Perennials For Damp Soil

This fairly recent variety offers a nice blue flower color and better mildew resistance. The flowers open a deep blue and take on purplish shades during the midday heat, then regain their original color in the evening. The stems are rather dark and...

How does one choose the right coral bells from the never-ending list of cultivars? It can be difficult, but some Heucheras are better than others, and this is an exceptional selection. ‘Bronze Wave’ did very well at Mt. Cuba Center’s...

"Fairly large, dark bronze, deeply divided foliage. Dark veined, dusty pink flowers with heart-shaped petals eventually fade to white. Flowers for several weeks from May. Foliage has attractive autumn color.“ – Darwin's Perennials...

Very long spires of flowers with fairly long blooming period. Blooms in the middle/later summer = after early Liatris spicata and before late bloomers Liatris (L. scariosa, L. ligulistylis, L. aspera). Showy native perennial with a long flowering period...

Also called cabbage-leaved coneflower due to its big, waxy gray leaves. Beautiful architectural plant that forms strictly upright clumps and is highly ornamental with its steel blue leaves, excellent structure and yellow flowers. Slowly forms bigger...

White-blooming form with shorter stems reaching 4 feet. An easy-to-grow architectural perennial with sturdy upright habitus, nice dark green leaves and spikes of white flowers. It performs best in full sun and medium moist soil; it tolerates some shade...

Also known as "Pink hair grass," this very showy fall grass forms regular mounds of fine leaves topped by airy pink to pink-red seed heads at the end of the season. This native grass has some great qualities – it’s highly ornamental and...

Rare native wildflower and showy perennial. It is smaller than the other commonly-used species of Amsonia, so it's suitable for smaller gardens and landscaping. It forms upright bushy clumps, bearing loose, pretty clusters of star-shaped flowers in blue...

One of Nature's top food supermarkets for insects! Over 450 insects are known to feed on some portion of this species, including monarchs! This milkweed is the easiest to grow but also the most “weedy”. Due to it’s long underground...

Upright narrower perennial with smaller compound leaves, purple-red stems and clusters of cream white flowers. This meadow rue grows in female and male individuals (with female or male flowers). Male flowers are usually bigger and more showy, making a...

If there is a true perennial classic, it has to be Rudbeckia ‘Goldsturm‘. This striking cultivar has been popular in horticulture since its introduction in 1949, and its popularity was crowned by the Award of Garden Merit by Royal...

Quite common perennial plant in the wild, but not so common in our yards. Forms nice bushy clumps of green leaves with thin flowering stalks above the leaves. Flowers are small, green-white, and generally insignificant. The reason why this native...

Truly the star spring perennial! Big four-petal yellow flowers (1-2" in diameter) and hairy gray-green lobated leaves, what a great combo! This wildflower blooms alongside Polemonium reptans and Mertensia virginica, which creates a marvelous blue-yellow...

The name of this gorgeous clump-forming perennial comes from its past use – Native Americans (Creek and Cherokee) used the poisonous root to expel intestinal worms. The flowers are tubular, with an extraordinary bright red-yellow color combination,...

Well-known spring flowering perennial with nice mounding habit, delicate fern-like divided leaves and blue bell-shaped flowers. Spreads slowly by short rhizomes, more often it will reproduce by seed. Great pollinator plant, effective ground covering,...

This ground covering perennial might be common along the river banks, but it is not very common in our gardens, which is a pity. It's not the most showy, but it’s still a wonderful wildflower to have in your collection. Clusters of tiny...

More upright cultivar of native wildflower with larger purplish flowers, ornamental dissected leaves and reblooming in late summer. Very adaptable workhorse, that can be tucked into any sunny or half shade flower bed. Fast growing and somewhat...

Also called Bride's Feather, this is a quite robust, bushy-looking woodland perennial. It has compound green leaves and cream-white plumes that remind one of Astilbe or Spirea (it's relatives with Spirea). The plants can be male or female; males have...