Perennials Guide > A Perennials
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Achillea (Yarrow)
Height (inches):10-30, depending on variety
Light Requirements:full sun
Bloom color: from white to pink to ruby red
Bloom time:summer
Foliage Characteristics: fern-like in green to silver color
Other Notes:attracts butterflies, excellent cut flower
Variety Names: Stephanie Cohen, Paprika, Red Velvet, Anthea, Summer Pastels, Apple Blossom, Pretty Belinda, Nana Compacta
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Aconitum (Monkshood)
Height (inches):12
Light Requirements:full/partial sun
Bloom color:bright blue
Bloom time:mid-late summer
Foliage Characteristics:deeply divided green
Other Notes:cutflower, deer & rabbit resistant
Variety Names: Blue Lagoon
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Aegopodium (Snow On The Mountain)
Height (inches):6-14
Light Requirements:full sun-shade
Bloom color:white
Bloom time:late spring
Foliage Characteristics:variegated green with cream
Other Notes:rapid-spread ground cover
Variety Names: Variegatum
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Agastache (Anise Hyssop)
Height (inches):24-36
Light Requirements:full sun
Bloom color:violet-blue
Bloom time:mid to late summer
Foliage Characteristics:green,compact
Other Notes:cutflower, attracts butterflies, licorise flavor
Varitey Names: Blue Fortune
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Ajuga (Bugleweed)
Height (inches):4-10, depending on variety
Light Requirements:sun or shade
Bloom color: blue
Bloom time:spring
Foliage Characteristics:dark burgundy/chocolate
Other Notes:groundcover
Variety Names: Metallica Crispa, Catlins Giant, Chocolate Chip, Burgundy Glow, Black Scallop
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Alcea (Hollyhock)
Height (inches):20-48, depending on variety
Light Requirements:full sun
Bloom color:pinks, peaches, whites, maroons
Bloom time:summer
Foliage Characteristics:green
Other Notes:attracts butterflies & hummingbirds,walnut toxin safe
Variety Names: Chaters Double, Nigra, Queeny Purple, Creme de Cassis, Peaches n Dreams
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Alchemilla (Lady's Mantle)
Height (inches):8-15, depending on variety
Light Requirements:full/partial shade
Bloom color:yellow
Bloom time:early summer
Foliage Characteristics:gray-green
Other Notes:evergreen ground cover
Variety Names: Thriller, Saxatilis
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Allium (Ornamental Onion)
Height (inches):15
Light Requirements:full/partial sun
Bloom color:lavender
Bloom time:late spring
Foliage Characteristics:shiny,green,grassy
Other Notes:fragrant
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Alyssum (Moss Rose)
Height (inches):10
Light Requirements:full sun
Bloom color:bright yellow
Bloom time:spring
Foliage Characteristics:gray-green
Other Notes:ground cover
Variety Names: Gold Dust
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Ampelopsis (Porcelain Vine)
Height (feet):10-25
Light Requirements:full/partial sun
Bloom color:creamy white
Bloom time:mid summer
Foliage Characteristics:green & white speckled
Other Notes:blue berries in fall attract birds
Variety Names: Variegated
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Amsonia (Blue Star Flower)
Height (inches):40
Light Requirements:full/partial sun
Bloom color:lilac blue
Bloom time:mid summer
Foliage Characteristics:green,willow-like
Other Notes:
Variety Names: Tabermaemontana
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Anthemis (Marguerite Daisy)
Height (inches):16-30, depending on variety
Light Requirements:full/partial sun
Bloom color:creamy white to yellow
Bloom time:summer
Foliage Characteristics:green, feathery
Other Notes:cut flower, fragrant
Variety Names: Kelwayi', Sauce Hollandaise, Charme
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Aquilegia (Columbine)
Height (inches):12-36, depending on variety
Light Requirements:full/partial sun
Bloom color:violets, pinks, whites, yellows, reds, nearly black
Bloom time:late spring to early summer
Foliage Characteristics:blue green to green to golden
Other Notes:attracts butterflies & hummingbirds, rabbit resistant, cutflower
Variety Names: Clementine Blue, Clementine Dark Purple, Clementine Rose, Denver Gold, Songbird Cardinal, Lime Frost, Yellow Queen, Crimson Star, Red Hobbitt, Ruby Port, Dorothy Rose, Woodside Gold, Alba, Black Barlow, Music Red & Gold
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Arabis (Rock Cress)
Height (inches):6
Light Requirements:full/partial sun
Bloom color:pure white
Bloom time:early spring
Foliage Characteristics:glistening green
Other Notes:attracts butterflies, fragrant groundcover
Variety Names: Snowcap
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Arenaria (Sandwort)
Height (inches):4-8
Light Requirements:full sun
Bloom color:white
Bloom time:spring
Foliage Characteristics:glossy, evergreen
Other Notes:groundcover
Variety Names: Montana
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Armeria (Sea Thrift)
Height (inches):4
Light Requirements:full sun
Bloom color:pink
Bloom time:late spring
Foliage Characteristics:bright green, grassy
Other Notes:
Variety Names: Splendens
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Artemisia (Silver Mound)
Height (inches):12
Light Requirements:full sun
Bloom color:none
Bloom time:
Foliage Characteristics:silver gray
Other Notes:
Variety Names: Silver Mound
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Aruncus (Goatsbeard)
Height (inches):48
Light Requirements:full/partial shade
Bloom color:white
Bloom time:early summer
Foliage Characteristics:green lacy
Other Notes: very similar to astilbe
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Asarum (Wild Ginger)
Height (inches):7
Light Requirements:full-partial shade
Bloom color:green/black
Bloom time:spring
Foliage Characteristics:green with silver spots
Other Notes:easy-to-grow evergreen
Variety Names: Canadense
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Asclepias (Butterfly Weed)
Height (inches):40
Light Requirements:full sun
Bloom color:white to yellow
Bloom time:summer
Foliage Characteristics:green
Other Notes:vanilla scented, attracts butterflies
Variety Names: Ice Ballet
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Aster
Height (inches):10-36, depending on variety
Light Requirements:full/partial sun
Bloom color:pinks, purples, bright blues
Bloom time:later summer
Foliage Characteristics:dark green
Other Notes:attracts butterflies, deer & rabbit resistant
Variety Names: Woods Pink, Woods Purple, Woods Blue, Prince, Lady in Black, Professor Kippenburg, Purple Dome, Dark Beauty, Alpine Mix, Blue Lagoon, Jenny, October Skies, Berggarten
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Astilbe (False Spirea)
Height (inches):10-30 depending on variety
Light Requirements:partial shade
Bloom color:white to salmon to pinks to red
Bloom time:early to mid summer
Foliage Characteristics:green, lacy
Other Notes:attracts butterflies, rabbit & deer resistant, cutflower
Variety Names: Key West, Sister Theresa, Bremen, Bridal Veil, Etna, Peach Blossom, Finale, Sprite, Cattleya, Montgomery, Visions, White Gloria, Lolly Pop, Pink Lightening, Flamingo, Fanal, Country & Western, Darwins Dream, Burgundy Red, Visions in Red, Heart n Soul
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Astrantia (Masterwort)
Height (inches):16-28, depending on variety
Light Requirements:partial shade
Bloom color:pink to red
Bloom time:summer
Foliage Characteristics:green
Other Notes:cutflower
Variety Names: Rubra, Moulin Rouge, Claret, Sunningdale
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Aubrieta (Purple Rock Cress)
Height (inches):6
Light Requirements:full/partial sun
Bloom color:purple
Bloom time:spring
Foliage Characteristics:green
Other Notes:rock garden groundcover
Variety Names: Purple Gem
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Aurinia (Basket of Gold)
Height (inches):10
Light Requirements:full/partial sun
Bloom color:bright yellow
Bloom time:spring
Foliage Characteristics:gray green
Other Notes:attracts butterflies
Variety Names: Compacta