Perennials Guide > B Perennials
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Baptisia (False Indigo)
Height (inches):36-48, depending on variety
Light Requirements:full to partial sun OR full to partial shade
Bloom color:blue to smoky violet
Bloom time:late spring to early summer
Foliage Characteristics:green
Other Notes:black seed pods, used in dry flower arrangements
Variety Names:Australis, Purple Smoke
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Belamcanda (Blackberry Lily)
Height (inches):18
Light Requirements:full sun
Bloom color:yellow
Bloom time:summer
Foliage Characteristics:dark green
Other Notes:cutflower, used in dry arrangements, interesting seed pods
Variety Names:Hello Yellow
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Bellis (English Daisy)
Height (inches):6
Light Requirements:full/partial sun
Bloom color:red/pink/white
Bloom time:late spring
Foliage Characteristics:bushy green
Other Notes:
Variety Names:Tasso Mix
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Bergenia (Pig's Squee)
Height (inches):12-18, depending on variety
Light Requirements:full/partial sun
Bloom color:pinks to purples to reds
Bloom time:mid to late spring
Foliage Characteristics:dark green, glossy
Other Notes:foliage turns either purple or reddish in fall
Variety Names:Rosy Klose, Eroica, Perfect, Winter Glow
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Brunnera (Heartleaf Alkanet)
Height (inches):12-15, depending on variety
Light Requirements:full/partial shade
Bloom color:sky blue, wedgewood blue, lilac purple
Bloom time:spring to summer
Foliage Characteristics:green with silver or cream or silver with green
Other Notes:groundcover, deer resistant
Variety Names:Macrophylla, Looking Glass, Hadspen Cream, Langtrees, Jack Frost, Variegata
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Buddleia (Butterfly Flower)
Height (inches):40-60, depending on variety
Light Requirements:full sun
Bloom color:white, yellow, royal blue, pink to purple
Bloom time:summer to late summer
Foliage Characteristics:silver green
Other Notes:fragrant, attracts butterflies and hummingbirds, deer resistant
Variety Names:White Profusion, Black Knight, Nanho Series, Adokeep, Petite Indigo, Sungold