Herbaceous Perennials
Botanical Name and Common NameWater Use Zone HeightColorTime of BloomExposure
Achillea miilefolium
Yarrow
1,2,32-4 ftW,P,Y,GSummerSun
Aquilegia
Columbine
1,22-3 ftW,P,B,YSpringPartial Shade
Ajuga reptans
Carpet Bugle
12-3 inB,W,PSpringSun/Shade
Aster sp.
Aster
1,2,31-5 ftAllSummer/FallSun
Ascelpeas tuberosa
Butterfly Weed
1,2,31-2 ftO,YSummerSun
Astibe japonica
Astibe
11-3 ftW,P,RSpringPartial Shade/Shade
Baptisia australis
Baptisia
1,2,33ftBSpringSun/Partial Shade
Chrysanthemum x morifolium
Garden Chrysanthemum
1,21-3 ftBSummer/FallSun
Chrysanthemum x suberbum
Shasta Daisy
1,21-3 ftWSummerSun/Partial Shade
Coreopsis grandiflora
C. Janceolata, C. verticillata Coreopsis
1,21-3 ftY,GSummerSun
Echinacea purpurea
Purple Coneflower
1,23-5 ftL,PSummerSun/Partial Shade
Gaillardia x grandiflora
Gaillardia
1,2,31-2.5 ftY,R,OSummer/FallSun
Gerbera jamesonii
Gerbera Daisy
1,21 ftBSpring/FallSun/Partial Shade
Gypsophila paniculata
Baby's Breath
1,22-4 ftWSummer/FallSun
Helleborus orientalis
Lenten Rose
1,212-15 inW,P,LWinter/SpringPartial Shade/Shade
Hemerocallis
Daylily
1,2,31-4 ft13SummerSun/Partial Shade
Heuchera americana
Coral Bells
1,2,36-12 inW,P,RSpring/SummerShade
Hosta sp
Hosta, Plaintain Lily
1,21-3 ftFoliageSpring/SummerPartial Shade/Shade
Iberis sempervirens
Evergreen Candytuft
1,212 inWSpringSun/Partial Shade
I. kaempferi, I. tectorum, I. danfordae, I. reticulata, I. crestata
Iris
1,22-4 ftAllSpring/SummerSun/Partial Shade
Kniphofia uvaria
Tritoma (Red Hot Pocker)
1,2,32-4 ftR,O,YSummerSun
Liatris scariosa
Gayfeather
1,22-6 ftL,PSummer/FallSun/Partial Shade
Monarda didyma
Beebalm
1,2,32-3 ftW,R,PSpring/SummerSun
Paeonia lactiflora
Peony
1,23-4 ftW,P,RSpringSun/Partial Shade
Phloxpaniculata, ~s~ulata, P. divaricata
Phlox
1,21 in-3 ftAllSpring/SummerSun/Shade
Rudbeckia hirta, R. hybrida
Rudbeckia
1,22-3 ftY,O,GSummer/FallSun
Salvia farinacea
Blue Salvia
1,2,31/2-5 ftW,B,R,LSummer/FallSun/Partial Shade
Sedum spectabile
Sedum
1,2,31 in-2ftW,P,RSpring/FallSun
Solidago hybrids
Goldenrod
1,2,31-3 ftYSummer/FallSun
Stokesia Gyanea
Stokes Aster
1,212-15 ftBSummerSun
Verbena canadensis, V. tensuisecta
Verbena
1,2,36 inW,B,LSpring/FallSun
Veronica spicuta
Speedwell
1,21 in-2 ftB,WSummerSun/Partial Shade


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