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Perennial Guide

In the perennial garden it all starts with choosing the right plant for the right location and of course great soil. Below we have listed perennials for various gardening situations. It is only a guide. There are always more plant choices.

Long Blooming Perennial Flowers

Tulips
Pulsatilla vulgaris
Viola Etain
Tiarella
Alliums
Arisaema sikokianum
Brunnera
Silene Rollys Favorite
Euphorbia Bonfire
Amsonia
Penstemon
Gaillardia
Heuchera Fire Chief
Heuchera Paris
Delphinium elatum
Heliopsis Prairie Sunset
Heliopsis Loraine Sunshine
Nepeta
Aruncus
Epilobium angustifolium
Knautia macedonica
Callirhoe involucrata
Geranium Rozanne
Astrantia
Veronica spicata Royal Candles
Calamintha
Lavender
Shasta Daisy
Salvia
Artemisia Guizhou
Sanguisorba
Echinacea
Coreopsis
Sea Holly Phlomis
Echinops
Buddleia
Trifolium rubens
Yarrow
Asclepias
Campanula Blue Waterfall
Thalictrum rochebrunianum
Agastache Blue Fortune
Feverfew
Rudbeckia
Acanthus spinosus
Verbascum Summer Sorbet
Monarda
Stokesia
Stonecrop Sedums
Pennisetum Karley Rose
Ironweed (Vernonia)
Helianthus Loddon Gold
Russian Sage
Ligularia
Scabiosa
Rattlesnake Master
Helenium
Japanese Anemone
Phlox
Limonium latifolium
Cimicifuga (aka Actaea)
Daylily Sixth Sense
Persicaria (all varieties)
Opuntia Macrorhiza
Veronicastrum Fascination
Aster
Tricyrtis
Aconitum Arendsii

Perennials for Shade/Part Shade

Acanthus
Aconitum
Alchemilla
Anemone
Aquilegia
Aruncus
Asarum
Astilbe
Astrantia
Brunnera
Carex
Ceratostigma
Centranthus
Chelone
Cimicifuga (aka Actaea)
Dicentra
Dictamnus
Digitalis
Dodecatheon
Epimedium
Eupatorium
Fallopia
Ferns
Filipendula
Galium
Gillenia
Gentiana

Geranium
Heuchera
Heucherella
Hosta
Lamium
Ligularia
Lobelia
Mukdenia
Persicaria
Phlox divaricata
Physostegia
Polemonium
Polygonatum
Primula
Pulsatilla
Phyteuma nigra
Rodgersia
Sanguinaria
Spigelia marilandica
Thalictrum
Tiarella
Tradescantia
Tricyrtis
Trillium
Trollius
Viola

Drought Tolerant Perennials for Sun

Acanthus
Achillea
Artemisia
Baptisia
Calamagrostis Grass
Cerastium
Echinacea
Echinops
Eryngium
Eremurus
Epilobium
Gaillardia
Geum trifolium
Helianthus
Heliopsis
Helictotrichon Grass
Bearded Iris
Lavender
Leucanthemum
Liatris spicata
Lilium (Oriental and Asiatic)

Lychnis
Miscanthus Grass
Nepeta
Opuntia
Panicum Prairie Fire Grass
Pennisetum Grass Karley Rose
Penstemon
Perovskia
Phlomis
Salvia
Saponaria
Scabiosa
Sedum
Solidago
Stachys
Thymus
Trifolium rubens
Verbascum
Vernonia
Veronica

Plants that Attract Butterflies

Acanthus
Achillea
Agastache
Allium
Aquilegia
Asclepias
Aster
Astilbe
Buddleia
Calamintha
Campanula
Centaurea
Cimicifuga (aka Actaea)
Coreopsis
Delosperma
Delphinium
Dianthus
Dill
Echinacea
Echinops
Erigeron
Eupatorium
Filipendula
Foeniculum
Gaillardia
Helenium
Helianthus
Heliopsis
Hemerocallis
Heuchera

Hosta
Lavender
Leucanthemum
Liatris
Lobelia
Lupin
Monarda
Nepeta
Penstemon
Perovskia
Phlomis
Phlox
Platycodon
Queen Anne's Lace
Rudbeckia
Salvia
Silene
Scabiosa
Sedum
Solidago
Stokesia
Tanacetum
Thalictrum
Thymus
Tiarella
Tricyrtis
Verbena
Vernonia
Veronica

Plants that Attract Hummingbirds

Aquilegia
Asclepias
Buddleia
Clematis
Crocosmia
Delphinium
Dianthus
Dicentra
Digitalis
Hemerocallis
Heucherella
Hibiscus
Hosta

Lobelia
Lupin
Lychnis
Monarda
Nepeta
Penstemon
Phlox
Silene
Polygonatum
Salvia
Scabiosa
Veronica

Great Foliage Plants

Acanthus
Alchemilla
Amsonia
Angelica
Artemisia
Astilbe
Bergenia
Brunnera
Calamintha
Echinops
Euphorbia
Fallopia
Ferns
Geranium
Ornamental Grasses
Helianthus

Heuchera
Heucherella
Hosta
Lamium
Ligularia
Opuntia
Persicaria
Polemonium
Polygonatum
Rodgersia
Sanguisorba
Sedum
Sempervivum
Stachys
Thymus
Tiarella
Verbascum

Moisture Tolerant Perennials

Aruncus
Astilbe
Asclepias
Bergenia
Carex
Chelone
Cimicifuga (aka Actaea)
Dicentra
Eupatorium
Ferns
Filipendula
Hosta

Iris ensata
Iris versicolour
Ligularia
Lobelia
Persicaria
Primula
Rodgersia
Sarracenia purpurea
Thalictrum
Tradescantia
Trollius

Plants that Attract Beneficial Insects
Every gardener should grow plants that attract beneficial insects to provide the widest selection of natural insect and pest control.

Penstemon strictus
Thymus serpyllum
Veronica spicata
Yarrow
Helianthus maximiliani
Anthemis tinctoria
Limonium latifolium
Shasta daisies
Lavender
Callirhoe involucrata
Queen Anne’s Lace
Solidago
Cosmos
Peonies

Sage/Salvia
Rudbeckia fulgida
Lupins
Astrantia
Artemisia
Candytuft
Painted Daisy
Alliums
Garlic
Feverfew
Nasturtium
Tansy
French marigold
Hyssop/Agastache

Perennials for Cut Flowers

Achillea
Aconitum
Agastache
Alchemilla
Allium
Angelica
Anthemis
Aquilegia
Asclepias
Aster
Astilbe
Astrantia
Baptisia
Bergenia
Brunnera
Buddleia
Campanula
Centaurea
Chelone
Cimicifuga (aka Actaea)
Clematis
Coreopsis
Delphinium
Dianthus
Digitalis
Epilobium
Echinacea
Echinops
Eryngium
Euphorbia
Filipendula
Gaillardia
Ornamental Grasses
Gypsophila
Helenium
Helianthus
Heliopsis

Heuchera
Heucherella
Hosta
Iris
Knautia
Lavender
Leucanthemum
Ligularia
Lilium
Limonium
Lobelia
Lupin
Lychnis
Monarda
Nepeta
Peony
Papaver
Perovskia
Phlomis
Phlox
Rodgersia
Rudbeckia
Salvia
Sanguisorba
Scabiosa
Sedum
Tiarella
Tricyrtis
Trollius
Verbena
Vernonia
Veronica
Veronicastrum
Viola

North American Native Plants

Actaea racemosa
Agastache
Amsonia
Aquilegia canadensis
Arisaema triphyllum
Aruncus dioicus
Asarum
Asclepias
Aster
Baptisia
Chasmanthium latifolium grass
Chelone
Coreopsis
Dicentra
Echinacea
Eupatorium
Gaillardia
Geum trifolium
Gillenia
Helianthus
Heliopsis
Liatris
Lobelia

Mertensia
Monarda
Opuntia
Penstemon
Petalostemum purpureum
Phlox divaricata
Polemonium
Polygonatum
Rudbeckia
Sanguinaria
Sarracenia purpurea
Silene
Solidago
Stokesia
Spigelia marilandica
Tanacetum
Thalictrum
Tiarella
Tradescantia
Trillium
Vernonia
Veronicastrum
Viola

Deer Resistant Perennials
There are very few plants that deer will not eat. If they are hungry enough, they will taste test any plant, but they usually stay away from plants that are either poisonous, have a strong scent, or have prickly or fuzzy foliage.

Acanthus
Achillea
Aconitum
Allium
Agastache
Alchemilla
Amsonia
Aquilegia
Artemisia
Aruncus
Asclepias
Aster
Astilbe
Brunnera
Calamintha
Centaurea
Cersatium
Ceratostigma
Cimicifuga (aka Actaea)
Coreopsis
Crocosmia
Delphinium
Dicentra
Dictamnus
Euphorbia
Filipendula

Fern
Geranium
Helianthemum
Lavender
Limonium
Lupin
Lychnis
Mertensia virginica
Monarda
Nepeta
Opuntia
Origanum
Ornamental Grasses
Penstemon
Perovskia
Polygonatum
Pulmonaria
Salvia
Solidago
Stachys
Tanacetum
Thalictrum
Thymus
Tradescantia
Vernonia
Veronica