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HARDY PERENNIALS  - Page 3 (L-Z)

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.

LAMIUM (Dead Nettle) Part Shade-Shade, M-WD

   Anne Greenaway (Purple - Variegated)

   Beedham's White (White – Gold)

   Chequers (Rose)

   Pink Pewter

   Purple Dragon

   White Nancy

LAVATERA (Mallow) Full Sun-Part Shade, WD-D

   Sweet Sixteen (Pink)

LEUCANTHEMUM (Shasta Daisy) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   s. Becky (White)   2003 PPY

   s. Crazy Daisy (White fringed)

   s. Highland White Dream (White)

   s. Phyllis Smith (Whie Double)

   s. Silver Princess (White)

   s. Snow Cap (White)

   s. Sunshine (Light Yellow)

   s. Sunnyside Up (White)

   s. White Knight (White)

LIATRIS (Gayfeather) Full Sun-Part Shade, WD-P-N

   Floristan White

   Kobold (Purple)

LIGULARIA (Ragwort)  Part Shade-Shade, M-B

   Britt Marie Crawford (Yellow - Black)

   Little Rocket (Yellow)

   Othello (Yellow)

   The Rocket (Yellow)

LILIUM (Lily) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD-N-W

   Black Beauty (Deep Crimson)

   Black Out (Dark Red)

   Casa Blanca (White

   Dizzy (White/Rose)

   Garden Party (White/Yellow)

   Gironde (Yellow)

   Little John (Pink)

   Lolly Pop (Red/White)

   Mona Lisa (Pink)

   Monte Negro (Red)

   Mount Bachelor (Orange)

   Mount Duckling (Dark Pink)

   Mystery Queen (White)

   New Wave (White)

   Pixie Crimson

   Royal River (Lilac)

   Sphinx (Deep Red)

   Stargazer (Red)

LINARIA (Toadflax) Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   p. Canon J. Went (Pink)

LINUM (Flax) Full Sun, WD

   Diamant (White)

   n. Heavenly Blue

   Saphyr (Blue)

LIRIOPE (Lily Turf) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD-E

   Big Blue

   Silvery Sunproof (Variegated)

LOBELIA   Part Shade, M-VM

   cardinalis (Red)

   cardinalis Queen Victoria (Red)

   syphilitica (Blue)

LUPINUS (Lupine) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   Popsicles Mix (Dwarf)

   Russell Mix

   The Governor (Blue)

LYCHNIS (Campion) Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   chalcedonica (Red)

   coronaria (Deep Magenta Red)

   c. Angel Blush (Light Pink)

   Orange Dwarf

LYSIMACHIA (Loosestrife) Full Sun-Part Shade, M

   punctata Alexander (Yellow - White Var.)

LYTHRUM (Purple Loosestrife) Full Sun-Part Shade, M   Non-Invasive

   Dropmore Purple

   Morden's Pink

MACLEAYA (Plume Poppy) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   cordata (Coral Pink)

MALVA (Mallow) Full Sun-Part Shade, WD-D

   s. Braveheart (Rose/Purple Eye)

MEEHANIA Part Shade-Shade, N

   cordata (Blue)

MERTENSIA (Virginia Bluebells)   Part Shade-Shade, M-WD-N-W

   virginica (Blue)

MONARDA (Bee Balm) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   Blaustrumph (Blue/Purple)

   Claire Grace (Lavender)

   Colrain Red

   Coral Reef (Coral Pink)

   Fireball (Deep Red)

   Grand Marshall (Fuchsia)

   Grand Parade (Lavender)

   Jacob Kline (Red)

   Marshall's Delight (Pink)

   Ohio Glow (Cerise)

   Petite Delight (Dwarf Rose)

   Petite Wonder (Light Pink)

   Raspberry Wine

MUSA (Hardy Banana – Really) Part Shade-Shade, M-WD-T

   basjoo (Hardy to at least 0º)

MYOSOTIS (Forget-Me-Not) Part Shade-Shade, M-WD  

   Victoria Blue

   Victoria Rose

NEPETA (Catmint) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   Little Titch (Blue – Gray Foliage)

   s. Souvenir d'Andre Chaudron (Blue)

   Six Hills Giant (Blue)

   Walker’s Low (Dwarf Blue)

OENOTHERA (Evening Primrose) Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   Cold Crick (Yellow)

   fruticosa youngii (Yellow)

    lamarckiana (glazioviana) (Yellow) W-N

   Lemon Sunset (Soft Yellow)

   missouriensis (Yellow) N

   Siskyou (Pink)

   Summer Solstice (Yellow)

OPUNTIA (Prickly Pear) Full Sun-Part Shade, WD-D-E

   humifusa (Yellow)

   humifusa Spineless (Yellow)

ORIGANUM (Oregano) Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   Herrenhausen (Lavender)

   Hopley's Purple

OXALIS (Wood Sorrel) Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   crassipes Alba (White)

   c. Rosea (Pink)

PACHYSANDRA (Allegheny Spurge) Part Shade-Shade M-WD-W-N

   procumbens

PAEONIA (Peony) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   Ann Cousins (Double White)

   Barrington Belle (Double Purple)

   Bowl of Beauty (Pink/Cream)

   Buckeye Belle (Dark Maroon)

   Honey Gold (Double White/Gold)

   Inspector Lavergne (Double Red)

   Jacorma (Double Pink)

   Kansas (Double Red)

   Karl Rosenfeld (Double Red)

   Pillow Talk (Double Pink)

   Primavere (White/Yellow)

   Sarah Bernhardt (Double Pink)

   suffruticosa Hanakisoi (Pink Tree Peony)

   s. Hoki (Red Tree Peony)

   s. Kamatanishiki (Lav. Tree Peony)

   s. Kinkaku (Yellow Tree Peony)

   s. Satiohime (White Tree Peony)

PAPAVER (Poppy) Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   alpinum Hybrids (Mix)

   Beauty of Livermore  (Dark Red)

   Brilliant (Red)

   Burning Heart (Pink/Red)

   Eye Catcher (Orange Red)

   Flamenco Dancer (True Red)

   Flamingo (Pink)

   Little Candy Floss (Soft Pink/Black)

   Manhattan (Fuchsia)

   Patty’s Plum (Light Purple)

   Pink Ruffles

   Pizzacato (Mix)

   Prince of Orange

   Royal Wedding (White)

   Turkenlouis (Frilled Red)

   Victoria Louise (Salmon

PARDANCANDA (Candylily) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   norrisii (Mix)

PENSTEMON (Beardtongue) Full Sun, WD

   Dark Towers (Lt. Pink – Dark Foliage)

   Husker Red (White-Red Foliage) 1996 PPY

   Mesa (Lavender Blue)

   Pike’s Peak (Purple)

   Prairie Dusk (Purple)

   Prairie Petticoat (Deep Purple/White)

   pseudospectabilis (Pink)  N

   Red Rocks (Rose)

   Ruby Candle (Red)

   Sunburst Amethyst (Purple)

PEROVSKIA (Russian Sage) Full Sun, WD

   atriplicifolia (Blue) 1995 PPY

   Filigran (Blue)

   Little Spire (Blue)

PERSICARIA (Fleeceflower) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   amplexicaulis Dimity (Pink)

   a. Golden Arrow (Rose Red)

   filiformis Painter's Palette Part Shade-Shade, M

   polymorpha (White)

PHLOX Full Sun-Part Shade-Shade, M-WD

   Betty Blake (Lavender Blue)

   divaricata (Blue) N

   d. Eco Texas Purple

   d. Fuller's White

   d. Manita (White/Purple Eye)

   d. Montrose Tricolor (Lavender Blue-Var.)

   g. Morris Berd (Rose Pink)

   p. Becky Towe (Salmon/Carmine-Var.)

   p. Blue Boy

   p. David (White)      2002 PPY

   p. David's Lavender

   p. Junior Bouquet (Pink)

   p. Junior Dance (Salmon)

   p. Junior Dream (Purple)

   p. Junior Fountain (White)

   p. Laura (Fuchsia Purple)

   p. Nicky (Purple)

   p. Pixie Miracle Grace (Purple/White)

   p. Pixie Twinkle (Pink/Dark Pink)

   p. Red Magic

   Ping Pong (Pink)

   stolonifera Blue Ridge Full Sun, M-WD - 1990 PPY

   s. Bruce's White

   s. Home Fires (Pink Ridge)

   s. Sherwood Purple

   subulata Candy Stripe (White/Pink)

   s. Emerald Blue

   s. Millstrean Daphne (Pink)

   s. Sacrlet Flame (Rose Red)

   s. Snowflake (White)

PHYGELIUS (Cape Fuchsia) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   African Queen (Scarlet)

PHYSOSTEGIA (Obedient Plant) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   virginica Miss Manners (White)

   v. Vivid (Pink)

PINELLIA (Green Dragon)  Part Shade-Shade, M-WD

   Dragon Tails (Lt. Green – Variegated)

PLATYCODON (Balloon Flower) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   Fuji Blue

   Fuji Pink

   g. Hakone Blue (Double Blue)

   g. Hakone White

   Sentimental Blue

PODOPHYLUM (May Apple)  Part Shade-Shade, M-WD-W-N

   peltatum (White)

POLEMONIUM (Jacob’s Ladder)  Full Sun, M-WD

   caeruleum (Blue)

   b. Heavenly Habit (Blue)

   Purple Rain (Blue – Dark Foliage)

   r. Blue Pearl (Blue)

   Snow and Sapphires (Blue)

   Touch of Class (Lt. Blue – var. Foliage)

 

POLYGONATUM (Solomon’s Seal) Shade, M-W

   multiflorum Variegatum (White

PRIMULA (Primrose) Part Shade-Shade, B

   japonica (Pink)

   sieboldii Pink Snowflakes

PULMONARIA (Lungwort) Part Shade-Shade, M-WD

   Cotton Cool (Blue – All Silver)

   Diane Claire (Violet Blue – Silver)

   E. B. Anderson (Blue)

   Raspberry Splash (Pink)

   Roy Davidson (Blue)

   Samurai (Blue)

PULSATILLA (Pasque Flower) Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   v. Papageno Mix

PYCNANTHEMUM (Mountain Mint) Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   virginicum (Pale Lavender)  N

RATIBIDA (Mexican Hat) Full Sun, WD-P

   columnifera Red

   pinnata  (Yellow) N-P

RHEUM (Rhubarb) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   Canada Red

   Valentine

RODGERSIA (Rodger’s Flower) Part Shade, M

    Firework (Deep Pink)

RUDBECKIA (Black Eyed Susan) Full Sun-Part Shade M-WD-P

   Early Bird Gold

   fulgida var. fulgida (Yellow)

   Goldquelle (Yellow)

   Goldsturm (Yellow)    1999 PPY

   Henry Eilers (Yellow)

   Herbstsonne (Yellow)

   Little Suzy Dwarf Yellow)

   maxima (Tall Yellow)

RUMEX (Bloody Dock) Full Sun, M-WD

   sanguineus ssp. sanguineus (Red Purple)

SALVIA (Meadow Sage) Full Sun, M-WD

   argentea (White)

   Blue Hill

    Caradonna (Purple Blue)

   East Friesland (Blue)

   Eveline (Rose)

   Marcus (Dwarf Blue)

   May Night (Blue)   - 1997 PPY

   Pink Friesland (Rose Pink)

   pitcheri (azurea) (Late Blue)

   Rose Sensation

   Snow Hill (White)

   Viola Klose (Violet Blue)

SANGUINARIA (Bloodroot) Part Shade-Shade, M-WD-W-N

   canadensis (White)

SAPONARIA (Soapwort) Full Sun, WD

   o. Rosa Plena (Rose)

   o. Snow Tips (White)

   rubra Compacta (Rose)

SEDUM (Stonecrop)  Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   Abbeydore (Rosy Pink)

   alboroseum Mediovariegatum (Light Pink)

   album Murale (Light Pink)

   Angelina  (Yellow – Gold Foliage)

   Autumn Joy (Deep Rose)

   Black Jack (Pink – Dark Foliage)

   Bronze Carpet (Rose)

   Diamond Edge (Rosy Pink)

   Dragon’s Blood (Rosy Red)

   Elizabeth (Crimson)

   Hot Stuff (Pink)

   kamtschaticum (Orange Yellow)

   kamtschaticum variegated (Orange Yellow)

   Neon (Magenta)

   platycladus (Pale Yellow)

   Postman’s Pride (Rose – Dark Foliage)

   Purple Emperor (Light Pink – Dark Foliage)

   reflexum (Yellow)

   Rosy Glow

   Samuel Oliphant (Lt. Pink – Var. Fol.)

   spurium Tricolor (Rose)

   Vera Jameson (Rose)

   Xenox (Pink – Dark Foliage)

SEMPERVIVUM (Hens And Chicks) Full Sun, WD-E  

   Candy Floss

   Crimson Velvet

   Edge of Night

   Georgette

   Glowing Embers

   Grammens

   Grenada

   Grey Dawn

   Limelight

   Maria Laach

   Mila

   More Honey

   Pacific Green Rose

   Pacific Hazy Embers

   pyrenianum

   Red Beauty

   Rosie

   Rotkopf

   Rotmantel

   Rubikon

   Sassy Frass

   Silver Cup

   Silver Thaw

   tectorum

   tomentosum

   Virgil

   Webby Flame

SIDALCEA (Miniature Hollyhock) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-WD

   Little Princess (Light Pink)

   Party Girl (Carmine Rose)

SILENE (Campion) Full Sun, WD-P-N

   caroliniana Bubblegum (Pink)

   dioica Clifford Moor (Pink – Variegated)

   regia (Royal Catchfly) (Scarlet Red)

   virginica (Fire Pink) (Red) 

SISYRINCHIUM (Blue Eyed Grass)  Full Sun, M-WD

   Devon Skies (Light Bue)

   Lucerne (Blue)

SMILACENA (False Solomon’s Seal) Part Shade-Shade

   racemosa (White) M-W-N

SOLIDAGO (Goldenrod) Full Sun-Part Shade, WD-P-N

   Crown of Rays (Yellow)

   Fireworks (Yellow)

   Golden Fleece (Yellow)

   Little Lemon (Light Yellow)

SPIGELIA (Indian Pink) Part Shade, M, W-N, T

   marilandica (Red/Green)

SPIRANTHES (Lady’s Tresses) Part Shade, M-N

   odorata (White)

STACHYS (Betony, Lamb’s Ear) Full Sun, WD

   l. Helene von Stein (Purple)

   l. Silver Carpet (Purple)

   minima (Dwarf Pink)

   monieri Hummelo (Lavender Rose)

   officinalis (Purple)

STOKESIA (Stoke’s Aster)  Full Sun, WD

   Honeysong Purple

   Klaus Jelitto (Blue)

   Mary Gregory (Yellow)

   Omega Skyrocket (Blue)

   Peachie’s Pick (Blue)

   Purple Parasols

   Purple Pixie

STYLOPHORUM (Wood Poppy) Shade, M-W-N

   diphyllum (Yellow)

TANACETUM (Tansy) Full Sun-Part Shade, WD

   v. Isla Gold (Golden Foliage)

   v. Fern Leaf (Yellow)

THALICTRUM (Meadow Rue) Part Shade, M

   Black Stockings (Lavender)

   Hewitt's Double (Lilac)

   kiusianum (Pink)

   rochebrunianum Lavender Mist  

TIARELLA (Mist Flower)   Part Shade-Shade, M-W

   Oakleaf (White)

   Pink Skyrocket

   Running Tapestry (White)

   Spring Symphony (Pale Pink)

TRADESCANTIA (Spiderwort) Full Sun-Part Shade, M-B

   Blue Denim

   Perinne’s Pink

   Purple Profusion

   Sweet Kate (Blue – Gold Foliage)

TRICYRTIS (Toad Lily) Part Shade-Shade