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you! These are listed in alphabetical order by the most common name I know, I figured this may
be easier for everyone.
Elegant, late summer flowering, producing gorgeous, well shaped blooms in
rose to pink shades for many weeks and providing the perfect end to the summer. Happy in sun or light shade. Flowers late
summer/autumn, 2 - 4 feet in height. Zone 5 -9.
Astilbe 'Bridal Veil'
Lacy white panicles that droop at the ends. Deep green foliage. Full sun to shade, height to 28 inches. Makes a good
cut flower. Good as a border, in mass grouping or in mixed border.
Astilbe 'Peach Blossom'
The color of this photo is not good. The flowers are a peach color with a hint of pink. Good for mixed beds.
The flowers form full plumes with glossy foliage. Prefers full sun to full shade. Height to 30 inches. Can be used as a cut
flower. Deer resistant. Zone 4 - 9.
Aster - Alpinus Mix
Compact plant 18 to 24 inches. Plant has many single flowered
stems and blooms from spring to early summer in full sun. Mixed colors, pinks, whites and purple. Hardy to zone 3.
Aster, Purple Dome
This aster grows only 18 inches tall, purple flowers cover the entire plant starting in mid SSeptember and lasts
a month. Likes full sun and average soil. Does not like dry soil. A must have for fall color in the garden. Zone 3 - 8.
Baptisia, False Indigo - Baptisia
Shrub like perennial, grows to 3 feet with blue sweet pea like flowers, without the scent. Produces
seed pods that may be dried and used for arrangements. Blooms in spring, in average soil, full sun preferred.
Bee Balm, Spotted - Monarda punctata
Different than normal bee balm. Top leaves turn pink and white, and small brown spotted yellow flowers appear.
Bee's and butterflies love this plant. Prefers full sun. Use as a specimen plant or with others. Height 24 inches.
Bergenia cordifolia
Full sun to part shade. Bergenia tolerates any type of soil but prefers moist conditions. Evergreen
plant that grows to 12 inches. Best used as a border or in front of the bed. Works great as a groundcover.
Bergenia, Redstart - Bergenia
Usually growing to a foot tall, this thick leaved plant
has red flowers that are produced on a stalk in spring. They love full sun to part shade in average to fertile soil. Makes
a great ground cover. Divide every three or four years.
Star shaped yellow flowers on a plant with sword shaped leaves. Tan seed heads burst open in the fall showing
black seed. These seed heads can be cut and used in dried flower arrangements. Prefers full sun, average soil, gets 18 to
24 inches high.
Blanket Flower - Gaillardia
Deadheading will prolong flowering from June till first frost. Blanket flower likes hot, sunny areas. Needs
good drainage and is drought tolerant. Soggy soil will cause root rot in winter. Two tone flowers or ones of a single color.
Self seeds. Native plant.
Fringed bleeding heart - Pure white heart shaped flowers held above grey/green fern like foliage from late spring into
fall if enough moisture is available. May go dormant if moisture is not sufficient. Part shade to shade, 15 to 18 inches tall.
Hardy zone 3 - 9.
Bleeding Heart, Fringed - Dicenta 'Luxuriant'
Cherry red heart shaped flowers held above green fern like foliage from late spring into fall if enough
moisture is available. May go dormant if moisture is not sufficient. Full sun, part shade to shade, 15 to 18 inches tall.
Hardy zone 3 - 9.
Bleeding Heart - Dicentra spectabilis
Heart shaped flowers with rose pink petals and white tips, blooming in spring. Large clumps of green leaves.
May go dormant if it gets to warm or the conditions are dry. Part shade to shade. Height 30 to 36 inches. Zone 3 - 9
Bleeding Heart - Dicentra spectabilis 'Alba'
Heart shaped flowers white in color, blooming in spring. Large clumps of green leaves. May
go dormant if it gets to warm or the conditions are dry. Part shade to shade. Height 30 to 36 inches. Zone 3 - 9
Blue Fescue Grass - Fescue
A small grass to 12 inches when in bloom. Grown for its fine bluish
blades. It is clump forming, makes a nice accent next to other flowering plants. Easy to grow, full sun to part shade, average
soil.
Buphthalmum, Sunwheel - Yellow Oxeye Daisy
This hardy perennial will grow to 2 feet tall and 3 feet wide. Likes full sun. Flowers resemble a yellow
Oxeye daisy. Will reseed in fertile soil. Great in mixed beds. Flowers most of the summer.
Butterfly Bush, Black Knight - Buddleia
Darkest of the buddleias. This plant quickly grows to 6 to 8
feet. Prefers full sun in fertile soil. Loved by butterflies and hummingbirds. Best in the back of the border. May be trimmed
close to the ground in spring, will grow back quickly. This plant has dark purple flowers. Zone 5 - 10
Butterfly Bush, Pink Delight - Buddleia
This plant quickly grows to 6 to 8 feet. Prefers full sun in fertile soil. Loved by butterflies and hummingbirds.
Best in the back of the border. May be trimmed close to the ground in spring, will grow back quickly. This plant has stunning
pink flowers. Zone 5 - 10
Butterfly Bush, Royal Red - Buddleia
This plant quickly grows to 6 to 8 feet. Prefers full sun in fertile soil. Loved by butterflies and hummingbirds.
Best in the back of the border. May be trimmed close to the ground in spring, will grow back quickly. This plant has purple/reddish flowers.
Zone 5 - 10
Butterfly Bush, Yellow Honeycomb - Buddleia
Honeycomb is considered to be the finest yellow Buddleia. This is a fragrant buddleia. It's yellow
blooms deepen toward the center to create an illusion of greater depth, hence the name honeycomb. Its strong fragrance attracts
more butterflies than other species. Flowers summer thru fall. Hardy zones 5 -10.
Butterfly Weed- Asclepias
An extremely hardy, long-lived perennial native to North America. The magnificent bright orange flowers are concentrated
in compact clusters at the top of branching stems. The flowers produce a large quantity of nectar which attracts butterflies
throughout the growing season. Butterfly Weed may take up to two years to become established from seed. Likes full sun
in average soil. height 12 to 18 inches. Slow to reappear in spring, so mark the plant so you do not dig it up.
Campanula glomerata alba
Grows 1 to 2 feet. Likes full sun to part shade. Produces white clustered flowers from late spring to early
summer. Good for mixed beds. Zones 3 - 8.
Campanula glomerta violet
Blooms in late spring early summer with violet blooms in clusters. Height 18 inches, full sun to part shade. Will
reseed, more so in the shade. Zone 4 - 8.
Carolina Lupine - Thermopsis caroliniana
Native plant from North Carolina. Growing to 5 feet and bear
spikes of yellow, pealike flowers in late June and July, followed by small pods resembling small string beans that are covered
with short hairs. Plants
grow in almost any good, well-drained soil in full sun. Without full sun, the stems will lean to the light and then flop over.
In rich soil, plants will be very tall and need staking. New plants take a few years to form sizable clumps. If given adequate
moisture just before flowering begins, plants are very drought-resistant.
Caryopteris 'Longwood Blue'
This shrub grows 2 feet tall, silvery leaves and blue flowers produced in summer and lasts into fall. This
one is named after Longwood Gardens. Butterflies love this flower and it also makes a great cut flower. Full sun to part shade,
average to fertile garden soil. Zone 5 - 9.
Cat mint, Walkers Low - Nepeta
NEPETA Walker's Low 30" tall spreading to 3' wide. Perennial Plant Association Plant of the Year
2007. Lovely blue violet flowers accent aromatic grey green foliage. Long season of bloom and carefree habit won it a place
in the Perennial Plant "Hall of Fame". Covered with blossoms in summer. Spent flowers should be cut
back to promote new bloom. Likes sun and dry conditions. One of the best plants to edge or underplant a rose bed.
Cut back to the ground in early spring. Cats treat it like catnip. Deer resistant.
Chives - Allium schoenoprasum L.
Member of the onion family.The leaves grow from 8 to 12 inches. Full sun to part shade, average to fertile
soil. Produces a purple ball shaped flower in late spring early summer. Used as an herb. Will self seed if not dead headed.
Chives, Garlic - Allium tuberosum
The leaves are shaped like grass or baby leaks. They grow to 24 inches. Produce a white ball shaped flower
in late summer. The leaves are used for cooking, and have a garlic like flavor. Full sun is preferred, in any garden soil.
Will self seed. Zone 3 - 9.
Columbine, Barlow Nora - Aquilegia
This plant grows up to 30 inches tall, with double pink flowers from late spring till early summer. Likes
full sun to part shade, fertile to average garden soil. Can tolerate dry areas. Zone 1 - 10.
Coneflower, Purple - Echinacea
Purple Coneflower
Tall daisy like purple flower, from summer to fall. Dead heading helps to prolong bloom season. Leave
a few cones at the end of fall to reseed and for the birds. Height 18 - 30 inches. Plants will grow taller with more
fertile soil and may need staking. Prefer full sun but fine in part shade, average soil. This is the plant that is used in
a lot of herbal cold remedies.
Coneflower 'White Swan' - Echinacea
White daisy like flower, blooms in summer to late fall. Dead head for longer bloom time. Birds love the seed,
so leave a few seed heads in the garden in fall to feed the birds, dropped seed will usually grow, multiplies easily. Full
sun, part shade, average garden soil. May become tall and need staking in fertile soils. Size is 18 - 30 inches usually.
Coral Bells - Heuchera Bressingham Hybrids
Medium 18- 24" - Plant 10" to 16" apart. Zone 3-8 A range of pastel colors in shades of red to pink to
white. Evergreen foliage and graceful displays of flowers over a long period. loved by hummingbirds. Prefers part shade. Good
as a border plant orin front of a mixed flower bed.
Coreopsis rosea 'American'
This sun loving perennial will flower all summer long if kept
deadheaded. Height is 18". Pink daisy like flowers on fern like foliage. Easy to grow in the front of a border or in
a mixed border. Zone 4 - 9.
Coreopsis verticillata "Moonbeam"
Hardy perennial, full sun, part shade. Deadhead for longer flowering. Flowers in summer. Use in mix borders.
Crocosmia 'Lucifer'
Cousins to the gladiola, these hardy plants produce clumps of green sword-shaped leaves, arching
spikes of red funnel-shaped blossoms appearing in mid to late summer. Outstanding as a cut flower. Clumps should be divided
every three years, in spring. Can be dug up each year but will survive if heavily mulched. Full sun, avearge soil.
Height 36" when in flower.
Crocosmia Walburton Yellow 'Walcroy'
Cousins to the gladiola, these hardy plants produce clumps of green sword-shaped leaves, arching
spikes of yellow funnel-shaped blossoms appearing in mid to late summer. Outstanding as a cut flower. Clumps should be divided
every three years, in spring. Can be dug up each year but will survive if heavily mulched. Full sun, avearge soil.
Height 36" when in flower.
Daisies, Shasta
Daisies love full sun, but will tolerate light shade. Love fertile soil. Dead head after flowering to get more blooms.
Easy flower that lasts a long time.
Daylily "Chloe" - Hemerocallis
Bicolor spider-type daylily, with magenta/purple petals and creamy yellow sepals. Lots of blooms and makes a great display.
Blooms mid season, full sun, 36 inches tall.
Daylily "Dominic" - Hemerocallis
Reddish black blooms, vigourous grower. Prefers full sun. Grows 30 inches tall, blooms early to mid summer. Rebloomer.
Daylily "Miss Amelia" - Hemerocallis
Pale yellow flowers that appear white from a distance. Repeat bloomer producing multiple blooms. Fragrant, grows 30 inches
tall, full sun. Flowers early.
Daylily "Pardon Me" - Hemerocallis
Deep burgundy red flowers, start mid to late season and continue till
frost. Repeat bloomer, full sun, grows to only 18 inches.
Delphinium 'Dwarf Butterfly Blue'
Shorter version to its cousin, this 14 inch perennial is covered with blue flowers in summr with deeply lobed
cut foliage. Liked by butterflies. Full sun, fertile soil. May reseed. Zone 3 - 7.
Delphinium, Magic Fountain Cherry Blossom
This mini pink Delphinium never needs support! The bloomstalks are about a foot long atop 24- to 28-inch
plants, with flowers crowded all long the spike for a very bushy, colorful effect. Good choice for the front of the border
or for smaller gardens. Magic Fountain blooms in early to midsummer. Blooms early to mid summer. Cut back after flwering to
get this plant to rebloom. Zones 3 - 7.
Dianthus, Zing Rose
Zing has evergreen foliage, red blooms that begin in late spring and don't quit till
frost, and a super-floriferous nature! It keeps blooming through the worst summer heat, humidity, and drought!
These
vigorous plants grow just 6 inches tall but spread freely, the grass-like foliage is almost hidden by the blooms. The flowers
keep their brilliant rosy-red color all season, and return for many years to come. Perfect for the border, edging, and containers
of all types. Maiden Pinks grow readily in full sun and well-drained, sandy soil. Zone 3 - 9.
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