30 Tried & True Perennial Flowers
30 Tried & True Perennial Flowers
Botanical Name |
Common Name | Bloom Time |
Height | Sun | Part | Shade | |||||
Aquilegia | Columbine | May-Jun | 14-36” | x | X | ||||||
Aster novi-belgii | Fall Aster | Sep-Oct | 36-48” | X | |||||||
Astilbe | Astilbe | Jul-Aug | 15-30” | x | X | ||||||
Athyrium | Fern Japanese Painted ** | NA | 12-24” | X | |||||||
Calamagrostis | Reed Grass ‘Karl Foerster’ ** | NA | 48-72” | X | x | ||||||
Campanula | Serbian Bellflower | Apr-Jun | 10-12” | X | x | ||||||
Coreopsis | Coreopsis Moonbeam | Jun-Sep | 18-24” | X | |||||||
Corydalis lutea | Corydalis Yellow * | Jun-Aug | 12-15” | x | X | x | |||||
Delphinium | Delphinium ‘Magic Fountains‘ | Jul-Aug | 24-30” | X | |||||||
Dianthus | Hardy Pinks | Jun-Jul | 6-8” | X | |||||||
Dicentra | Bleeding Heart | Apr-May | 24-36” | x | X | ||||||
Echinacea | Purple Cone Flower ‘Magnus’ ** | Jun-Sep | 24-36” | X | |||||||
Euphorbia poly. | Cushion Spurge | May-Jun | 12-18” | X | |||||||
Gaillardia | Blanket Flower * | Jun-Sep | 12-18” | X | |||||||
Geranium | Cranesbill | Jun-Sep | 6-24” | X | X | ||||||
Hemerocallis | Daylily | Jun-Aug | 12-30” | X | |||||||
Heuchera | Coral Bells | May-Jul | 8-15” | x | X | x | |||||
Hosta | Plantain Lily | Jul-Aug | 12-36” | x | X | ||||||
Iberis | Candytuft | Apr-Jun | 8-10” | X | x | ||||||
Iris | Iris, German Bearded | May-Jun | 36-48” | X | |||||||
Leucanthemum | Shasta Daisy ‘Becky’ ** | May-Oct | 36-42” | X | |||||||
Ligularia | Ligularia | Jul-Aug | 36-48” | x | X | ||||||
Lilium | Asiatic and Oriental Lilies | Jul | 24-30” | X | |||||||
Paeonia | Peony | May-Jun | 30-36” | X | x | ||||||
Penstemon | Beard-tongue ‘Husker Red’ ** | Jul-Aug | 24-36” | X | x | ||||||
Perovskia | Russian Sage ** | Jul-Sep | 48-60” | X | |||||||
Polemonium | Jacob’s Ladder ‘Brise d’Anjou’ | May-Jul | 18-24” | x | X | x | |||||
Rudbeckia | Gloriosa Daisy ‘Goldsturm’ ** | Jun-Sep | 24-30” | X | x | ||||||
Salvia | Salvia ‘May Night’ ** | Jun-Aug | 16-20” | X | |||||||
Scabiosa | Pincushion ‘Butterfly Blue’ ** | Jun-Sep | 8-15” | X |
* | Has tendency to reseed | ** | Perennial Plant of the Year Award | ||||||
X | Preferred location | x | Acceptable location |