 2-6ft 2ft white
blue		       Y
Centaurea - Mountain bluet upright     3-9 Sp 18in 1ft blue      
Coreopsis - Tickseed clump     3-9 SuFa 1-3ft 1-2ft yellow
orange
pink		      
Crambe clump      6-9 SpSu  to 8ft 5ft white         
Delphinium upright      3-8 SpSu 2-5ft 2ft blue
pink
purple		         
Dianthus - Carnations and pinks clump     3-11 Sp - Fa 1-2ft 6-12 inches whiteyellowpinkredpurple     Y
Name Pic hait Colored foliage? difficult zoes seasons height spread flowr everg shd sshd
Diascia lum   sun 7-11 Sp - Fa     white
pink
red		      
Echinacea - cone flower erect     3-8 SpSum 2-6ft 1-3ft white
purple		      
Eryngium - sea holly upright, clump   sun, dry 3-8 SuFa 3ft 1.5ft white
blue		      
Euphorbia upright or spread   exposed 5-10 Su-Win 1-4ft 3-4ft yellow Y    
Gaillardia - Blanket flower clump     3-9 SuFa 2ft 1ft yellow
red
orange		      
Geraniums clump     3-11 SpSu 6in-4ft 1-3ft whitebluepurple
pink		   Y Y
Name Pic habt Colored foliage? difficult zones seasons height spread flower everg shd shd
Grasses clump Yes   3-11 all 1-8ft 1-6ft N/A Y Y Y
Hemeracallis - day lily clump   clay, sun 2-9 SpSu 2-3ft 2-3ft yellow
red
orange		 Y   Y
Heuchera -Coral bells spread Yes   3-9   1-ft 1-2ft red
white
pink		 Y Y
Heucherella spread Yes shade -9 SuFa 6 in 2-3ft white
pink		 Y Y Y
Hibiscus upright     4-9 Su 2-5ft 1-3ft whiteyellowpinkredpurple      
Hosta clump Yes shade, darker varieties 3-11 Sp-Fa 1-2ft 2-3ft white
blue
purple		   Y Y
Name   habit Colore foliage? difficult zones seasons height spread flower everg shd sshd
Iris rhizoms Yes dry shade - only foetidissima 3-9 SuFa 1-3ft 1-3ft orangewhiteblueyellowpinkredpurple Y Y Y
Kniphofia - red hot poker rhizomes   exposed 6-9 Su 3ft ft yellow
red
orange		 Y    
Lavandua lavender bushy   poor soil   Sp-Fa 1-2ft 2-4ft pink
purple		 Y    
Ligularia - Leopard plants uprght   damp, wet, clay 4-8 Su 4-5ft 2-3ft yellow
orange		      
Lobelia upright Yes damp, wet 4-9 Su 1-3ft 1-2ft pink
red
purple		     Y

Lupin

upright     4-8 SpSu 5ft 2ft whiteyellowpinkredpurple      
Name Pic habit Colred foliage? difficult zones seasons height spread flower everg shd sshd
Monarda- Bee balm, bergamot clump   clay 3-9 Su 3ft 18in pink
red
purple		      
Penstmon upright     3-8       whitepinkred
purple		 Y  
Peony - Paeonia clump     2-8 SpSu 1-3ft 1-3ft whitepinkredyelloworange     Y
Perovskia - Russian sage pright     6-9 SuFa 3-5ft 3-4ft blue
purple		      
Phormium   clump   clay, exposed 8-10 all 8-12ft 6ft purple Y   Y
Platycodon - Balloon flower clump     3-8 SpSu 2ft 1ft blue
white
pink		     Y
Name Pic habit Colredfolage? difficult zones sasos heiht spread flower everg shd sshd
Polemonium- Jcob's ladder upright     4-8 Su -3f 1-2ft blue
purple		     Y
Pulmonaria - Lugwort clump, spread Yes heavy, clay 4-8 SpSu 1ft 3ft red
blue		   Y Y

Rudbeckia Black eyed susan

 rhizomes   heavy, clay 3-9 SuFa 2-3ft 3ft yellow
orange
red		      
Salvia - sage erect or sreaing Yes sun, drought 3-10 Sp-Fa 1ft 1-2ft white
blue
pink		 Y    

Scabiosa - Scabious

 clump     3-10 SpSu 2ft 2ft whitebluepink
purple		      Y

Sedum

erect or mat forming Yes any su. exposed 3-11 SuFa ft 2ft pink
red		 Y    
Name Pic habit Colored foliage? difficult zones seasons height spread fower everg shd sshd
Tradescantia - spiderwort clump Yes   4-9 Sp-Fa 2ft 2ft blue
purple		     Y
Thyme - Thymus spread Yes sun, drought 4-10 Sp-Fa 6-12in 1-3ft pink
purple		 Y    
Tiarella - foam flower spread Yes dry shade 3-8 Sp-Fa 6in 1ft white
pink		   Y Y
Verbena upright or trailing     7-11 Sp-Fa 6-12in 1-2ft whitebluepinkpurple
red		      
Veronica - speedwell upright     3-9 Su 1-2ft 1-2ft whitebluepink
purple		 Y   Y
Name   habit Colored foliage? difficult zones seasons height spread flower everg shd sshd
 

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