Botanical Name

Common Name

Brief Description

Zone

Acanthus spinosa

Bear's Breech

4' flower spike

6

Agastache ‘Firebird’

Hyssop

copper-orange flowers, 2-3'

5

Anemone sylvestris

Snowdrops

18", white spring flowers

3

Antirrhinum hispanicum roseum

Spanish Snapdragon

12", pink flowers over bluish leaves

5

Artemesia schmidtiana ‘Silver Mound’

low mound of silver foliage

3

Asclepias tuberosa

Butterfly Milkweed

3', showy orange flower heads

5

Aster x dumosus ‘Wood’s Blue’

Bushy Aster

12", lav-blue flowers in early fall

3

Asteromoea mongolica

2', long blooming small white daisies

4

Astilbe chinensis ‘Pumila’

12", shade, lav-pink plumes July-Aug

5

Calylophus ‘Prairie Lode’

6" spreading native, yellow flowers summer

4

Campanula ‘Superba’

Bell Flower

20", large clusters of violet bells

3

Campanula raddeana

6" spreading, large violet-purple bells in summer

4

Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’

Gold Sedge

12" clump evergreen sedge, bright gold edges

6

Ceratostigma plumbaginoides

Plumbago

8" spreading, intense blue flowers in summer

5

Chasmanthium latifolium

Northern Sea Oats

3' grass with attractive seed heads

3

Clematis ‘Allanah’

vigorous, compact vine, large dark red flowers

4

Clematis ‘Duchess of Edinburgh'

10' vine, 5" double white flowers May-July

4

Clematis ‘Keri Te Kanawa’

10' vine, 6" large double, dark blue flowers

4

Clematis ‘Marie Boisselet’

12' vine, 8" white flowers on strong vine

4

Clematis texensis ‘Princess Diana’

10' vine, luminous pink July-Oct

4

Coreopsis verticillata ‘Moonbeam’

18" thread leaf, glowing light yellow flowers all summer

3

Coreopsis verticillata ‘Zagreb’

15" thread leaf, clear yellow flowers all summer

3

Corydalis lutea

12" lacy foliage, yellow flowers, shade or part sun

5

Cryptotaenia japonica

Purple Japanese Parsley

16" part shade, decorative bronze-red leaves

5

Cynara cardunculus

Cardoon

3-5', ornamental gray leaves

6

Dianthus amurensis

12", large light purple flowers all summer, blue foliage

3

Dracocephalum argunense ‘Fuji Blue’

Dragonhead

1' clump, spikes of brilliant blue flowers Jun-Aug

4

Festuca glauca 'Elijah Blue'

Blue Fescue

10" blue clump

4

Gaura lindheimeri

Wand Flower

4' loose sprays of airy white flowers age to pink

6

Gaura lindheimeri 'Corrie's Gold'

Wand Flower

3' gold edged leaves, white to pink flowers

6

Gaura lindheimeri 'Crimson Butterflies'

Wand Flower

18" dark crimson leaves, hot pink flowers PPAF

6

Gaura lindheimeri 'Siskiyou Pink'

Wand Flower

2', reddish foliage, reddish pink flowers all summer

6

Gaura lindheimeri 'Sunny Butterflies'

Wand Flower

2' white edged leaves, pink flowers PPAF

6

Gypsophila paniculata ‘Bristol Fairy’

Baby's Breath

3' double white flowers all summer

3

Gypsophila paniculata ‘Compacta Plena’

Compact Baby's Breath

12" mound of double white flowers all summer

3

Iberis sempervirens ‘Snow Mantle’

Candytuft

15" dark green foliage, white spring flowers

5

Leucanthemum ‘Becky'

Shasta Daisy

3', long-lived, long blooming white daisies in summer

5

Leucanthemum ‘Snow Lady’

Shasta Daisy

10" covered in large single white daisies in summer

5

Mazus reptans

low groundcover, purplish-blue flowers

4

Nassella ‘Ponytails’

Feather Grass

graceful fine arching leaves 15", sun

6

Oenothera macrocarpa ‘Comanche Campfire’

Evening Primrose

12" red trailing stems, silver leaves, yellow flowers

4

Oenothera 'Siskiyou'

Pink Primrose

8" spreading, with 2" pink blooms, long season

5

Ophiopogon japonicus 'Pgmaeus'

Dwarf Mondo Grass

3" tall dark green grass, slow growing clumps

5

Patrinia scabiosifolia ‘Nagoya’

20" long lasting heads of yellow flowers in summer

5

Persicaria filiformis 'Painter's Palette'

2' clump, green, ivory and red-brown leaves, pink flowers

4

Persicaria 'Red Dragon' PP#12062

24" clump, deep maroon leaves with silver chevron

5

Platycodon grandiflora ‘Sentimental Blue'

Dwarf Balloon Flower

8" clump, long living, blue baloons open to star flowers

4

Salvia guaranitica ‘Omaha’

Omaha Variegated Sage

5' spreading clump, 8" clusters of indigo flowers, bright edge

6

Saponaria x ‘Max Frei’

Soapwort

low clump, clouds of pink flowers all summer

4

Scuttelaria indica ‘Alba’

Skull Cap

8" mound with white flowers all season

5

Scuttelaria suffrutescens

Texas Rose Skullcap

6" mound with rose-red flowers all summer

6

Solidago ‘Wichita Mountains’

Goldenrod

3-4' tall rods of golden flowers in late summer, good cut

4

Stachys byzantina 'Helene von Stein'

Big Lamb's Ear

3' vigorous mound of large wooly silver leaves for full sun

5

Stachys coccinea

Texas Betony

2' clump with spikes of coral flowers all season in full sun

6

Stokesia laevis ‘Klaus Jelitto’

Stoke's Aster

large lilac-blue disc flowers on 18" stems, good cut

5

Stylophorum diphyllum

Celandine Poppy

20" native of moist woods, part shade, 2" golden flowers

4

Symphytum grandiflorum 'Hidcote Blue'

Blue Comfrey

tough groundcover for dry shade, blue flowers on 12" stems

4

Tradescantia ‘Little Doll’

Spiderwort

profuse and long flowering, blue flowers, 12" tall

4

Tricyrtis hirta 'Variegata'

Toad Lily

20" clump, shade or part sun, creamy margin, star flowers in fall

5

Veronica ‘Bergen Blue’

Speedwell

6" evergreen foliage burgandy in winter, spring flowers deep blue

3

Veronica spicata ‘Goodness Grows’

Speedwell

15" with deep blue flower spikes from Jun-Aug

5

Vinca major ‘WoJo’s Gem’ PPAF

Periwinkle

trailing evergreen vine, bright yellow leaf centers

6