| Common Name |
Latin Name |
Flowers |
Color |
Height |
Comments |
Anemone |
Anemone x hybrida |
Sept-Oct |
Pink & White |
2-3' |
Late flowering. |
Astilbe |
Astilbe x arendsii |
June-July |
Pink, Red & White |
2' |
Plume-like flowers. |
| Golden Japanese ForestGrass |
Hakonechloa macra |
Foliage only |
Variegated Yellow |
12" |
18" spread. Long season foliage. |
Balloon Flower |
Platycodon grandiflorus |
Aug |
Pink, Blue & White |
2' |
Resembles small balloon.
Good cut flower. |
Beebalm |
Monarda didyma |
July-Aug |
Red, Pink & Purple |
2-4' |
Spreads rapidly.
Requires stalking. |
Bleeding
Heart |
Dicentra spectabilis |
April-June |
Pink & White |
2-3' |
Heart-shaped flowers to mid-summer. |
Blue Star |
Amsonia tabernaemontana |
June |
Blue |
1 1/2' |
Willow-like foliage, many
flowers. |
Cardinal Flower |
Lobelia cardinalis |
July-Sept |
Scarlet Red |
4' |
Flowers in bright spikes. |
Carpathian Harebell |
Campanula carpatica |
July-Sept |
Blue & White |
8" |
Flowers all summer. Good for edging. for
edging. |
Christmas
Rose |
Helleborus niger |
March-April |
White |
1-1 1/2' |
Blooms early in spring. |
Coral
Bells |
Heuchera sanguinea |
May-Sept |
Pink, Red & White |
10-24" |
Delicate flowers good
for edging. |
Creeping
Lily-Turf |
Liriope spicata |
July-Sept |
Blue |
8-12" |
Good groundcover. |
| Cranesbill
Geranium |
G. sanguineum |
May-Sept |
Purple, Pink & White |
6-12" |
Deep red foliage in fall.
Good for edging. |
Crested
Iris |
Iris cristata |
May-June |
Blue |
6" |
Ideal for edging. |
Columbine
|
Aquilegia canadensis |
May-July |
Red & Yellow |
2-3' |
Remove foliage if
attacked by leafminers. |
Dame's
Rocket |
Hesperis matronalis |
May-June |
Purple & White |
2-3' |
Needs staking.
Deadheading prolongs blooming. |
Daylily
|
Hemerocallis sp. |
June-July |
Variety |
1-4' |
Variety of bloom times. |
English
Wallflower |
Cheiranthus cheiri |
June-Aug |
Orange |
1-2' |
Fragrant flowers. |
False
Indigo |
Baptisia australis |
June |
Blue |
3' |
Green-gray foliage throughout summer. |
Forget-Me-Not
|
Myosotis scorpioides |
June-Sept |
Blue |
1' |
Spreads rapidly. |
| Common
Foxglove |
Digitalis purpurea |
July |
Pink, Purple & White |
2-3' |
Short-lived biennial. |
Globe
Flower |
Trollius europeaus |
April-May |
Yellow |
2' |
Likes moist soil. Flowers
early in spring. |
Hardy
Gloxinia |
Incarvillea delavayi |
June |
Rose Pink |
1-2' |
Shiny green foliage. |
Goatsbeard
|
Aruncus dioicus |
July |
White |
4-5' |
Tall flower plumes above
foliage. Likes moist soil . |
Fringed Bleeding
Heart |
Dicentra eximia |
May-Sept |
Pink & White |
1 1/2" |
Fern-like foliage, blooms all
summer. |
Wild
Geranium |
Geranium maculatum |
May-June |
Pink & Purple |
1-1 1/2' |
Woodland wildflower. |
Goldquelle
|
Rudbeckia nitida |
July-Oct |
Gold |
34" |
Good in sun or part-shade. |
| Great Blue
Lobelia |
Lobelia siphilitica |
July-Aug |
Blue |
2-3' |
Eastern US native. |
| Heartleaf
Bergenia |
Bergenia cordifolia |
April-May |
Pink & White |
1-1 1/2' |
Evergreen. Good cut flowers. |
Hybrid
Lily |
Lilium spp. |
June-Aug |
Variety |
Variety |
Variety of species. |
Crested
Iris |
Iris cristata |
Foliage only |
Light Green |
9" |
15" spread. Long season
foliage. |
Jacob's
Ladder |
Ploemonium caeruleum |
May-July |
Blue |
2' |
Excellent foliage. |
Meadow
Rue |
Thalictrum aquilegifolium |
May-June |
Purple-White |
3-4' |
Delicate foliage and flowers. |
Monkshood
|
Aconitum spp. |
July-Sep |
Purple & Blue |
4' |
Tall plant, requires staking. |
Lungwort
|
Pulmonaria saccharata |
Foliage only |
Spotted Silver |
15" |
15" spread. Long season foliage. |
Obedient
Plant |
Physostegia virginiana |
Aug-Oct |
Pink & White |
3' |
Excellent cut flower. |
| Peach-leaved
|
Campanula persicifolia |
June-Aug |
Blue & White |
2-3' |
Very hardy. Bellflower |
Perennial
Ageratum |
Eupatorium coelestinum |
Aug-Oct |
Blue & White |
2' |
Good ground cover. |
Pink
Turtlehead |
Chelone lyonii |
Aug-Oct |
Pink |
24" |
Deep green foliage. Likes moist soil. |
Primrose
|
Primula spp. |
April-May |
Variety |
6-12" |
Evergreen foliage. |
Purple
Loosestrife |
Lythrum salicaria |
July-Sept |
Purple |
3-4' |
Likes wet soil. |
Russell
Hybrid Lupine. |
Lupinus polyphyllus |
June |
Variety |
2-3' |
Likes cool, moist conditions. |
| Self-Heal |
Prunella webbiana |
June-July |
Blue, Pink & White |
9-12" |
Showy flowers make good
groundcover. |
Shooting
Star |
Dodecatheon meadia |
April-June |
Pink & White |
8-18" |
Cyclamen-like flowers. |
Siberian
Bugloss |
Brunnera macrophylla |
May-June |
Blue |
1-2' |
Flowers like forget-me-nots. |
Siberian
Iris |
Iris sibirica |
June-Aug |
Purple & White |
3-4' |
Grass-like foliage, remains green all summer. |
Common Spiderwort |
Tradescantia virginiana |
July-Aug |
Blue, Pink, Purple, White |
2' |
Likes moist areas. |
| Snakeroot |
Cimicifuga racemosa |
July-Sept |
White |
4-6' |
Flowers in late summer. |
| Snow
Trillium |
Trillium grandiflorum |
April-May |
White |
1' |
Foliage dies down after flowering. |
| Virginia
Bluebells |
Mertensia virginica |
April-May |
Blue |
1' |
Foliage dies down after flowering. |
| Variegated
Nettle |
Lamium maculatum |
Foliage only |
Silver |
8" |
18" spread. Long season foliage. |
