Flower Gardening - Perennials
Quick-Reference
List for Perennial Uses
- Shade
or Part-Shade
- Ajuga
- Alstroemeria
(Peruvian lily)
- Aspidistra
- Canna
(may not bloom, but foliage good for texture)
- Ferns
- Ginger
Lily (Hedychium)
- Heuchera
(Coral bells)
- HostaIris
(Dwarf crested, and the old timey "sweet flags")
- Liriope
- Lobelia
(Cardinal flower)
- Ophiopogon
(mondograss)
- Pachysandra
(except on Gulf Coast)
- Phlox
divaricata (wild blue phlox)
- Setcreasia
(purple heart)
- Spigelia
(Indian Pink)
- Viola
(Violets)
- Tolerant
of Wet Soils
- Amsonia
(blue star)
- Apsidistra
- Canna
- Cyperus
(umbrella sedge)
- Ironweed
- Joe-Pye
Weed
- Louisiana
Iris
- Lobelia
(cardinal flower)
- Lythrum
- Miscanthus
(ornamental grass)
- Stokesia
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- Bloom
in Late Summer or Fall
- Asters
- Boltonia
- Canna
- Daylily
- Dwarf
Goldenrod
- Four-o'clocks
- Ironweed
- Lantana
- Physotegia
(obedience)
- Purple
Coneflower
- Mexican
Mint Marigold
- Ornamental
grasses
- Rudbeckia
'Goldsturm'
- Salvias
- Saponaria
- Verbena
- Attractive
to Butterflies
- Canna
- Coreopsis
- Goldenrod
- Ironweed
- Joe-Pye
weed
- Lantana
(the best)
- Liatris
- Lythrum
- Monarda
- Phlox
- Purple
Coneflower
- Rudbeckia
- Salvias
- Sedums
- Stokesia
- Verbena
- Yarrow
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Planting a few perennials
and annuals around a hard feature such as a bench, urn, or birdbath
gives an interesting all-season scene. Mixing groups of contrasting
shapes or textures and planning for a long season of color can make
the most dramatic effect.
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