Flower
Gardening - Perennials
Other Hardy Perennials
Worth
Growing in Mississippi Gardens
Note: These are all easily
grown. However, many are difficult to locate commercially except through
mail order. All are readily found in good perennial reference books
for more information. Latin names followed by sp. indicate many different
species are available.
- Asparagus Asparagus
officinalis
- Beard-tongue Penstemon
sp.
- Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrinchium
angustifolium
- Boltonia B.
asteroides
- Bugleweed Ajuga
reptans
- Butterfly Weed Asclepias
tuberosa
- Candytuft Iberis
sempervirens
- Cast-iron Plant Aspidistra
elatior
- Comfrey Symphytum
officinale
- Coralbells Heuchera
sanguinea
- Dianthus 'Telstar' and
'Spring Beauty' Dianthus
sp.
- Dwarf Goldenrod Solidago
x hybrida
- Gerbera Daisy Gerbera
jamesonii
- Hardy Begonia Begonia
grandis
- Heliopsis
("cut-and-come-again") Heliopsis
scabra
- Helleborus (Lenten rose) Helleborus
orientalis
- Hidden Ginger (hidden
lily) Curcuma
petiolata
- Indian Pinks Spigelia
marilandica
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- Ironweed Veronia
altissima and V. angustifolia
- Joe-Pye Weed Eupatorium
purpureum
- Lily (turk's cap, Madonna,
tiger, etc.) Lilium
sp.
- Mexican or Mint Marigold Tagetes
lucida
- Mints Mentha
sp.
- Pachysandra Pachysandra
terminalis
- Peony ('Festiva Maxima'
and other early bloomers only) Paeonia
lactiflora
- Peruvian Lily (parrot
lily) Alstroemeria
pulchella
- Purple Heart Setcreasea
purpurpea
- Spiderwort Tradescantia
virginiana
- Trillium Trillium
cuneatum
- Umbrella Sedge Cyperus
alternifolius
- Veronica 'Sunny Border
Blue', 'Blue Charm', and 'Goodness Grows' Veronica
spicata
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