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Here you will find lists of perennial plants
that cover just about every range of garden conditions.
Just click on the subject to go to the list:

  • "Easy" Perennials

    • Perennials for Special Situations:
  • Poor Soil

  • Wet Soil

  • Dry Soil

  • Shade Tolerant

  • Alkaline Soil

  • Long-Lived

  • Attractive Foliage

  • Fragrant

  • Attract Hummingbirds

  • Attract Butterflies


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    "Easy" Perennials"

    Acanthus (Bear's Breech) Kniphofia (Torch Lily/Red Hot Poker)
    Achillea Liatris (Gayfeather)
    Alchemilla (Lady's Mantle) Liriope (Lily Turf)
    Armeria (Thrift) Lychnis coronaria (Campion-biennial)
    Baptisia australis (False Indigo) Malva (Mallow)
    Bergenia Monarda (Bee Balm...watch for mildew)
    Boltonia asteroides 'Snowbank' Nepeta mussinii or faasenii (Catmint)
    Brunnera (Siberian Bugloss) Peony (once established)
    Campanula persicifolia (Peachleaf Bellflower) Platycodon (Balloon Flower)
    Centaurea montana (Mountain Bluet) Potentilla (Cinquefoil)
    Chrysanthemum parthenium (Feverfew) Pulmonaria saccharata (Lungwort)
    Coreopsis (Tickseed) Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm' (Black-Eyed Susan)
    Digitalis (Foxglove...most biennial) Sedum spectabile (Stonecrop)
    Euphorbia (Spurge) Solidago (Goldenrod)
    Hemerocallis (Daylily) Stachys byzantina (Lamb's Ear...don't overwater)
    Hosta (watch for slugs) Thermopsis (False Lupine)
    Iris sibirica (Siberian Iris) Tradescantia (Spiderwort)
    Verbascum (Mullein)
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    Poor Soil

    Achillea (Yarrow)
    Cerastium
    Ceratostigma
    Echinops (Globe Thistle)
    Eupatorium (Hardy Ageratum)
    Geranium (Cranesbill)
    Gypsophilia (Baby's Breath)
    Hemerocallis (Daylily)
    Hibiscus
    Iberis (Candytuft)
    Mertensia (Virginia Bluebells)
    Nepeta cataria (Catnip)
    Oenothera (Evening Primrose)
    Phlox subulata (Moss Phlox)
    Sedum (Stonecrop)
    Thyme
    Verbascum
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    Wet Soil

    Aruncus (Goatsbeard)
    Astilbe
    Caltha palustris (Marsh Marigold)
    Chelone (Turtlehead)
    Eupatorium fistulosum
    Eupatorium purpureum
    Filipendula
    Helenium autumnale
    Hibiscus
    Iris kaempferi (Japanese)
    Iris pseudacorus (Yellow Flag)
    Ligularia
    Lobelia cardinalis
    Lysimachia clethroides
    Lysimachia punctata
    Lythrum salicaria
    Primula (Primrose)
    Rodgersia
    Sanguisorba (Burnet)
    Tradescantia (Spiderwort)
    Trollius
    Zantedeschia (Calla)
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    Dry Soil

    Achillea (Yarrow)
    Amsonia (blue Star)
    Anthemis (Golden Marguerite)
    Armeria (Sea Pink)
    Artemisia (Wormwood)
    Asclepias (Butterfly Weed)
    Aurinia (Basket of Gold)
    Baptisia (False Indigo)
    Belamcanda (Blackberry Lily)
    Chrysanth. parthenium (Feverfew)
    Coreopsis
    Dianthus
    Echinops (Globe Thistle)
    Euphorbia (Spurge)
    Gaillardia (Blanket flower)
    Geranium (Cranesbill)
    Grasses:
    Andropogon (Bluestem)
    Cortaderia (Pampas Grass)
    Elymus (Blue Lyme Grass)
    Festuca (Blue Fescue)
    Miscanthus (Eulalia Grass)
    Helianthus
    Heliopsis
    Hemerocallis (Daylily)
    Iris 'Pacific Coast Hybrids'
    Kniphofia (Torch Lily/Red Hot Poker)
    Liatris (Gayfeather)
    Limonium (Statice)
    Oriental Poppy
    Rudbeckia (Black-Eyed Susan)
    Salvia (Sage)
    Sedum (Stonecrop)
    Solidago (Goldenrod)
    Stachys (Betony)
    Thermopsis
    Tradescantia (Spiderwort)
    Yucca
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    Shade Tolerant

    Acanthus (Bear's Breech)
    Alchemilla (Lady's Mantle)
    Anemone
    Aquilegia (Columbine)
    Aruncus (Goatsbeard)
    Astilbe (False Spirea)
    Bergenia
    Brunnera (Siberian Bugloss)
    Campanula (some)
    Ceratostigma (Blue Plumbago)
    Chrysogonum (Golden Star)
    Dicentra (Bleeding Heart)
    Digitalis (Foxglove)
    Doronicum (Leopard's Bane)
    Epimedium (Bishop's Hat)
    Euphorbia (Spurge)
    Filipendula (Queen of the Prairie)
    Helleborus (Christmas Rose)
    Hemerocallis (Daylily)
    Heuchera (Coral Bells)
    Hosta (Plantain Lily)
    Iris sibirica (Siberian Iris)
    Ligularia (Groundsel)
    Lysimachia (Loosestrife)
    Mertensia (Virginia Bluebells)
    Monarda (Bee Balm)
    Polygonatum (Solomon's Seal)
    Primula (Primrose)
    Pulmonaria (Lungwort)
    Thalictrum (Meadowrue)
    Tiarella cordifolia (Foamflower)
    Trillium
    Trollium (Globe Flower)
    Vancouveria
    Viola odorata (Sweet Violet)
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    Alkaline Soil

    Bergenia
    Centaurea (Knapweed)
    Centranthus (Jupiter's Beard)
    Clematis
    Delphinium (hybrids)
    Dianthus (Pinks)
    Dictamnus (Gas Plant)
    Echinops (Globe Thistle)
    Eryngium (most) (Sea Holly)
    Geranium (Hardy)
    Gypsophilia (Baby's Breath)
    Iris - Bearded
    Paeonia (Peony)
    Primula (Primrose)
    Scabiosa
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    Long-Lived

    Acanthus mollis (Bear's Breech)
    Agapanthus (Lily of the Nile)
    Alchemilla mollis (Lady's Mantle)
    Alstroemeria (Peruvian Lily)
    Amsonia tabernaemontana (Blue Star)
    Anemone hyrida
    Aruncus diocus (Goat's Beard)
    Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed)
    Baptisia australis (False Indigo)
    Cimicifuga (Bugbane)
    Crambe cordifolia (Colewort)
    Dictamnus albus (Gas Plant)
    Echinops (Globe Thistle)
    Eryngium (Sea Holly)
    Eupatorium (Joe Pye Weed)
    Euphorbia (most) (Spurge)
    Gaura lindheimeri
    Gypsophila paniculata (Baby's Breath)
    Helleborus
    Hibiscus moscheutos
    Hosta
    Kniphofia (Red Hot Poker)
    Lugularia
    Limonium latifolium (Statice)
    Liriope (Lilyturf)
    Lythrum salicaria (Loosestrife)
    Macleaya cordata (Plume Poppy)
    Mertensia (Bluebells)
    Paeonia (Peony)
    Papaver orientale (Oriental Poppy)
    Perovskia
    Platycodon (Balloon Flower)
    Polygonatum (Solomon's Seal)
    Romneya coulteri (Matilija Poppy)
    Tricyrtis (Toad Lily)
    Trillium

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    Attractive Foliage

    Aegopodium (Goutweed)
    Acanthus (Bear's Breech)
    Alchemilla (Lady's Mantle)
    Amsonia (Blue Star)
    Aquilegia (Columbine)
    Armeria (Thrift)
    Artemisia (Wormwood)
    Aruncus (Goatsbeard)
    Aurinia (Basket-of-Gold)
    Astilbe
    Baptisia (False Indigo)
    Bergenia
    Convallaria (Lily of the Valley)
    Cynara cardunculus (Cardoon)
    Dianthus (Pink)
    Euphorbia (Spurge)
    Geranium (some)
    Grasses: All
    Helleborus
    Hemerocallis (some) (Daylily)
    Heuchera (Coral Bells)
    Hosta (Plantain Lily)
    Iris kaempferi (Japanese Iris)
    Iris sibirica (Siberian Iris)
    Kniphofia (Red Hot Poker/Torch Lily)
    Ligularia (Groundsel)
    Paeonia (Peony)
    Polygonatum (Solomon's Seal)
    Pulmonaria (Lungwort)
    Ruta graveolens (Rue)
    Salvia x superba
    Saxifraga x umbrosa (London Pride)
    Sedum (Stonecrop)
    Stachys (Lamb's Ear)
    Thalictrum (Meadow Rue)
    Viola (Violet)
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    Flowers for Fragrance

    Centaurea montana (Perennial Bachelor Button)
    Cimicifuga (Bugbane)
    Dianthus (Pink)
    Dictamnus (Gas Plant)
    Filipendula (Queen of the Prairie)
    Hemerocallis (some) (Daylily)
    Hosta plantaginea (Fragrant Plantain Lily)
    Iris, bearded (most)
    Monarda (foliage) (Bee Balm)
    Paeonia (Peony)
    Phlox paniculata (Garden Phlox)
    Primula (some varieties) (Primrose)
    Viola odorata (Sweet Violet)
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    Flowers that Attract Hummingbirds

    Aquilegia (Columbine)
    Crocosmia 'Lucifer' (actually a corm)
    Delphinium (especially D. cardinale)
    Digitalis (Foxglove)
    Heuchera (Coral Bells)
    Kniphofia (Torch Lily/Red Hot Poker)
    Lobelia cardinalis
    Lupine
    Mimulus (Monkey Flower)
    Monarda (Bee Balm)
    Penstemon (Beardtongue)
    Physostegia (Obedient Plant)
    Pulmonaria (Lungwort)
    Salvia (Sage...especially S. splendens)
    Zauschneria (California Fuchsia)
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    Flowers that Attract Butterflies

    Achillea (Yarrow)
    Alcea (Hollyhock)
    Allium (Flowering Onion) (bulb)
    Arabis (Rockcress)
    Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed)
    Aster species
    Astilbe
    Aubrieta
    Centranthus ruber (Red Valerian)
    Aurinia saxatilis (Basket-of-Gold)
    Cheiranthus (Wallflower)
    Chrysanthemum
    Coreopsis (Tickseed)
    Dianthus (Pinks)
    Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower)
    Echinops (Globe Thistle)
    Erigeron karvinskianus (Mexican Daisy)
    Eryngium (Sea Holly)
    Gaillardia (Blanket Flower)
    Helianthus (Sunflower)
    Hemerocallis (Daylily)
    Iberis (Candytuft)
    Lavandula (Lavender)
    Liatris (Gayfeather)
    Lobelia
    Phlox
    Polemonium (Jacob's Ladder)
    Primula (Primrose)
    Pulmonaria (Lungwort)
    Rudbeckia hirta (Black-Eyed-Susan)
    Scabiosa (Pincushion Flower)
    Sedum spectabile (Showy Stonecrop)
    Solidago (Goldenrod)
    Thalictrum (Meadow Rue)
    Verbena

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