Tuesday 10 April 2012

Zone 3 Perennial Plant List



I've been trying to find new plants for my zone and I came across this great list for all sorts of wonderful perennial!! I've got a lot of them already, and I've gone through most of the list and it's mainly flowering plants, which is wonderful! I just thought I'd share this with you! Happy gardening!!

(I've added more as people have told me of plants so if you know of some that aren't on this list please send them my way!!)


Aster (Aster sp.)
Baby's breath (Gypsophila paniculata)
Perennial bachelor button (centurea)
Bachelor Button 
Balloon flower or Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
Basket-of-gold (Aurinia saxatilis)
Bee balm, Oswego tea (Monarda sp.)
Bellflower (Campanula sp.)
Bergenia (Bergenia sp.)
Bishop's Hat (Epimedium)
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia sp.)
Blanket flower (Gaillardia x grandiflora)
Bleeding heart (Dicentra)
Bluestar (Amsonia)
Blazing Star 
Brunnera (Brunnera macrophylla)
Bugbane (Cimicifuga)
Bugleweed (Ajuga sp.)
Buttered Popcorn
Bugloss (Anchusa)
Butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris)
Cardinal flower (Lobelia)
Calamint
Catmint
Clematis- Warsaw Nike
Chamomile (Anthemis)
Chinese Lanterns 
Chinese Astibe
Columbine, Western (Aquilegia formosa)
Columbine, European (Aquilegia vulgaris)
Columbine, hybrids (Aquilegia)
Coneflower (Echinacea sp.)
Coral bells, alumroot (Heuchera), marginally hardy
Coreopsis, threadleaf, or Tickseed (Coreopsis verticillata)
Cranebills
Crocus
Cushion Spurge (Euphorbia Polychroma)
Beard's Tongue (penstemon)
Daylily (Hemerocallis sp.)
Delphinium (Delphinium)
Daisies (Shasta and Becky)
Dianthus
Daffodils
Daylily (Hemerocallis)
Ferns
Ferns - Japanese Painted 
Fleabane (Erigeron)
Foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia)
Foxglove, grandiflora
False Sunflower (heliopsis)
Fragaria
Gaillardia 
Gas plant (Dictamnus)
Gayfeather (Liatris)
Gentian
Geraniums
Goatsbeard (Aruncus sp.)
Globeflower (trollius)
Globe Thistle
Hellebore (Helleborus)
Herman's Pride (lamiastrum)
Hens and chicks (sempervivum)
Jacob's Ladder
Wooly Cerastium
Hosta (Aureomarginata)
Hosta (Hosta sp.)
Hosta (Golden Standard)
Hosta (Camelot)
Hosta (Halcyon)
Inula, swordleaf (Inula ensifolia)
Iris, bearded (Iris hybrids)
Iris, crested (Iris cristata)
Iris, Siberian (Iris sibirica)
Lady's mantle (Alchemilla)
Leopard's Bane
Lamium
Lady Slippers
Larkspur
Lamb's Ears
Lewisia
Lily (Lilium)
Lily, Canada (Lilium canadense)
Lily, Oriental (Lilium) selected hybrids
Lily of the Valley
Lupine (Lupinus)
Lungwort  (pulmonaria)
Martagon Lilies
Masterwort
Milkweed
Maltese cross (lychnis)
Meadowsweet (Filipendula)
Monkshood (Aconitum x cammarum 'Bicolor')
Moss pink (Phlox subulata)
New Millennium Delphiniums
Obedient Plant
Onion, flowering (Allium)
Pasque Flower
Penstemon
Peony (Paenoia)
Pearly everlasting (Anaphalis)
Phlox, summer (Phlox paniculata)
Poppy (Papaver)
Poppy, Himalayan (Meconopsis sp.)
Primrose (Primula)
Potentilla (cinquefoil)
Pussy Toes (Antennaria dioica 'Rosea')
Russian Sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia)
Ribbon Grass
Rudbeckia
Ranunculus
Repens
Rollers (jovibarba)
Rock-jasmine (Androsace mucronifolia)
Saxifraga
Salvia (rose queen and blue queen)
Scabiosa
Sea Holly
Sedum
Sea Campion (Silene)
Spiderwort
Statice (sea lavender)
Silver Feather Grass
Stonecrop Angelina
Snow-in-summer (Cerastium)
Solomon's seal (Polygonatum)
Snow on the Mountain 
Sundew, round-leafed (Drosera rotundifolia)
Thrift, moss pink, creeping phlox (Phlox subulata)
Turtlehead
Tulips 
Thrift, sea pink (Armeria)
Threadleaf Coreopsis, Tickseed
Violet (Viola)Veronica (speedwell)Windflower (Anemone)
Vinca
Wormwood (Artemisia)
White Pearl Achillea
Yarrow


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1 comment:

  1. Here are a few more from my garden for your list...
    hens and chicks (sempervivum)
    rollers (jovibarba)
    calamint
    catmint
    perennial bachelor button (centurea)
    wooly cerastium
    rudbeckia
    There are lots of hardy coral bell varieties that grow in my zone 2b garden.
    daisies (shasta and Becky)
    New Millennium delphiniums are the best!!!
    Dianthus of all kinds, even the ones sold in the annual section are most often hardy.
    Leopard's Bane (Doronicum)
    Bishop's Hat (Epimedium)
    Ferns
    Foxglove, grandiflora
    Fragaria
    gentian
    Geraniums or cranebills
    globe thistle
    false sunflower (heliopsis)
    herman's pride (lamiastrum)
    Jacob's Ladder
    lungwort (pulmonaria)
    lady slippers
    lamb's ears
    lamium
    lewisia
    lily of the valley
    martagon lilies
    maltese cross (lychnis)
    masterwort
    milkweed
    obedient plant
    pasque flower
    crocus
    beard's tongue (penstemon)
    peonies, itoh
    potentilla (cinquefoil)
    pussy toes (Antennaria dioica 'Rosea')
    ranunculus, repens, buttered popcorn
    ribbon grass
    salvia (rose queen and blue queen)
    saxifraga
    scabiosa
    sea holly
    sedum
    sea campion (silene)
    spiderwort
    cushion spurge (Euphorbia Polychroma)
    statice (sea lavender)
    globeflower (trollius)
    turtlehead
    veronica (speedwell)
    vinca
    yarrow

    Others on your list are only marginally hardy like the oriental lilies and the blue poppy.

    I love perennials too!

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