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Introduction |
Other Perennials |
These are other perennials we are considering. Perennial plants grow back year after year. They generally go dormant for the winter and die back to the ground.
Click on a plant's picture to learn about it at Dave's Garden — a green border means we already have the plant.
| Bethlehem Sage, Lungwort | Pulmonaria saccharata | ||
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Perennial 12" Partial to Full Shade |
Semi-evergreen, can form groundcover. Hairy, elliptical leaves on long twigs are white-spotted dark green |
Blue flowers turn pink, early spring? |
| Foam Flower | Tiarella wherryi 'Heronswood Mist' | ||
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Perennial 6-12" Partial to Full Shade |
Heart-shaped leaves, used as groundcover. |
Pinkish, feathery flower spikes. Early summer. |
| Daylily | Hemerocallis 'Happy Returns' | ||
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Perennial 18" Sun to Partial Shade |
Fountain-like clump of green, arching, basal foliage. |
Lemon yellow 3" blooms on 18" stalks. June - October |
| Sea Oats Grass | Chasmanthium latifolium | ||
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Grass 3-5' Sun to Partial Shade |
Clumping, bamboo-like stems with narrow, arching green leaves that turn copper in fall |
Green flowers attract butterflies in mid-summer. Flat 1" fruit heads on drooping stems above foliage. |
| Purple Cone Flower | Echinacea purpurea | ||
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Perennial 24-48" Full Sun |
Long narrow leaves around the stalks. |
Daisy-like purple flowers, June - September |
| Florist's Cyclamen | Cyclamen coum | ||
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Perennial 3-6" Light Shade |
Deep green leaves with silver-grey variegation, from September to June, dormant during summer. |
Stalks of single white, pink or red flowers, hanging upside-down. Flowers February - April. |
| Ivy-leaved Cyclamen | Cyclamen hederifolium | ||
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Perennial 3-6" Light Shade |
Ivy-shaped, mottled leaves are variably colored, but usually gray-green with silver and white marbling. from September to June, dormant during summer. |
Stalks of single pink flowers, hanging upside-down. Flowers mainly August - November. |
| Astilbe | Astilbe x arendsii | ||
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Perennial 12-24" Light Shade |
Lacy bronze-green foliage. Vertical stems supporting divided leaves with fernlike appearance. |
Feathery flowers, June-August. Whites, pinks, reds -- many cultivars. |
| Bleeding Hearts | Dicentra spectabilis | ||
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Perennial 18-30" Light Shade |
Three-part, egg-shaped leaves. Goes dormant in early summer. |
Heart-shaped dangling flowers |
| Pacific Bleeding Heart | Dicentra formosa 'Aurora' | ||
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Perennial 12-24" Partial to Full Shade |
Blue-Green, deeply divided leaves. Feathery. |
Pink heart-shaped flowers dangling around a vertical stem, mid-spring. |
| Coralbells | Heuchera (many hybrids) | ||
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Perennial Sun to Partial Shade |
Semi-evergreen. Basal clump of heart-shaped, scalloped leaves on stems. |
Stalks of tiny bell-shaped flowers. |
| Arrowleaf Elephant Ears | Xanthosoma sagittifolium | ||
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Perennial 36", but varies. Could get 10' tall. Partial to Full Shade |
Bold, dark green leaves to 3' long, from a tuber. |
A white-cream spadix and a spathe |
| Violets and Pansies | Viola (many species) | ||
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Perennial Usually under 6" Sun to Partial Shade |
Dark-green, heart-shaped leaves, often in a basal rosette. |
Symmetrical flowers with four upswept or fan-shaped petals, two each side, and one broad, lobed lower petal pointing downward. Spring and Summer. |
| Welsh Poppy | Meconopsis cambrica | ||
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Perennial 8-24" Partial to Full Shade |
Deeply cut, blue-green leaves |
Yellow, delicate flower. June - September. |
| Carpathian Bellflower | Campanula carpatica | ||
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Perennial 6-10" Sun to Partial Shade |
Small, busy crenate leaves. |
Blue,bell-shaped flowrs from spring through summer. Shear back at mid-summer. |
| Willow Gentian | Gentiana asclepiadea | ||
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Perennial 18-30" Sun to Partial Shade |
Clump-forming. Pinnate blue-green leaf fronds. |
Blue flowers in late summer and fall, attracts hummingbirds. |
| Black Snakeroot, Bugbane | Cimicifuga racemosa | ||
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Perennial 3-8' Partial to Full Shade |
Tall, clump-forming. Bright green, lacy foliage. Medium to dark green leaves to 18" in 3x divided segments on wiry, branched stems. |
Tall wands of creamy white bottle-brush flowers. Summer. |
| Black Bugbane | Cimicifuga simplex 'Brunette' | ||
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Perennial 36-48" Partial to Full Shade |
Large Astilbe-like leaves of purple black. |
Arching wands or bottlebrush spikes of fragrant pale-pink flowers rise above the clump in early fall. |
| Japanese Yellow Bell | Kirengeshoma palmata | ||
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Perennial or Shrub 24-48" Partial to Full Shade |
Maple-shaped leaves to 8" long. |
Yellow, bell-shaped flowers. Late September-October. |
| Lenten Rose | Helleborus orientalis | ||
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Perennial 12-15" Partial to Full Shade |
Evergreen, forms dense clumps. Palmate leaves, to 16" across, with 7-9 serrated, elliptic segments. Bright green in spring. |
Large, nodding white to purple clowers. Long-blooming in late winter. |
| Siberian Iris | Iris sibirica | ||
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Perennial 24-36" Sun to Partial Shade |
Slender, grasslike and waving. |
Blue to purple, 2-3 in a cluster. |
| Black Mondo Grass | Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens' | ||
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Grass 8-10" Partial to Full Shade |
Fountain-like clump of black, arching, basal foliage. |
Little bell-shaped pale violet-white flowers. Mid summer. Black seeds that persist throughout the winter. |
| Toad Lily | Tricyrtis formosana 'Gilt Edge' | ||
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Perennial 18-24" Partial to Full Shade |
Foliage has a chartreuse edging that ages to gold. Alternating, pointed leaves attached to stems. |
Unusual white star-shaped flowers speckled with purple. Fall. |
| Variegated Solomon's Seal | Polygonatum odoratum 'Variegatum' | ||
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Perennial 12-18" Sun to Partial Shade |
Stems with alernating oval, pointed leaves. Arching habit facilitates placing small plants beneath it. |
Small, white flowers hang on the underside in Spring. |
| Monkshood, Wolfbane | Aconitum carmichaelii 'Arendsii' | ||
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Perennial 24-36" Sun to Partial Shade |
Blue-Green, upright clump has glossy deeply-cut leaves. |
Blue-Violet hooded flowers. Late Summer/Early Fall. |
| Windflowers, Japanese Anemone | Anemone x hybrida 'Honorine Jobert' | ||
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Perennial 36-48" Sun to Partial Shade |
Deeply-divided, slightly-bristled, dark-green leaves. |
Large pure white flowers with golden centers. Long-blooming from late summer through fall. |
| Jack in the Pulpit | Arisaema triphyllum | ||
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Perennial 6-12" Partial to Full Shade |
Each of the 2 ft leaf stalks bears three 6" leaflets. |
In late spring/early summer, flowering stems, usually taller than the leaves, carry a hooded spathe to 6", green or purple with white stripes (the pulpit), and green or purple spadix (jack). In females, green berries that change to red in the fall. |
| Wild Geranium | Geranium maculatum (many similar species and hybrids) | ||
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Perennial 12-18" Sun to Partial Shade |
Full, dark-ree, 5-parted leaves. Forms clumps. |
Covered with clusters of delicate 1.5 inch rosy-lavender to soft pink flowers in late spring. Forms cranesbill seepods, wich can be deadheaded. |
| White Trillium | Trillium grandiflorum | ||
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Perennial 12-18" Partial to Full Shade |
3 green leaves (trillium). |
Showy flower with 3 large white petals. Mid Spring. |
| Heart-Leaf Golden Alexanders | Zizia aptera | ||
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Perennial 24-36" Sun to Partial Shade |
Stalks with divided leaflets. |
Bright yellow flowers in compound domed umbels in late spring. Seedheads turn purple. |