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
Source
Here are a few more from my garden for your list...
ReplyDeletehens 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!