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HARDY PERENNIALS- Page 1 (A-E)

This list includes perennials, ferns, ornamental grasses, and alpines.  All plants are cold hardy in Zone 5 except where noted.  Even the marginal plants can be grown successfully with the careful selection of just the right site.  For example, we have had Begonia evansiana (Zone 6) growing next to our north side foundation for 10 years. This is known as ‘site specific’ hardiness and relies on good fortune more than anything else. 

The genus name is followed by the common name, if any, and the variety name is followed by the flower color or leaf color, if applicable. These plants are grown in at least one of the following pots unless otherwise noted:

                1.01 qt / 957 ml                2.74 qt / 2.59 l                   3.69 qt / 3.49 l

This key will help describe the different categories.

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The following codes are placed after the name of the first plant of each genus. Every other plant in that genus will grow under those conditions unless otherwise noted.

Full Sun ----- Full Sun. Direct sun for at least five hours a day
Part Shade ----- Part Shade. Direct sun for less than five hours

           a day
Shade ----- Shade. No direct sun
WD -- Well Drained
M ----- Moist
VM --- Very Moist
B ----- Bog or wet tolerant

D ----- Drought tolerant

T ----- Tender. Iffy in Zone 5, usually needs

           protection or specific site

P ----- Prairie plant
W ---- Woodland plant
E ----- Evergreen

N ----- Native to North America

RE --- Reblooming

Plants designated 199_ PPY have received the Perennial Plant Association ‘Plant of the Year Award’

Hostas designated 199_AHS have received the American Hosta Society ‘Hosta of the Year Award’

New plants for 2008 are listed in Bold Type.

ACAENA (New Zealand Bur) Full Sun, M-WD

   microphylla

ACANTHUS (Bear’s Breech) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   mollis  T

   spinosus  

ACHILLEA (Yarrow) Full Sun, WD-D

   Angelique (Blood Red)

   Anthea (Lt. Yellow)

   Coronation Gold

   Gloria Jean (Rosy Pink)

   Moonshine (Lt. Yellow)

   p. The Pearl Improved (Double White)

   Royal Tapestry (Rose Purple)

   Snowsport (White)

   tomentosa (Short Yellow)

   Walter Funcke (Brick Red)

ACONITUM (Monkshood) Part Shade, M

   Blue Lagoon

   Eleanor (Violet/White)

   fischeri (Blue)

   napellus  (Blue)

   Pink Sensation

   Sparks (Blue)

   Stainless Steel (Light Lilac)

ACTAEA (Baneberry) Shade, N-W

   pachypoda (White)

ADENOPHORA (Ladybells) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   confusa (Blue)

AGASTACHE (Hummingbird Mint) Full Sun, M-WD

   barberii Tutti Frutti (Rose)

   Blue Fortune

   Red Fortune (Rosy Red)

   rupestris (Salmon Pink)
   Sonoran Sunset (Lavender Rose)
   Tutti Frutti (Pink)

AJUGA (Bugle)  Part Shade-Shade

   Black Scallop

   Mahogany
    Toffee Chip (Variegated)
- More Ajuga in Ground Covers

ALCEA (Hollyhock)  Full Sun

   Indian Spring (Single Mixed)

   negrita (Black)

   Peaches and Dreams (Dbl. Peach)

   Powderpuffs (Double Mixed)

   Queenie Purple AAS

   rugosa (Yellow)

ALCHEMILLA (Lady’s Mantle) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   mollis Thriller (Chartreuse)

ALPINES - Rock garden and trough plants grown in 1.05 pt/ 501 ml pots. All prefer full sun with excellent drainage unless otherwise noted.

   Achillea ageratifolia

   Achillea sp. ex. Utah

   Aethionema cordifolia

   Aethionema schistosum

   Aloinopsis spathulata

   Anacampseros rufescens   T

   Arabis ferdinandi-coburgii

   Arenaria verna caespitosa Aurea

   Armeria caespitosa

   Artemisia Tiny Green

   Asperula gussonii

   Campanula bellidifolia

   Campanula p. Resholts

   Campanula pusilla

   Campanula Riehle's Variety

   Chasmatophyllum masculinum

   Chrysanthemum haradjani

   Corypantha viviparia

   Cotula minor

   Cymbalaria muralis globosa

   Delosperma John Proffit

   Delosperma Kelaidis

   Delosperma macei

   Delosperma sphalmathoides

   Draba bruniifolia

   Draba bryoides

   Draba repens

   Erigeron scopalinus

   Erysimum helvaticum

    Gentiana septemfida lagodochiana

   Globularia cordifolia

   Heuchera pulchella Full Sun-Part Shade

   Heuchera Santa Rosa

   Iberis sempervirens pygmaea

   Leontopodium alpinum

   Leptinella Platt's Black

   Lewisia c. Praline

   Lewisia l. Little Plum

   Limoniun latifolia nana

   Lysimachia japonica minutissima Full Sun-Part Shade

   Minuartia stellaria Frank Cabot

   Muehlenbeckia axillaris nana

   Origanum microphyllum

   Penstemon Mersea Yellow

   Penstemon teucrioides

   Petrohagia s. Rosette

   Polygonatum humile Part Shade-Shade

   Raoulia australis

   Ruschia pulvinaris

   Sagina subulata Full Sun-Part Shade-Shade

   Saponaria x oliviana

   Satureja spinosa

   Saxifraga Whitehill

   Scleranthus uniflorus

   Scutellaria diffusa

   Sedum Cape Blanco

   Sedum cauticola lidakense

   Sedum dasyphyllum Himalayan Skies

   Sedum divergens

   Sedum Golden Acre

   Sedum grisbachii

   Sedum hispanica minus Pink Form

   Sedum Jelly Bean

   Sedum John Creech

   Sedum lanceolata

   Sedum mentha-requienii

   Sedum Voodoo

   Sempervivella alba

   Sempervivum pseudo-draba

   Silene acaulis

   Silene u. Druett's Variety

   Stomatium mustellinum

   Veronica New Century

   Veronica oltensis

   Veronica prostrata Dick's Wine

   Viola Miffy Brute

   Viola verecunda

ALTHAEA (Mallow) Full Sun

   zebrina (Medium Purple)

AMSONIA (Bluestar) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD-N
   Georgia Pancake (Light Blue)

   hubrictii (Light Blue)

   tabernaemontana

ANEMONE (Windflower) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   h. Bressingham Glow (Double Rose)

   h. Crispa (Single Pink)

   h. Honorine Jobert (Single White)

   h. Pamina (Double Rose)

   h. Queen Charlotte (Double Lt. Pink)

   h. September Charm (Pink)

   h. Whirlwind (Double White)
   leveillei (White)

   sylvestris (White)

    tomentosa Robustissima (Pink)

ANEMONELLA (Meadow Rue)  Part Shade-Shade, N-W

   thalictroides (White)  

ANGELICA (Masterwort) Full Sun, M-WD

   Gigas (Purple) Biennial

ANTIRRHINUM (Hardy Snapdragon) Full Sun-Part Shade

   braun-blanquettii (Yellow/White)

   hispanicum ssp. Roseum (Pink)

AQUILEGIA (Columbine) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   Biedermeier Mix

   Black Barlow (Double)

   Blue Barlow (Double)

   canadensis (Red/Yellow)  N-W

   Grandmother’s Garden (Mix)

   McKana's Giants Mix

   Ministar Blue

   Nora Barlow (Pink Double)

   Star Blue

   Star Red

   Star White

   Ruby Port (Dark Red)

   Woodside Gold (Chartreuse foliage/Mix)

ARABIS (Rock Cress) Full Sun, WD
   Little Treasure (Deep Rose)

   Snow Cap (White)

   Spring Charm (Pink)

ARENARIA (Sandwort) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   montana (White)

ARISAEMA (Jack-in-the-Pulpit) Part Shade-Shade, M-N-W

   triphyllum (Green/Purple)

ARISARUM (Mouse Plant) Part Shade-Shade, M-N-W

   proboscideum (White/Brown)

ARMERIA (Thrift, Sea Pink) Full Sun, WD-E

   Bloodstone (Rosy Red)

   laucheana Variegated (Rose – Variegated)

   m. Rubrifolia (Rosy Red - Dark Foliage)

 ARTEMISIA (Wormwood) Full Sun-Part Shade. WD

   Powis Castle

   Silver Mound

   Silver Queen

   Silverado

   Valerie Finnis

ARUM Part Shade-Shade, M

   italicum (Lt. Green – Red Berries)

ARUNCUS (Goatsbeard) Full Sun-Part Shade, M
   aethusifolius (Creamy White)
   Misty Lace (White)

ASARUM (Wild Ginger) Shade, M-WD-W

   canadense (Brown) N

ASCLEPIAS (Butterfly Weed) Full Sun, WD-P-D-N

   tuberosa (Orange)

   tuberosa Gay Butterflies (Orange, Red, Gold)

   tuberosa Hello Yellow

ASTER Full Sun, WD

   Alert (Rosy Red)

   Alma Potschke (Pink)

   divaricatus (White)  Part Shade-Shade, N-W

   frikartii Monch (Blue)   T

   Fanny's (Blue)

   Hella Lacy (Purple)

   Honeysong Pink

   October Skies (Sky Blue)

   Professor Kippenburg (Blue)

   Purple Dome

   Snow Flurry

   Wartburg Star (Blue)

    Wood's Light Blue

   Wood's Pink

   Wood’s Purple

ASTILBE (False Spirea) Full Sun-Part Shade-Shade, M
   August Light (Red)

   Cattleya (Pink)

   crispa Perkeo (Pink)
   Ellie (White)
   Fanal (Deep Red)

   Glow (Red)

   Key Largo (Pink)

   Key West (Deep Rose)

   Milk and Honey (White)

   Montgomery (Red)

   Pink Lightning

   Rock and Roll (White)

   simplicifolia Sprite (Pink) - 1994 PPY

   Sister Theresa (Salmon Pink)

   Visions (Raspberry Red)

   Visions In Red

   Valerie (Light Purple)
   White Gloria

BAPTISIA (False Indigo) Full Sun-Part Shade, WD-P

   alba var. macrophylla (White)

   australis (Blue)
   Screaming Yellow

   Twilight Prairie Blues (Purple/Gold)

BEGONIA (Hardy Begonia) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD-T

   evansiana (grandis) (Pink)

   sinensis (Light Pink)

BELAMCANDA (Blackberry Lily) Full Sun, WD

   chinensis (Orange/Maroon)

   Hello Yellow

BERLANDIERA (Chocolate Flower) Full Sun-Part Shade, M

   lyrata (Yellow)

BLETILLA (Hardy Orchid)  Part Shade, M-WD-T

   striata (Pink)

   s. Innocence (White)

BRUNNERA (Siberian Bugloss) Shade, M-WD

   Betty Bowring (White)

   macrophylla (Blue)

   m. Jack Frost (Blue)

   m. Looking Glass (Blue)

   m. Variegata (Blue)

BUPHTHALMUM (Oxeye) Full Sun-Part Shade, M

   Alpengold (Yellow)

CALLIRHOE (Winecups) Full Sun-Part Shade, WD-P

   involucrata (Burgundy)

CAMPANULA (Bellflower) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   Birch's Hybrid (Blue) 

   carpatica Blue Clips

   Dickson’s Gold (Blue–Gold Foliage)

   glomerata Superba (Blue)

   g. Crown of Snow (White)

   g. Joan Elliott (Blue)

   persicifolia Blue

   p. White
   Pink Octopus

   Plum Wine (Light Pink)

   porscharskyana (Blue)

   rotundifolia Olympica (Blue)

   r. White Gem
CAULOPHYLLUM (Blue Cohosh)
   thalictroides (Yellow/Green)
Part Shade-Shade, N-W

CATANANCHE (Cupid’s Dart)  Full Sun, WD-P

   caerulea (Blue)

CENTAUREA (Cornflower) Full Sun, WD

   bella (Pink)

   montana (Blue)

   steenburgii (Rose)

CENTRANTHUS (Valerian) Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   alba (White)

   ruber (Rose)

CEPHALRIA (Giant Scabious) Full Sun, M-WD

   gigantea (Yellow)

CERASTIUM (Snow in Summer) Full Sun, M-WD

   tomentosum (White)

CERATOSTIGMA (Leadwort) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   plumbaginoides (Blue)

CHELONE (Turtlehead) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-B

   lyoni Hot Lips (Rose)

CHRYSANTHEMUM   Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

(Dendranthema – Hardy Mum)

   Bronze Elegance

   Mei-Kyo (Rose Pink)
   Samba (Coral)

   Sheffield Pink

   zawadskii Clara Curtis (Pink)

   z. Mary Stoker (Yellow)

CHRYSOGONUM (Golden Star) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   virginicum Pierre (Yellow)

CIMICIFUGA (Cohosh) Part Shade-Shade, M-WD-W

   Hillside Black Beauty (White)

   racemosa (White) N

CLAYTONIA (Asian Spring Beauty) Shade, M-WD

   siberica (Pink)
CLINTONIA (Wood Lily)
Shade, M-WD-N-W
    umbellulata (White)

COREOPSIS (Tickseed) Full Sun, M-WD

   Baby Sun  (Dwarf Yellow)

    Crème Brulee (Light Yellow)
   Full Moon (Light Yellow)

   Heaven’s Gate (Two-tone Pink)

   Jethro Tull
   Little Sundial (Gold w/eye)
   Presto (Double Gold)

   Sunburst (Tall Yellow)

   Sunray (Gold Double)

   tripteris (Very Tall Yellow) P-N

   v. Golden Gain (Gold)

   v. Moonbeam (Light Yellow) - 1992 PPY

CORYDALIS Part Shade-Shade, M-WD

   Blackberry Wine (Purple)

   Chocolate Stars (White-Dark Foliage)

   Dufu Temple (Blue)

   elata (Cobalt Blue)

   lutea (Yellow)

   ochroleuca (White)

   sempervirens (Yellow/Rose)  W-N

CROCOSMIA (Montbretia) Full Sun, WD

   Lucifer (Red)

DELOSPERMA Full Sun, WD

   nubigena Basutoland (Yellow)
   Red Mountain

DELPHINIUM Full Sun, M-WD

   Belladonna (Lt. Blue) 

   Bellamosum (Dark Blue)

   Blue Butterfly

   Blushing Brides (Pink)

   Double Innocence (White)

   Magic Fountain Blue/White

   Magic Fountain Cherryblossom

   Magic Fountain Sky Blue

   Magic Fountain White

   Pacific Giants Black Knight (Dark Blue)

   Pagan Purples

   Royal Aspirations (Dark Blue)

   Sunny Skies (Light Blue)

DIANTHUS (Carnation) Full Sun, WD

   Grenadin Golden Sun 

   Grenadin King of Blacks

   Grenadin Red

   Grenadin Triumph Rose

DIANTHUS (Pinks) Full Sun, WD

   Arctic Fire (White/Fuchsia)

   b. Double Dwarf (Mix)

   b. Tall Single (Mix)

   Bath's Pink

   Cranberry Ice (Red/Pink)

   d. Flashing Lights (Ruby Red)

   d. Zing Rose

   d. Zing Salmon

   Danielle Marie (Deep Salmon)

   Dottie (White/Maroon)

   Fire Star (Red)

   Firewitch (Magenta) - 2006 PPY

   Frosty Fire (Rose Red)

   g. Bewitched (Pink)

   g. Spotti (Rose Red/White Spots)

   g. Tiny Rubies (Rose)

   Heart Attack (Deep Red)

   Neon Star (Hot Pink)

   p. Desmond (Carmine Red)

   p. Robespierre (Pink/Red)
   Raspberry Surprise (Pink/Red)

   Sarah (Pink/Ruby)

   Strawberry Sorbet (Red/Pink)

DICENTRA (Bleeding Heart) Part Shade, M-WD

   Candy Hearts (Pink)

    cucullaria (Dutchman’s Breeches) (White)

   King of Hearts (Red)

   Luxuriant (Red)

   spectabilis (Pink)

   spectabilis alba (White)

   spectabilis Gold Heart (Pink)

DIGITALIS (Foxglove) Full Sun-Part Shade-Shade, M-W-D

   ambigua (Yellow)   Perennial

   Camelot Lavender   Biennial

   mertonensis (Rose)   Perennial
   obscura (Red Orange)

    purpurea Alba (White)   Biennial

   p. Apricot    Biennial

   p. Foxy Mix     Biennial

   p. Pam’s Choice (White/Purple) Biennial

   Snow Thimble (White) Biennial

   Spice Island (Peachy Yellow) Biennial

DISPOROPSIS Part Shade-Shade, M-WD

   pernyi   (Evergreen Solomon’s Seal)

DODECATHEON (Shooting Stars) Part Shade-Shade

   meadia (Pink) M-WD-N-W 

DRACOCEPHALUM (Dragonhead) Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   Fuji Blue

ECHINACEA (Coneflower) Full Sun-Part Shade, WD-D-P

   After Midnight (Deep Magenta)
   All That Jazz (Rose)

   Baby White Swan

   Bright Star (Pink)

   Doubledecker (Doppelganger) (Rose Pink)
   Fatal Attraction (Pink)

   Green Envy 

   Harvest Moon (Gold)

   Hope (Soft Pink)

   Kim’s Knee High (Pink)

   Magnus (Rose Pink) - 1998 PPY

   pallida (Pink)

   paradoxa (Yellow)

   Pink Double Delight (Double Pink)
   Pixie Meadowbrite (Pink)
   Prairie Splendor (Light Pink)

   Ruby Star (Carmine Red)

   Summer Sky (Rose/Peach)

   Sundown (Russet Orange)

   Sunrise (Citron Yellow)

   Sunset (Orange)

   tennesseensis (Deep Pink)  N-W
   Tiki Torch (Orange)
   Twilight (Rosy Red)
   Virgin (White)
   White Swan

EPIMEDIUM (Barrenwort)