PERENNIALS BY COLLECTIONS

Clump perennial with ornamental leaves and dark red oval flowers. Native to a few cooler climate states of USA. Young leaves are edible and be used in salads or soups. Seeds freely, so dead head if you want to prevent seedlings or use it in meadow-type...

Small succulent stonecrop with rounded gray leaves and white flowers. For sunny garden with drained soil. Evergreen plant, with pinkish winter color. Blooming Time: May/June and sporadically during the summer Size: 1-2"' tall x 6-8" wide USDA Zones:...

Short-lived perennial with amazing burgundy red button-like flowers on longer dangling stems. Suitable for cooler areas or areas with cooler summer nights, sheltered from strong winds. Green-gray leaves, leggy look. Moderate self-seeder (not all the...

Double-flowered shasta daisy (with full centers). Upright growth, 3.5" flowers in diameter, great cut flower. Blooming Time: early summer to late summer (deadheading significantly prolongs the bloom period - so July till September)Size: up to 30" tall x...

Garden fern with pale gray-green leaves with darker veins. Very finely-divided leaves. For moist soil. Award of Garden Merit by RHS (Royal Horticultural Society, Britain) Blooming Time: not blooming Size: usually 1-1.5' tall and wide, stays in...

Garden fern with violet-red veining and silver edges. Blooming Time: not blooming Size: usually 12-18" tall and 18-24" wide, but in ideal conditions can spread wide to little coloniesUSDA Zones: 4 to 9Culture: half shade, dappled shade, full shade =...

Dense ground covering grass with late summer flowers and striking coppery-pink fall color. Reminds of popular 'Karl Foerster' grass, but much smaller. Blooming Time: from mid summer to early fall, brown-yellow flowersSize: 2-3' tall x 3' wide, in time...

Well behaved, clumping sedge with the finest evergreen leaves. Very slowly growing into wide groundcovering mats. Great as a lawn substitute in dry shade and other difficult places. Tolerates regular mowing - see the Mt. Cuba trial results. Blooming...

Old fashioned plant with fragrant flowers (pink tones). For sunny garden, drained soils, drier edges, rock and crevice gardens. Blooming Time: May/June (very late spring to early summer) Size: 1-1.5' tall tall x 1' wide, gray leaves form low dense mat ...

Slender eye-catching garden pink with vivid carmine red flowers. Gray-green grassy leaves (semi-evergreen), leafless stems. Not super long-lived plant, lives about 3-4 years, but seems to be easy to grow in garden conditions. Can self-seed in good...