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Perennials
Full Sun
Yarrow
Paprika 24”
Summer Pastels 18” Moonshine 24”
Columbine
Biedermeier 10”
Music 15”
Sea Drift: Armeria
Bloodstone 6-8”
Dry Full Sun
Spring Magic 12”
Silvermound
Silvermound 8”
Sun/Partial Shade
Full Sun: Dry Soils
Good with Campanula,
Blanket Flower, Catmint,
Geranium, Shasta Daisy
& Speedwell
Full Sun/Part Shade:
Moist/Neutral Soils,
Rock Gardens & Birds
enjoy
Good with Bleeding
Heart, Brunnera, ForgetMe-Not, Foxglove,
geranium, Peony
Butterfly Flower
Butterfly Milkweed 24”
Full Sun/ Rock Garden
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Full Sun
Aster
Alert 15”
Kippenburg 15” Purple Dome 24” Woods Blue/Pink/Purple 12”
Baptisia
Boltonia
Poppy Mallow
Full Sun: Well Drained
Attracts Butterflies
Deer & Rabbit Resistant
Good with Japanese
Anemone, Blackeyed
Susan, Boltonia, Butterfly
Bush, Coneflower,
Grasses. Flower:
July/August
Snow in Summer
Full Sun: Drought
Resistant. Deer Do not
like.
False Indigo 3’
Dwarf False Indigo 18”
Coreopsis
Full Sun: Fall Bloom
Drought Resistant.
Attracts Butterflies
Snowbank 3’
Full Sun: Low Growing,
Drought Resistant & Low
Growing Native
Wine Cups (Purple) 6”
American Dream 10” Autumn Blush 10” Baby Sun 12” Route 66 12” Zagreb 18”
Full Sun: 3” Ground
Cover. Tolerates Drought.
Coreopsis Full Sun: Need
Good Drainage. Attract
Butterflies & Birds.
Many other cultivars to
chose from
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Full Sun
Dianthus
Arctic Fire
Bath’s Pink 8”
18”(White/Pink) (Pink)
Brilliant 4”
Crimson
Spangled Banner 10” Sweetness Pink
Frosty Fire 6”
Crocosmia
Lucifer 36” Dark
Red
Dry Full Sun, Needs
Winter Protection
Ice Plant
Cooperi (Pink) 6”
Nubigenum Yellow 6”
Sun Groundcover
Fire Witch 6”
Full Sun: Attracts
butterflies/Humming
Birds. Deer Resistant.
Need to be lightly
mulched. Dianthus are
used in containers, mixed
plantings, cut flower
gardens, scented
gardens, butterfly
gardens, and borders.
Zing Rose 6”
Joe Pie Weed
Delphinium
Butterfly Blue 14”
Needs excellent drainage
Bloom in June
Joe Pie weed 5’
Little Joe Pie weed 36”
Attracts Butterflies/ Native,
Waterwise Garden &
Meadow Gardening
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Full Sun
Cone Flower (Echinacea)
White Swan 36”
Avalanche 24”
Big Sky After
Midnight 24”
Big Sky Harvest
Moon 24”
Big Sky Sunrise 24”
Kim's Knee
High 24”
Magnus 24”
Euonymus
Big Sky Sunset 24” Full Sun: Well drained
Soils. Herb that Attracts
butterflies/Humming
Birds. Goes Well with
Blackeyed Susan, Russian
Sage, Daylily & Salvia
Ruby Star 36”
Guara
Blanket Flower
Purpleleaf Wintercreeper
Sun or Shade, Very
Arizona Sun 15”
Fanfare 18”
good groundcover
Sun, well drained soils. Excellent for
Butterfly Garden & Cut Flowers
Sisiykou Pink 18-24”
Sun/Part Sun. Attracts
Butterflies
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Full Sun
Geranium
Alpenglow 12”
Biokovo 15”
Johnson’s blue 15”
Rozane (Blue)
Sun to Partial Shade: Well drained
Soils. Good in rock gardens, kills out
weeds & great ground cover. Goes
good with Bellflower & Coral Bells
Sanguinium 10”
Vision Violet 10”
Daylily
Happy Returns 16” Little Grapette 12”
Ruby Red Stella 24”
Stella de Ora 18”
Pardon Me 18”
Full Sun to Partial Shade: Good
Ground Cover &Attracts butterflies.
Daylily hybrids come in a wide range
of colors, flowering times, sizes and
fragrance. Most are tolerant of full
sun, but sometimes they will show
sun scaled in hot areas and prefer
partial shade. Most are tolerant of a
wide range of soil conditions.
Strawberry Candy 18”
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Full Sun
Hibiscus
Blue River II
Pink Swirl
Cranberry
Punch
Red Flare
Lavender
Kopper King
Old Yella
Fire Ball
Kuna Red
Fantasia
Full Sun: Attracts butterflies. Largest flowers of
any perennial! Needs little care once
established. Companion plants: Aster,
Coneflower, Miscanthus, Iris, Blackeyed Susan &
Helianthus.
Daisy
Border Plant works w/every Plant
Full Sun: Well
Drained Soil Plant
alongside a path,
where it's fragrance
will be released if
Alaska Daisy 20”
Becky Daisy 36”
Hidcote (purple) 12”brushed
against. Cut and
hang to dry the
richly scented flower
spikes in a cool place
Snow Lady Daisy 10”
for fragrant, long
Cynthia Johnson 18”
Snow Cap Daisy 10”
Munstead 15” lasting bouquets.
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Full Sun
Monarda: Beebalm
Fireball 12”
Jacob Cline 36” Petite Delight 12” Petite Wonder 10”
Liatris
Asiatic Lily
Full sun to partial shade: attracts
bees, butterflies along with
hummingbirds and other
pollinators. Bee Balm has a
tendency to become invasive.
Goes with Black-Eyed Susan,
Coneflower, Daylily, Gayfeather,
Goat’s beard, Hibiscus,
Speedwell, Daisy & Yarrow.
Catmint
Florsitan White 3’ Kobald 2’
Full Sun: Attracts Butterflies, Birds &
Deer Resistant. Goes with Grasses,
Silver Mound, Blackeyed Susan,
Coneflower &Coreopsis
Full Sun: Bloom June to
July. Many Cultivars.
Rabbits like to eat them.
Missouri Primrose
8-10” Sun: Dry Areas.
Woodland & Natural
Gardens
Little Titch 8”
Walker’s Low 15-18”
Full Sun: A fragrant, ornamental
herb that prefers full sun and
moist, well-drained soil. This plant
tolerates drought. Attracts
butterflies, good for naturalizing.
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Full
Sun
Full Sun: Peonies are gorgeous perennial
Peony
Red 24-28”
Pink 24-28”
White 24-28”
Penstemon
Full Sun:
Penstemon Grow in
average, dry to
medium moisture,
well-drained soil in
Pike’s Peak (Purple) 20” full sun. Avoid wet,
poorly drained
Husker Red (White) 30”
soils..
flowers that grow as a herbaceous
cultivar and as a peony tree. Bloom from
1 to 6 weeks during early spring and mid
to late summer, depending on the
variation and care. Peonies range in
color: white, yellow, red, pink and
mauve. They have a beautiful fragrant
smell, and pink peonies tend to be the
most fragrant.
Russian Sage
Little Spire 24”
Prairie Dusk (Rose) 20”
Red Rocks (Pink) 20”
Russian Sage 36”
Full Sun: Russian sage is a deciduous
semi-woody subshrub with upright,
grayish white stems and lobed,
silvery gray leaves
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Full Sun
Phlox Paniculata
Pink Flame 16” Purple Flame 16” White Flame 16” Red Super 18-24”
Phlox Subulata: Creeping Phlox
Phlox prefer Full sun: Moist, welldrained, loamy or sandy soils
with a pH of neutral to slightly
alkaline. Attracts birds, fragrant.
Goes well with coneflower, salvia,
Daylily & Daisy.
Blackeyed Susan
Emerald Blue
Emerald Pink Snowflake Goldstrum 18-24”
Little Suzy 15” Prairie Sun 24”
Indian Summer 24”
Full Sun/Part Shade: Bloom in late
Blackeyed Susan Full Sun to light
April & early May. Often used as a
shade. This plant has an extended
ground cover, an edging plant or for
bloom season. Heat
planting in cracks and walls. Good for
naturalizing an area.
Balloon Flower tolerant. Good for mass plantings,
ground cover and
A dwarf version of
Platycodon reaching to naturalizing. Attracts birds and
only 6-8". This heavy butterflies. Suitable for cut flowers
bloomer has very large and dry flowers.
Sentimental Blue 6-8” blue flowers in August.
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Full Sun
Salvia
Blue Hill 18”
Caradonna 24-30”
Full Sun: Most perennial sages bloom
beginning late spring/early summer and
continue all season into the fall. Salvias are
usually highly attractive to hummingbirds,
butterflies and, less often, honeybees.
Marcus 10” Salvia foliage is ornamental, often aromatic,
textured or evergreen. Deer do not like the
smell.
Sedum
May Night 18”
Snow Hill 20”
Balloon Flower
Angelina 4”
Blue Spruce 4”
Dragoons Blood 4”
Autumn Fire 18” Autumn Joy 24”
Frosty Morn Kamtschaticum 4”
Var Kamtschaticum 4” Postman’s Pride
Butterfly Blue 15” Pink Mist 15”
Full Sun/Part shade: Attracts
Tetractinum
Purple Emperor 18” Purple Form 2” Neon
birds & butterflies, Deer
resistant, Extended bloom
Full Sun: Succulent that needs good drainage. Suitable
season; Provides a source of
plants for rock gardens and flower borders; those with
nectar for bees and butterflies. trailing stems will cascade from hanging baskets.
Vera Jameson 10”
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Goldenrod
Lamb’s Ear
Full Sun
Fireworks 24-30”
Little Lemon 12-15”
Helen von stein 8-10” Hummelo 12”
Golden Baby 18-24”
Full Sun: Groundcover, soft fuzzy leaves. Used in borders,
Full Sun: Drought tolerant, native & Late
summer Bloom. Many people are allergic to rock gardens. The pink flower spikes reach 12"-18" in height,
but the rest of the plant stays much closer to the ground.
the pollen.
Stoke’s Aster
Blue Danube 12”
Veronica (Speedwell)
Goodness Grows 12”
Honeysong Purple 12”
Giles van Hees 10”
Icicle White 18” Red Fox 12”
Royal Candles 15” Sunshine 4” Waterperry Blue 4”
Full Sun: Highly valued for its ease of growth and long
Full Sun/ Showy Stokes' aster is an herbaceous
bloom time. It should have a place in every garden because
perennial with 6-8 in (15-20 cm) evergreen
it goes with everything. Try combining it with yellow such
petiolate (stalked) basal leaves. In late spring it
as Coreopsis 'Moonbeam', Black-Eyed Susan, Daylilies and
sprouts several erect stems which have
Shasta Daisies.
smaller, clasping leaves and stand about 1-2 ft
Purple Pixie 8”
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Shade
Ajuga
Shade/Part Shade: Moist
Soils, Ground Cover, Deer
Resistant, Butterflies.
Good with Astilbe,
Black Scallop 4-6” Catlin's Giant 10” Chocolate Chip 4-6” Bronze Beauty 4-6” Brunnera, Coral Bells,
Forget-me-nots, corydalis,
hosta, geranium, iris,
violas
Astilbe
Other varieties:
Delft Lance (Pink) 20” Shade: Moist Soils, Ground
Mongomery (Red) 20” Cover, Spring/Summer Bloom.
Excellent Shade Border
Visions (Rose) 15”
Visions (White) 15”
Bridal Veil 28” Fanal 20”
Sprite 20”
Alchemila
Goatsbeard
Part Shade: Moist Soils,
Part Shade/ Full Sun:
Groundcover. Good with
Moist Soils, Deer
Balloon Flower, Coral
Resistant Good with
Bells, Corydalis,
Bleeding Heart,
Ornamental Grasses,
Miscanthus, Hosta, Iris,
Hosta, SIberian Iris,
Berginia
Perennial Salvia,
Lady's Mantle 18”
Goats Beard 36-48” (Dwarf is 10”)
Spiderwort
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Brunnera
Jack Frost (Blue)
8”
Campanula
Shade: Moist Soils,
Ground Cover, Deer
Proof, heart shaped
& Showy throughout
Variegated (Blue) 8”year
Plumbago
Sun to shade.
Adaptable.
Red Fall Color.
Deer Resistant.
Plumbago 8”
Bleeding Heart
Chelone
Shade
Bell Flower: Full Sun
Partial Shade, Well
Drained Soils, Deer
Resistant, attracts
Blue Clips (Blue) 8” hummingbirds
White Clips (White) 8”
Part shade.
Wet Soil
Foxglove
Part Shade. Attracts
butterflies & Self
Seeds
Turtlehead Pink 36”
Turtlehead white 36”
Foxy Foxglove 18”
Shade, cut flower.
Goes Dormant in
summer. Needs
Rich Soil
Fern
Japanese
Japanese
Japanese
Painted
Painted
Painted
Likes Moist environment & Spreads
Japanese
Painted
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Shade
Coral Bells
Carmel 12”
Chocolate Ruffles 15”
Plum Pudding 20”
Firefly 12”
Marmalade 18”
Silver Scrolls 24” Snow Angel 18”
Foamy Bells
Shade, Goes well
with most shade
plants. Used as
an edger or
groundcover.
Bridget Bloom 12”
Lamium
Purple Palace 15”
Part Shade to Full Sun: Coral Bells
begin blooming in early June to
August. Dead-heading to prolong the
bloom season. Will grow in any welldrained alkaline soil. These plants
look good with Artemisia, ornamental
grasses or low ground covers; Lamium,
or Lysimachia.
Anne Greenway White Nancy 4-8” Red Nancy 4-8”
Part to Full Shade: Deer Resistant,
Mass Ground Cover
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Shade
Hosta
Albo-marginata
18x24
Elegans 30x36
August
Moon 18x24
Fire & Ice 18x10
Guacamole 22x48 Gold Standard
30x20
Auero Marginata
18x20
Fragrant Bouquet
20x36
Big Daddy
28x48
Francee 22x30
Golden Tierra 12x18 Halcyon 20x24
Blue Angel
36x48
Frances Williams
22x48
June 15x24
Royal Standard 30x40
Krossa Regal 40x36 Minuteman 22x30 Patriot 25x40
Queen Josephine 10x30
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Hosta Continued
Shade
Hostas, the ultimate shade plant! They demand
little of you besides a bit of shade and will come
back year after year. Hostas give a blast of bold
texture as well as a variety of leaf colors, patterns
and shapes. Hosta foliage now comes in an
Sun
Power
30x48
So Sweet 16x28 Sum &
impressive array of color: hues of green (of course),
Substance 48x60
gold to nearly yellow, blue and almost gray along
with a large array of stripes and variegations. Leaves
can vary from round or oval to heart-shaped and
come in every size.. Complement large, bold Hosta
foliage with ferns, grasses, sedges (especially gold
or variegated), Irises (for their upright spiky effect),
Whirl Wind 16x34 Wide Brim
Astilbes, and Dicentra (for their foliage as well as
their flowers.)
Ligularia
Othello 3’
Little Rocket 2.5’
Shade: Nice Gold
Flowers.
The Rocket 4’
Liriope: Lily Turf
Big Blue 12” (Lavender) Silver Dragon 12”
Sun & Part Shade: Charming, attractive violet-blue
flowers. Useful as a ground cover, edger or accent
plant. Flowers are followed by blue-black berrylike
fruits in the fall. Will grow well underneath trees or
around shrubs
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Pachysandra
Japanese Spurge 6”
Shade: Fast Spreading
Ground Cover
Irish Moss
Jacob’s Ladder
Lungwort
Shade
Brise d Anjou 12” Var.
Mrs. Moon 12” Blue Raspberry Splash 12”
Pink
Stairway to Heaven 18” (Blue)
Shade/Part Shade Flower
Shade: Deer/Rabbit Resistant. Has very
Spring & Summer
good blooms & easy to take care of.
Irish Moss & Scottish aurea moss
Full Sun/evening shade: A creeping,
moss-like, evergreen ground cover
for use in a rock garden or around
stepping stones in a pathway. Tiny
white flowers appear atop the tight
green carpet of foliage from late
spring to mid-summer.
Creeping Thyme
Foam Flower
Candy Striper 12”
Wherryi 10”
Creeping Thyme 2”
Pirate’s Patch 12”
Part Shade to Shade- White Flower
Sun to Part Shade:
Spikes in Spring. Foam flower leaves are
Groundcover and
dark green. The plants grow in large
aromatic. Has a shallow
clumps with the leaves growing close to
root systems & Grows in
the ground and the flowers growing on
Clumps. Purple flower
tall stalks, a foot high.
& a slow grower.
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Toad Lily
Toad Lily 24”
Shade: Exotic Best in
Groupings
Periwinkle (Vinca)
Shade
Spiderwort
Sweet Kate 15”
Satin Doll 12”
Part Shade to Sun- Adaptable to many
types of soil as long as it is moist and
well-drained. It will grow in any amount
of sunlight, from full sun to full shade.
In full sun, plants must be kept moist to
prevent scorching. Plants will have nicer
foliage, though perhaps fewer flowers,
in partial to full shade. Border, mass
plant, attracts butterflies
Minor 6”
Part Shade to Sun- Myrtle's glossy,
evergreen leaves are covered with blue
flowers in May and June. This plant
thrives in shade. Useful on banks,
slopes, under trees and as a ground
cover.
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Bulbs
Anemone
Full Sun: Cut Flower
Robustissima 36” Sylvestris 12-15”
Whirl Wind 15”
Bulbs (Plant in Fall)
Star of Holland Early Snowdrop Mountain Bells
Tall Dutch Iris
Hyacinth
Dwarf Daffodil
Crocus
Grape Hyacinth
Daffodil
Giant Allium
Tulip
Lily
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Clematis
Full Sun: Keep roots cool, can grow to 30 ft tall
Ernest Markham (Red) Jacmanni (Purple)
Nelly Moser
Sapphire Indigo
Vine
Sweet Autumn
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Grasses
Big Bluestem 5-6’
Feather Reed Grass
Side oats grama 2’ Ever Gold Sedge 12”Ice Dance Sedge 12”
Northern Sea Oats Grass 2’
Karl Forester 4-5’ Avalanche 3-4’ Overdam 4-5’
Fall Bloom 4-5’
Northern Lights Grass 10”
Hardy pampas Grass 9-12’ Elijah Blue Fescue 10” Japanese Blood Grass 15”
Blaze Little Bluestem 36” Blues Bluestem 36”
Autumn Moor Grass 7’
Indian Grass 4-5’ Prairie Drop Seed 2-3’
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Grasses
Miscanthus: Maiden Grass
Adagio 3-4’
Autumn Flame 3-4’
Cosmopolitan 6-8’ Little Dot 3-4’
Little Zebra 3’
Little Kitten 2-3’
Yaku Jima 3-4’
Maiden Hair 4-5’
Morning Light 4-5’
Porcupine 5-6’
Japanese Silver 5’
Zebra Grass 6-8’
Dallas Blue Switch Grass
Northwind Switch Grass 6-7’ Ruby Ribbons Switch Grass 3-4’
Heavy Metal Switch Grass 4-5’
Shenandoah Switch
Grass 3-4’
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Grasses
Pennisetum (Fountain Grass)
Hameln 24”
Karley Rose 36”
Little Bunny 12”
National Arboretum 2-3’
Rubrum (annual) 30”
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