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Perennial Plant ID

Landscape / Horticulture

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Purple Coneflower

• Attention getting flowers, attracts birds and butterflies.

• Grows 2-3 ft high.• Blooms steady from

mid-summer to fall.• Heat and drought

resistant.

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Foxglove

• Grows 2-4 ft tall.• Blooms early to mid-

summer.• Like partial shade.• Blooms in bright

mixed colors.

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Perennial Salvia• Blue flowers all

summer.• 4-8 in spikes of flowers

on 2-3 ft. plants.• Used for borders.• Hardy and drought

tolerant.• Prefers full sun.

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Butterfly Plant• Fiery orange flowers

attract butterflies.• Clusters of early to

mid-summer blooms on 2-3 ft stems.

• Can withstand dry soil.

• Prefers full sun.

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Giant Columbine• Loved by humming

birds.• Crimson, cream,

yellow, and lilac.• 24-36 in stems.• Full sun or partial

shade.

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Painted Daisy• Easily grown and

colorful.• Blooms early to mid

summer on 2-3 ft stems.

• Full sun

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Alaska Shasta Daisy• Blooms all season

long.• White pedals border

yellow hearts.• Blooms early summer

until frost.• Grows 2 ft tall.• Full to partial sun.

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Sweet Pea• Hardy vine climbs 4-8

ft.• Fragrant red, pink,

yellow, white, or blue flowers.

• Blooms early summer until frost.

• Full to partial sun.

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Black-eyed Susan• Blooms mid-summer

to frost.• Grow 2 ft. tall.• Buttery yellow flowers

with dark contrasting centers.

• Thrives in dry soil and full to partial sun.

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Hardy Sweet Lavender• Produces spiky

mounds of gray-green leaves with aromatic purple flowers.

• Blooms early summer to early fall.

• 15-20 inches tall with a 18 in spread.

• Prefers full sun.

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Double hollyhock• Flowers fast, reseeds

itself and spreads quickly.

• Grows 5-8 ft. tall.• Blooms all summer

until frost.• Prefers full to partial

sun.

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Red Mexican Hat• Unique cone shaped

head with fire red petals.

• Blooms steady all summer.

• Grows 24 in tall.• Prefers full sun.

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Hardy Primrose• Blooms mid-spring to

early summer.• Blooms in shades of

yellow, pink, purple, blue and white.

• Grow 9-12 in tall.• Best in partial sun.

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Hardy Carnations• Fully double flowers

bloom in late spring through early summer.

• Grows 18 inches tall.• Cold hardy outdoor

variety.• Best in full sun.

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Yarrow• Drought resistant,

thrives in poor soil.• Disk shaped yellow

flowers bloom mid to late summer.

• Gray green fern like foliage grows 42 inches.

• Excellent drying flower• Prefers full sun

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Stoke’s Aster• 12-24 inches high.• Lavender blue flowers.• Blooms early summer to

fall.• Most effective when

planted in groups of 3-5.• Full sun.

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Sweet William• Big, flattened flower

heads with a clove like scent.

• White, red, and pink.• Blooms late spring

through early summer, grows 6 inches tall.

• Prefers full to partial sun.

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Coral Bells• Up to 50 flowers per

stem.• Red or pink bell like

blossoms.• Flower late spring to

early summer.• 12-24 in tall.• Full sun or partial

shade.

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Peonies• Sweet smelling

blooms cover the foliage in late spring.

• Blooms late to mid summer.

• Prefers full sun.• Forms a dense hedge

2-3 ft tall with equal spread.

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Mums• Flower from late

summer until frost.• Continues to spread

each year but remain 12-15 inches tall.

• Best located in full sun, well drained soils.

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Dwarf Lilies• Compact size protects the

plants from wind damage, so blossoms stay longer.

• Keeps color from late spring to mid-summer.

• Best planted in full sun, with afternoon shade.

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Tiger Lilies• Blooms mid summer

on 4-5 ft stems.• Survives under even

the most adverse conditions.

• Prefers full sun.

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German Bearded Iris• Late spring to mid

summer.• Grows to 24-36 inches

tall.• Prefers full sun, well

drained soil.

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Winter Hardy Glads• No need to dig bulbs

for winter storage.• Thrives anywhere.• Grows 16-20 inches

tall.• Used for mass

planting or borders.• Full to partial sun

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Native Daylilies• Flowers all season

long by rural roads, and in farmyards.

• Grows 2 ft tall• Does well almost

anywhere.