Perennials Guide > C Perennials
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Calamintha (Calamint)
Height (inches):12
Light Requirements:full sun
Bloom color:lavender blue
Bloom time:early summer
Foliage Characteristics:green
Other Notes:strong mint fragrance, attracts butterflies & hummingbirds
Variety Names:Blue Cloud
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Callirhoe (Wine Cups)
Height (inches):6-36, depending on variety
Light Requirements:full sun
Bloom color:bright purple, magenta, pink/white
Bloom time:summer
Foliage Characteristics:green & spreader or blue-green & upright
Other Notes:drought tolerant, outstanding color, great groundcover
Variety Names:Involucrata, Vartenuissina-"Mexican", Digitata
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Campanula (Bell Flower)
Height (inches):8-30 depending on variety
Light Requirements:full/partial sun
Bloom color:violet blues, blues, pinks, reds, white
Bloom time:late spring to summer
Foliage Characteristics:green
Other Notes:attracts butterflies & hummingbirds, deer & rabbit resistant
Variety Names:Camgood, Kent Belle, Cherry Bells, Pink Chimes, Samantha, Bowl o Cherries, Weisse Clips, Blue Clips, Dickson's Gold, Bernice, Emerald, LaBelle
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Caryopteris (Blue Mist Spirea)
Height (inches):18-36, depending on variety
Light Requirements:full sun
Bloom color:violet blue
Bloom time:summer to late summer
Foliage Characteristics:green, yellow chartreuse, or silver green
Other Notes:fragrant, drought tolerant, good cutflower, attracts butterflies
Variety Names:First Choice, Sunshine Blue, Longwood Blue, Dark Knight
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Centaurea (Bachelor Button)
Height (inches):15-30, depending on variety
Light Requirements:full/partial sun
Bloom color:red, pink, maroon, blue, white with purple
Bloom time:early summer to summer
Foliage Characteristics:gray green, green, or yellow chartreuse
Other Notes:good cutflower, deer resistant, attracts butterflies
Variety Names:Coccineus, Dealbata "Rosea", Steenbergii, Amethyst in Snow, Gold Boullion
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Clematis
Bloom size(inches): anywhere from 2-8 inches in diameter
Light Requirements:partial shade, morning sun
Bloom color:varies
Bloom time:varies
Foliage Characteristics:green climber
Other Notes:attracts hummingbirds, cutflower
Variety Names:Jackmanni, Blue Angel, Carnival, Ramona, Red Cardinal, Lincoln Star, Pink Cameo, Unzen, and many more
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Convallaria (Lily Of The Valley)
Height (inches):8
Light Requirements:full/partial shade
Bloom color:white to pink
Bloom time:spring
Foliage Characteristics:green
Other Notes:groundcover, fragrant, deer resistant, orange berries in fall
Variety Names:Majalis, Rosea
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Coreopsis (Tickseed)
Height (inches):15-24, depending on variety
Light Requirements:full/partial sun
Bloom color:yellows to orange to pink
Bloom time:summer
Foliage Characteristics:green, needlelike
Other Notes:cutflower, deer resistant, attracts butterflies
Variety Names:Creme Brulee, Moonbeam, Zagreb, American Dreams, Sweet Dreams, Zamfir, Early Sunrise, Tequila Sunrise, Rising Sun, Domino, Heaven's Gate, Autumn Blush, Golden Gain, Jethro Tull, Sunbeam
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Corydalis
Height (inches):12
Light Requirements:full/partial shade
Bloom color:white
Bloom time:early summer
Foliage Characteristics:chocolate colored
Variety Names:Chocolate Stars