 Requires full sun for most of the day |
 Requires shade for at least 3 hours during the hottest part of the day |
 Little or no direct sunlight |
 Some or all parts of this plant may be toxic |
 Once established, these plants require little or no supplemental watering |
 These plants will tolerate some drought, but benefit from periodic watering |
 Needs regular weekly watering, more often in extreme heat |
| Common name |
Botanical name |
Height | Characteristics | USDA Zone |
Light | Water |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bears Breeches | Acanthus spinosus | 4 ft. | Large spined leaves | 7-10 | |
|
| Gold Plate Yarrow | Achillea filipendulina | 4 ft. | Long blooming, bright yellow 6" flower clusters | 3-10 | |
|
| Monkshood |
Aconitum | 3 ft. | Divided Dark green foliage, spikes of dark blue, purple or white flowers | 3-9 | |
|
| Stonecress | Aethionema 'Warley Rose' | 6" | Low growing shrubby evergreen, with long lasting bright rose-pink flowers | 6-9 | |
|
| Madwort | Alyssum spinosum | 24" | Compact shrub-like growth, tiny foliage, profusion of small white to pink flowers | 8-9 | |
|
| Italian alkanet | Anchusa italica | 3-5 ft. | Hairy 6" leaves, spikes of "true blue" flowers | 3-9 | |
|
| Japanese Wind Flower | Anemone hupehensis | 12" | Spreading ground cover with single 2-3", white to pink flowers | 6-10 | |
|
| Ladies Fingers | Anthyllis vulneraria | 12-18" | Silky, fern-like foliage mound, with small white or yellow blooms | 7-9 | |
|
| Heartleaf Saxifrage |
Bergenia cordifolia | 10-15" | Glossy 8 inch, heart shaped leaves, spike of purple-pink flowers in late winter | 3-9 | |
|
| Siberian Bugloss |
Brunnera macrophylla | 18-24" | Mounds of light green, heart shaped leaves, with clusters of tiny violet flowers on wirey stems in Spring | 3-9 | |
|
| Milky Bellflower | Campanula lactiflora | 5 ft. | Large clumping plant with tall spikes of bell shaped purple/blue flowers in Summer | 5-9 | |
|
| Cupids Dart | Catananche caerulea | 24" | Compact clump of narrow grey/green leaves with 2 inch lavender flowers throughout the Summer | 7-10 | |
|
| Jupiter's Beard | Centranthus ruber | 24-36" | Loose clump of fleshy green leaves, dense long lasting clusters of small star shaped pink flowers Spring until Fall | 5-10 | |
|
| Clematis davidiana | Clematis heracleifolia | 4 ft. | Velvet textured grey/green foliage with dense clusters of small purplish flowers in mid Summer | 3-9 | |
|
| Crown Vetch | Coronilla varia | 24" | Sprawling leafy stems with an abundance of pink clover-like flowers throughout the Summer | 6-10 | |
|
| Yellow Corydalis | Corydalis lutea | 12" | Easy growing clumps of dainty green foliage, short sprays of soft yellow flowers throughout the Summer | 6-10 | |
|
| Alpine Pinks | Dianthus alpinus | 4"-8" | Cushions of neat, dark green foliage; typical "Pink" flowers in mid Summer | 4-9 | |
|
| Leopard's Bane | Doronicum pardaliances | 3 ft. | Large heart shaped green foliage with bright yellow Daisy-like flowers from Spring to mid-Summer | 5-9 | |
|
| Whitlow grass | Draba aizoides | 4" | Small rosette of tiny grey or greel leaves; bright yellow flowers in late Spring | 5-9 | |
|
| Foxtail Lily | Eremurus robustus | 24-36" | Straplike green leaves with 24" spikes of pink flowers atop 8 ft. stems in late Spring | 6-9 | |
|
| Goat's Rue | Galega officinalis | 3-5 ft. | Light green, lance shaped foliage with spikes of pink pea-like flowers in mid-Summer | 5-10 | |
|
| Meadow Cranesbill | Geranium pratense | 36" | Shiny green foliage turns bronze in the Fall, 1" saucer shaped flowers in mid_Summer | 5-9 | |
|
| Dwarf Baby's Breath | Gypsophila cerastioides | 3" | Spreading mat of greyish foliage; abundant clusters of pink or white flowers from late Spring til early Summer | 5-10 | |
|
| Helen's Flower | Helenium autumnale | 5 ft. | Branching, leafy stems with yellow, orange or reddish Daisy-like flowers in the Fall | 3-9 | |
|
| Coral Bells | Heuchera sanguinea | 12"-18" | Glossy, 3 inch, deeply lobed green to purple leaves; clusters of scarlet flowers on a stout 15" red stems in early-mid Spring | 6-10 | |
|
| Purple Toadflax | Linaria purpurea | 3 ft. | Grey/green foliage with spikes of small violet colored, Snapdragon-like flowers in the Summer | 6-10 | |
|
| Blue Flax | Linum narbonense | 18" | Clumps of soft green foliage, long lasting funnel shaped violet flowers in the Summer | 5-10 | |
|
| Oregano | Origanum amanum | 6"-8" | Evergreen, small heart shaped green leaves; funnel shaped pink flowers mid-summer | 8-10 | |
|
| Pasque Flower | Pulsatilla vulgaris | 8"-10" | 3 inch, pale purple flowers are followed by ferny foliage and then by attractive silky seed heads | 5-9 | |
|
| Salvia nemorosa | Salvia nemorosa | 3 ft. | Narrow erect plant with irregular leaves, spikes of small purple to white blooms in the Summer | 5-10 | |
|
| Soapwort | Saponaria ocymoides | 4" | Forms thick mat of ground covering, fine foliage; hundreds of small pink to red flowers cover the plant in early Spring | 4-10 | |
|
| Saxifrage | Saxifraga bronchialis | 8" | Forms a cushion of moss-like, fine foliage; cream colored flowers, spotted with red or pink in late Spring | 4-9 | |
|
| Pincushion Flower | Scabiosa caucasica | 18-24" | Bushy, medium leaved plant, with stalks of 3 inch flower clusters blooming from June until frost | 4-10 | |
|
| Hens and Chicks | Sempervivum | 1"-4" | Many varieties of succulent rosettes; unique flowers develop after the plant is a couple years old; needs excellent drainage | zones vary | |
|
| Checkerbloom | Sidalcea malviflora | 3-4 ft. | Sprawling growth of round leaves, loose heads of pink to white flowers throughout the Summer | 6-10 | |
|
| Moss Campion | Silene schafta | 6-12" | Semi-evergreen clump of hairy, tongue shaped leaves, solitary purplish/red flowers appear on wirey stems in late Summer and Fall | 6-10 | |
|
| Woolley Thyme | Thymus pseudolanuginosus | 1" | Spreading mat of tiny, hairy, light green foliage; covered by tiny pink flowers in mid Summer. Several aromatic Thymes are also available. | 3-9 | |
|
| Purple Mullein | Verbascum phoeniceum | 2-4 ft. | Dark green rosette, purple or pink flowers form on low spikes in the Summer | 6-10 | |
|
| Speedwell | Veronica spicata | 24" | Spreading clump of silvery, felt live foliage with spikes of violet blue flowers in the Summer | 6-10 | |
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